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DxTerity acquires intellectual property rights to blood based genomic testing from SourceMDx

DxTerity Diagnostics announced today that it has acquired intellectual property rights to several blood based cancer diagnostic tests from SourceMDx Inc.

7 Jun 2011

Researchers to use three-dimensional liver mimic for toxicity study on human body

The liver is the primary organ in the human body that metabolizes foreign compounds such as drugs, alcohol, cigarette smoke, and environmental chemicals. Using the liver as an alarm system, researchers are starting to better understand the different levels of toxicity from these compounds and their effects on the human body.

7 Jun 2011

MMV honors UT Southwestern with Project of the Year for new anti-malarial drug discovery

The discovery of a potential new anti-malarial drug by a UT Southwestern Medical Center-led research team has been awarded Project of the Year by Medicines for Malaria Venture.

7 Jun 2011

Tβ4 activates Akt survival kinase and reduces heart attack damage

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that researchers have shown that Tβ4 has more extensive beneficial effects on the myocardium after heart attack than previously reported.

7 Jun 2011

Moving Met molecules from inside to outside of the cell could halt cancer growth

Work by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London could point to a new way to treat aggressive types of cancer.

7 Jun 2011

Increased blood clotting tendency linked to elevated bowel cancer risk

Back in the mid 19th century, a French doctor, Armand Trousseau, discovered a connection between cancer and thrombosis - the formation of often dangerous blood clots that can lead to venous occlusion.

7 Jun 2011

Consumption of high-fat food causes more insulin to be released by the pancreas and leads to obesity

Fat-rich food makes you fat. Behind this simple equation lie complex signalling pathways, through which the neurotransmitters in the brain control the body's energy balance.

7 Jun 2011

Increases in VEGF-family markers in metastatic colorectal cancer patients associated with Avastin resistance

Circadian Technologies Limited announced today the presentation of data at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago USA associating resistance to Avastin with increases in plasma VEGF-C and D concentrations.

7 Jun 2011

Yo-yo dieting better than lifelong obesity

A new study comparing lifelong obesity with the weight fluctuations of "yo-yo dieting" suggests it is better to attempt to lose weight despite repeated failures at keeping the weight off than to not diet and remain obese. The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston.

7 Jun 2011

New laboratory method uses SALL4 gene to expand adult hematopoietic stem cells

Researchers in the Department of Pathology at Stony Brook University School of Medicine have discovered a laboratory method to expand adult hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) using the SALL4 gene. Professor Yupo Ma, M.D., Ph.D., Lead Author, and colleagues used this method to produce a more than 10,000-fold increase in HSCs derived from normal human bone marrow.

7 Jun 2011

Agilent Technologies introduces mass spectrometry systems at ASMS 2011

Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced mass spectrometry systems raising performance standards for biology and analytical chemistry analyses at the annual conference of the American Society of Mass Spectrometry.

7 Jun 2011

Higher than IOM recommended Vitamin D levels required for optimizing osteoporosis, low BMD therapy

To fully optimize a drug therapy for osteoporosis and low bone mineral density (BMD), patients should maintain vitamin D levels above the limits recently recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), according to a new study by researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. The study will be presented at the Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting in Boston, June 4-7.

7 Jun 2011

Scientists discover key molecule that targets tumour blood vessels

Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have discovered a key molecule needed to kill the blood vessels that supply tumours.

7 Jun 2011

Faults in p53 gene could help predict beneficial drug combination for ovarian cancer

FAULTS in a gene commonly inactivated in many different types of cancer could be used to predict which drug combination ovarian cancer patients are most likely to benefit from, according to results presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology.

7 Jun 2011

Specific forms of lymphoma create their own survival niche

Cancer cells do not grow equally well everywhere in the body. Often, they first create the conditions in which they can grow. Many years ago researchers discovered that solid tumors attract blood vessels to ensure their supply of nutrients by secreting specific factors.

7 Jun 2011

Silencing two microRNAs may help treat age-related macular degeneration

Blocking two tiny molecules of RNA - a chemical cousin of DNA - appears to suppress the abnormal growth of blood vessels that occurs in degenerative eye disorders, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.

7 Jun 2011

ImaginAb, Oxford BioMedicaplc enter research deal to develop in vivo diagnostic imaging agent

Oxford BioMedicaplc, a leading gene therapy company, today announces that it has signed a research collaboration agreement with ImaginAb, Inc., a biotechnology company specialising in the development of engineered antibody fragments for diagnostic imaging and novel therapeutic applications, to engineer an in vivo diagnostic imaging agent using an antibody targeting the Company's proprietary 5T4 tumour antigen.

7 Jun 2011

Moderate consumption of desserts with low glycemic index and glycemic load may help treat pediatric obesity

Overweight girls lose more weight and can better stay on a healthy diet if they eat sugar-free, low-fat desserts several times weekly, as opposed to any dessert once a week, a new study finds. The results will be reported Monday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston.

7 Jun 2011

Non-steroidal, oral contraceptive for men

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center are honing in on the development of what may be the first non-steroidal, oral contraceptive for men. Tests of low doses of a compound that interferes with retinoic acid receptors (RARs), whose ligands are metabolites of dietary vitamin A, showed that it caused sterility in male mice.

7 Jun 2011

Researchers reveal surprising link between cell's skeleton and organ size

A group of scientists at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ci-ncia, in Portugal, have uncovered a surprising link between the cell's skeleton and organ size. The team, led by Florence Janody, show in the journal Development, that one of the proteins that regulates the skeleton of the cell also acts to blocks activation of genes that promote cell survival and proliferation.

7 Jun 2011

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DxTerity acquires intellectual property rights to blood based genomic testing from SourceMDx

Researchers to use three-dimensional liver mimic for toxicity study on human body

MMV honors UT Southwestern with Project of the Year for new anti-malarial drug discovery

Tβ4 activates Akt survival kinase and reduces heart attack damage

Moving Met molecules from inside to outside of the cell could halt cancer growth

Increased blood clotting tendency linked to elevated bowel cancer risk

Consumption of high-fat food causes more insulin to be released by the pancreas and leads to obesity

Increases in VEGF-family markers in metastatic colorectal cancer patients associated with Avastin resistance

Yo-yo dieting better than lifelong obesity

New laboratory method uses SALL4 gene to expand adult hematopoietic stem cells

Agilent Technologies introduces mass spectrometry systems at ASMS 2011

Higher than IOM recommended Vitamin D levels required for optimizing osteoporosis, low BMD therapy

Scientists discover key molecule that targets tumour blood vessels

Faults in p53 gene could help predict beneficial drug combination for ovarian cancer

Specific forms of lymphoma create their own survival niche

Silencing two microRNAs may help treat age-related macular degeneration

ImaginAb, Oxford BioMedicaplc enter research deal to develop in vivo diagnostic imaging agent

Moderate consumption of desserts with low glycemic index and glycemic load may help treat pediatric obesity

Non-steroidal, oral contraceptive for men

Researchers reveal surprising link between cell's skeleton and organ size

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