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Study: E-cigarettes are safer alternative to tobacco smoking

A study just released by the Journal of Public Health Policy is taking a closer look at traditional tobacco cigarettes vs. e-cigarettes, and the results are surprising even the biggest skeptics. Based on available evidence, the study "Electronic cigarettes as a harm reduction strategy for tobacco control: A step forward or a repeat of past mistakes?" concluded that e-cigarettes are safer than tobacco cigarettes, and have the potential to become a smoking cessation device.

9 Feb 2011

d-Wise launches innovative, web-based search platform for clinical data systems

d-Wise, provider of powerful business solutions for the unique challenges of the Life Sciences & Healthcare industries, has introduced Reveal, an innovative, web-based search platform that quickly returns results across multiple clinical data systems.

9 Feb 2011

NCCN praises Aetna for evidence-based approach to treat cancer

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN) has praised Aetna for its evidence-based approach to drugs used to treat cancer. The NCCN also acknowledged Aetna's commitment to providing health benefits to members enrolled in clinical trials. Aetna is the first national health plan to be recognized by the group.

9 Feb 2011

GeoVax opens second HIV clinical trial site at Alabama Vaccine Research Clinic

GeoVax Labs, Inc., a biotechnology company that creates, develops and tests innovative HIV/AIDS vaccines, announced today the opening of a second clinical trial site at the Alabama Vaccine Research Clinic (AVRC) of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to expand the company's HIV therapeutic vaccine trial.

9 Feb 2011

DiaTech, Walter Reed collaborate to determine the best chemotherapy for cancer

DiaTech Oncology announced today they have engaged in a pilot with Walter Reed Army Medical Center to determine the best Chemotherapy for Cancer patients. Medical and GYN Oncologists and from Walter Reed have been working with DiaTech Oncology (Nashville, TN) using the MiCK assay for apoptosis in order to give physicians a tool that can predict the best chemotherapy pathway in treating cancer patients.

9 Feb 2011

BBSRC, EMBL-EBI applaud funding allocation for European Life-science Infrastructure for Biological Information

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) welcome news that funding has been earmarked from the UK's Large Facilities Capital Fund for ELIXIR - the European Life-science Infrastructure for Biological Information - as announced today (09 February 2011).

9 Feb 2011

Iworx introduces 2011 Product Catalog of physiology teaching and advanced research solutions

iWorx, a developer of advanced physiology research and teaching tools, has introduced its 2011 Product Catalog of physiology teaching and advanced research solutions.

9 Feb 2011

Kaiser Permanente Southern California selected for 10-center Mental Health Research Network

The Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research & Evaluation has been selected for inclusion in the 10-center Mental Health Research Network (MHRN) recently funded with a $10.5 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. The five other Kaiser Permanente research centers included in the MHRN are located in Northern California, Oregon, Colorado, Georgia, and Hawaii.

9 Feb 2011

AcademyHealth recognizes military health research study with 2011 HSR Impact Award

AcademyHealth today recognized research that improves access to behavioral health care for returning U.S. service members with the 2011 Health Services Research Impact Award.

9 Feb 2011

Funding too low for paediatric oncology research

At a time when the effects of paediatric oncology research have meant that more and more children survive cancer, its funding is too low and dependent on short-term grants to be able to sustain this improvement in the long-term, says a report supported by the EU-funded 7th Framework Programme project Eurocancercoms and published on-line in ecancer today.

9 Feb 2011

Misuse of alcohol and drugs during adolescence increases risk of health problems during middle age

Adolescents who misuse alcohol and drugs are at increased risk of continued misuse well into middle age. They are also at increased risk of experiencing mental health problems, accidents, physical health problems, premature death, financial problems, and suicide attempts. These are the results of a doctoral thesis presented by Yasmina Molero Samuelson at the Center for Psychiatric Research (CPF), Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.

9 Feb 2011

Study: Parkinson’s disease undermines language processing ability in Dutch native speaker patients

It is becoming more generally known that Parkinson's disease not only influences a patient's motor functions. Patients often also suffer from depression, fear and incontinence, for example. However, the disease also undermines the language processing ability. University of Groningen researcher Katrien Colman has found clear indications of this in Dutch native speaker patients.

9 Feb 2011

Two new studies report GOT may improve health outcomes of stroke patients

Much of the devastation of stroke and head trauma is due to damage caused the overproduction of a substance in the brain called glutamate. Preventing this damage has been impossible, until now, as many drugs don't cross the so-called blood-brain barrier, and those that do often don't work as intended. But a method originally devised at the Weizmann Institute of Science may, in the future, offer a way to avert such glutamate-induced harm.

9 Feb 2011

New research provides evidence that cerebellum can also store memories for mental skills

Movements become skilled and automatic with practise, so tasks like riding a bicycle can be performed without much attention or mental effort. New research by scientists at Royal Holloway, University of London provides evidence that the cerebellum, a part of the brain used to store memories for skilled movements, could also store memories important for mental skills - such as the rules used to interpret traffic light signals.

9 Feb 2011

Life Sciences Discovery Fund announces nearly $600,000 in awards

The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) today announced nearly $600,000 in awards to support commercial development of technologies to improve the diagnosis and management of major health conditions.

9 Feb 2011

ISR launches two new and substantial research reports on clinical monitoring

Industry Standard Research today announced the launch of two new and substantial research reports titled The Future of Clinical Monitoring and Clinical Development Staff Quality and Resourcing Models.

9 Feb 2011

Gates Foundation awards USF $5.45M for malaria research

The University of South Florida received $5.45 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The first grant is to create advanced devices that mimic the human liver to better study the life cycle of the malaria parasite - particularly the elusive liver stage where the disease may be most vulnerable to attack.

9 Feb 2011

Medical Research News

Study: E-cigarettes are safer alternative to tobacco smoking

d-Wise launches innovative, web-based search platform for clinical data systems

NCCN praises Aetna for evidence-based approach to treat cancer

GeoVax opens second HIV clinical trial site at Alabama Vaccine Research Clinic

DiaTech, Walter Reed collaborate to determine the best chemotherapy for cancer

BBSRC, EMBL-EBI applaud funding allocation for European Life-science Infrastructure for Biological Information

Iworx introduces 2011 Product Catalog of physiology teaching and advanced research solutions

Kaiser Permanente Southern California selected for 10-center Mental Health Research Network

AcademyHealth recognizes military health research study with 2011 HSR Impact Award

Funding too low for paediatric oncology research

Misuse of alcohol and drugs during adolescence increases risk of health problems during middle age

Study: Parkinson’s disease undermines language processing ability in Dutch native speaker patients

Two new studies report GOT may improve health outcomes of stroke patients

New research provides evidence that cerebellum can also store memories for mental skills

Life Sciences Discovery Fund announces nearly $600,000 in awards

ISR launches two new and substantial research reports on clinical monitoring

Gates Foundation awards USF $5.45M for malaria research

Faster approval times for generic drugs may not drop the price for consumers

Elan and Boehringer Ingelheim enter global collaboration for antibody-based therapeutics

UW research receives Keck Foundation grant to restore lost brain function using neurochips

Redefining control and consistency in anaerobic microbiome workflows

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

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