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Researchers receive funding to study care processes in patients beginning dialysis

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center have received funding to study the care processes that lead to placement of arteriovenous fistulas in patients beginning dialysis.

9 Jun 2010

Sonomax signs MOU with ETS for $750,000 Industrial Research Chair

Sonomax Technologies Inc. signs a memorandum of understanding with the École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) of the Université du Québec to create a five-year renewable $750,000 Industrial Research Chair to conduct unprecedented development of advanced in-ear technologies.

9 Jun 2010

Enavail to build new cGMP facility in Abilene Life Sciences Accelerator

Enavail, LLC, a particle engineering company founded on pioneering drug delivery research from the University of Texas at Austin, announced today the company's plans for the construction of a new state-of-the-art current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) facility in the Abilene Life Sciences Accelerator (ALSA). The Enavail facility will be the first of its kind in the West Texas region.

9 Jun 2010

RCSI scientists make breakthrough in understanding human adaptation to high altitude environments

A group of top international scientists including geneticists from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland has made a breakthrough in understanding human adaptation to high altitude environments.

9 Jun 2010

Simcyp releases Population-based ADME Simulator Version 10.0

Simcyp Limited today announces that it has released the latest version of its flagship simulator, further cementing its position as the industry leader in modelling and simulation of drug-drug interactions (DDIs) in virtual populations.

9 Jun 2010

Some commonly used drugs cause bone loss: New research

New research helps to explain why some commonly used drugs come with a serious downside: They up your odds of breaking a bone. The drugs in question, glucocorticoids (e.g. cortisone and prednisone) and the insulin sensitizer rosiglitazone work through entirely different mechanisms as therapies for inflammatory diseases and diabetes respectively, and two studies in the June issue of Cell Metabolism now show that they lead to bone loss in different ways too.

9 Jun 2010

Stress-reducing psychological intervention helps increase quality of life among women with breast cancer

Stress-reducing psychological intervention helps to increase survival and quality of life among women with recurrent breast cancer over the long-term, according to results of a Phase III study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

9 Jun 2010

Research shows excessive daytime sleepiness increases depression symptoms among high school seniors

High school seniors with excessive daytime sleepiness have an elevated risk for depression, suggests a research abstract that will be presented Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, at SLEEP 2010, the 24th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC.

9 Jun 2010

Self-reported relationship satisfaction among new parents associated with objective total sleep time

First-time parents' relationship satisfaction is related to the amount of sleep they get while caring for an infant, according to a research abstract that will be presented Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, at SLEEP 2010, the 24th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC.

9 Jun 2010

New study compares rates of injury between young players in Alberta and Quebec leagues

Bodychecking in Pee Wee hockey (with players aged 11-12) more than triples the risk of concussion and injury, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Calgary.

9 Jun 2010

Sonic hedgehog helps regenerate critical nerve that runs along prostate: Research

After men have surgery to remove a cancerous prostate gland, up to 80 percent of them will lose the ability to have an erection because of damage to a critical nerve that runs along the prostate.

9 Jun 2010

Low-income African-Americans have higher risk of CKD: Research

African Americans with incomes below the poverty line have a significantly higher risk of chronic kidney disease than higher-income African-Americans or whites of any socioeconomic status, research led by scientists at Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging shows. Conducted in a racially and socioeconomically diverse sample of participants from the city of Baltimore, Md., the study could help researchers eventually develop strategies to prevent CKD in vulnerable populations.

9 Jun 2010

Immunosignature technique provides pre-symptomatic diagnosis for broad range of ailments

An inexpensive system for earlier disease diagnosis could save innumerable lives. It would also have a profound impact on the nation's healthcare industry, currently buckling under the strain of spiraling costs.

9 Jun 2010

DSM commences cGMP-manufacturing of Novacta's C. difficile compound

DSM BioSolutions today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Novacta Biosystems Limited, Welwyn Garden City, UK, for the process development and cGMP production of its C. difficile molecule, a new class of lantibiotic compounds.

9 Jun 2010

Penn State study: Young girls who drink soda have less healthy diets through adolescence

Young girls who drink soda have less healthy diets through adolescence than their peers who do not drink soda, according to a Penn State study. The ten-year study showed that girls who drank soda at age five had diets that were less likely to meet nutritional standards for the duration of the study, which ended at age 15. Girls who did not drink soda at age five did not meet certain nutritional requirements, but their diets were healthier.

9 Jun 2010

Covance opens state-of-the-art biorepository facility at Greenfield

Covance Inc., a leading provider of drug development services, announced today that it has opened a state-of-the-art biorepository facility at its Greenfield, Indiana location. The 20,000-square-foot building is dedicated to long-term storage of clinical trial specimens. The facility is able to store a wide-range of specimens, including plasma, serum, whole blood, DNA, PBMC, and tissue.

9 Jun 2010

Better understanding of eye movements can help develop strategies for reducing crash risks: Study

More than 16 people are killed and more than 1,300 people are injured each day in crashes involving a distracted driver, a phenomenon that could be reduced with the right application of motion information and appropriate eye movements.

9 Jun 2010

Research findings hold promise for debilitating emotional symptoms of FXS

The study, which appears in the journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is also of potential therapeutic significance-it showed that a brief pharmacological treatment is capable of correcting some of these synaptic deficits in mice genetically engineered to model FXS.

9 Jun 2010

Experimental drug ipilimumab increases overall survival in patients with metastatic melanoma: Study

The Melanoma Network of Canada is excited with the new hope that long-anticipated results of a late-stage skin cancer trial brings to patients with advanced melanoma. The results, presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, show increased survival with the experimental treatment ipilimumab in patients with previously-treated metastatic melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer.

9 Jun 2010

Psychological intervention program teaches breast cancer patients how to cope with the disease

A psychological intervention program designed for breast cancer patients reduces the risk of dying if the cancer recurs, new research shows. The study is the latest in a series at Ohio State University that have shown that an intervention program that teaches patients how to cope with the disease can boost their health, well-being and even their chances of survival.

9 Jun 2010

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Researchers receive funding to study care processes in patients beginning dialysis

Sonomax signs MOU with ETS for $750,000 Industrial Research Chair

Enavail to build new cGMP facility in Abilene Life Sciences Accelerator

RCSI scientists make breakthrough in understanding human adaptation to high altitude environments

Simcyp releases Population-based ADME Simulator Version 10.0

Some commonly used drugs cause bone loss: New research

Stress-reducing psychological intervention helps increase quality of life among women with breast cancer

Research shows excessive daytime sleepiness increases depression symptoms among high school seniors

Self-reported relationship satisfaction among new parents associated with objective total sleep time

New study compares rates of injury between young players in Alberta and Quebec leagues

Sonic hedgehog helps regenerate critical nerve that runs along prostate: Research

Low-income African-Americans have higher risk of CKD: Research

Immunosignature technique provides pre-symptomatic diagnosis for broad range of ailments

DSM commences cGMP-manufacturing of Novacta's C. difficile compound

Penn State study: Young girls who drink soda have less healthy diets through adolescence

Covance opens state-of-the-art biorepository facility at Greenfield

Better understanding of eye movements can help develop strategies for reducing crash risks: Study

Research findings hold promise for debilitating emotional symptoms of FXS

Experimental drug ipilimumab increases overall survival in patients with metastatic melanoma: Study

Psychological intervention program teaches breast cancer patients how to cope with the disease

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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