Metabolism News and Research

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Source of arsenic contamination of drinking water in Bangladesh found by MIT researchers

Researchers in MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering believe they have pinpointed a pathway by which arsenic may be contaminating the drinking water in Bangladesh, a phenomenon that has puzzled scientists, world health agencies and the Bangladeshi government for nearly 30 years. The research suggests that human alteration to the landscape, the construction of villages with ponds, and the adoption of irrigated agriculture are responsible for the current pattern of arsenic concentration underground.

16 Nov 2009

Columbia University Medical Center presents the 2009 Naomi Berrie Awards

Columbia University Medical Center will present the 2009 Naomi Berrie Awards to a nationally recognized diabetes researcher, and a promising young investigator, for their outstanding achievements in diabetes research.

16 Nov 2009

Phase I clinical study for ETC-1002 commenced

Esperion Therapeutics, a privately held biotechnology company working to discover, develop and commercialize treatments for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, today announced that the company has initiated a Phase I clinical study for ETC-1002, the company's novel small molecule compound designed to beneficially regulate the levels of plasma lipids and lipoproteins.

16 Nov 2009

Sensible Nutrition selected as Fitcorp's new nutrition partner

Fitcorp has selected Sensible Nutrition as their new nutrition partner. Fitcorp understands that nutrition is a major component of fitness and health and wants their members to have the ability to meet with Sensible Nutrition’s nationally renowned registered dietitians (RDs).

13 Nov 2009

New book 'Thinking in Circles About Obesity' presents a novel approach to address weight crisis

Low-carb-low-fat-high-protein-high-fiber-Americans are food-savvy, label-conscious, calorie-aware - and still gaining weight in spite of all their good intentions. Worse still, today's children run the risk of a shorter life expectancy than their parents.

13 Nov 2009

UT Southwestern Medical Center awarded $42M for basic and patient-oriented research

UT Southwestern Medical Center has been awarded more than $42 million to date for basic and patient-oriented research from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the $787 billion stimulus package President Barack Obama signed into law in February.

13 Nov 2009

Gene within the pancreas affecting insulin secretion discovered

How a specific gene within the pancreas affects secretion of insulin has been discovered by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration with Japanese and American universities. Their work opens the way for a new understanding of possible paths to battle diabetes and diabetes-related health problems, which are on the rise all over the world.

12 Nov 2009

Gene variants which influence insulin metabolism can also affect birth weight

Low birth weight increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. Until recently scientists had attributed this to maternal malnutrition during pregnancy. However, now it seems that genetic background may also play a major role. A research team of Technische Universität München and Helmholtz Zentrum München has now demonstrated, that gene variants which influence insulin metabolism can also affect birth weight.

12 Nov 2009

Dark chocolates reduce stress levels

The "chocolate cure" for emotional stress is getting new support from a clinical trial published online in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research. It found that eating about an ounce and a half of dark chocolate a day for two weeks reduced levels of stress hormones in the bodies of people feeling highly stressed. Everyone's favorite treat also partially corrected other stress-related biochemical imbalances.

12 Nov 2009

New policies to decrease the public's exposure to EDCs; AMA to work with federal government

The American Medical Association's (AMA) House of Delegates adopted a resolution calling on the AMA to work with the federal government to enact new federal policies to decrease the public's exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs).

11 Nov 2009

Tips to cut calories before Christmas time

It's official, everyone is getting ready for the Christmas Party Season. Research published this week from British Lion Eggs stated that 6 out of 10 women will be slimming down to fit into those LBDs from now until December in order to look their very shimmering best!

11 Nov 2009

Researchers identify cause that leads to age-related hearing loss

Age-related hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder among the elderly. But scientists are still trying to figure out what cellular processes govern or contribute to the loss.

11 Nov 2009

ImmunoGen to present IMGN901 clinical data at AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference

ImmunoGen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that develops targeted anticancer therapeutics, announced today that several ImmunoGen poster presentations will be made at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics to be held in Boston, MA, on November 15-19, 2009.

10 Nov 2009

Environmental factors, obesity and diabetes: Long-term study launched

Three Singapore biomedical institutions have launched a major, long-term study of pregnant mothers and their fetuses as well as infant children to determine just how profoundly environmental factors early in life influence the onset of diseases such as obesity and diabetes in later years.

10 Nov 2009

Positive study data from Zosano Pharma's ZP-PTH transdermal patch for treating osteoporosis

Zosano Pharma, Inc., a privately held pharmaceutical company developing products using a novel transdermal delivery technology, announced publication in the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism of results from a positive phase 2 study of its rapid-delivery transdermal patch (ZP-PTH) for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

9 Nov 2009

Enzon Announces to sell its specialty pharmaceutical business to the sigma-tau Group for $300 million

Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENZN) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its specialty pharmaceutical business to the sigma-tau Group for $300 million plus an additional amount of up to $27 million based on success milestones. Enzon will also receive royalties of 5 to 10 percent on incremental net sales above a 2009 baseline amount from Enzon’s four marketed specialty pharmaceutical products through 2014.

9 Nov 2009

Concert Pharmaceuticals commences Phase 1b clinical study of its CTP-518 HIV protease inhibitor

Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has initiated a Phase 1b clinical study with CTP-518, its investigational oral HIV protease inhibitor for the treatment of HIV infection. In connection with the start of this multiple ascending dose arm of the Phase 1 study, Concert will receive a $12 million milestone payment under the company’s strategic alliance with GlaxoSmithKline.

9 Nov 2009

PAREXEL International forms an alliance with Mortara Instrument, enhances cardiac safety capabilities

PAREXEL International Corporation, a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, today announced that it has enhanced its cardiac safety capabilities for early phase clinical development through an alliance with Mortara Instrument, Inc., which manufactures and distributes electrocardiogram (ECG) devices and related technology worldwide.

From Parexel 9 Nov 2009

SEED Competition launched in China

Roche, OrbiMed, and McKinsey officially launched the SEED Competition at the Beijing International Healthcare Industry Forum today. This is one of the first life sciences business plan competitions in Greater China.

9 Nov 2009

Women with high levels of homocysteine more likely to suffer from Alzheimer's disease

Middle-aged women with high levels of a specific amino acid in their blood are twice as likely to suffer from Alzheimer's many years later, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. This discovery this could lead to a new and simple way of determining who is at risk long before there are any signs of the illness.

6 Nov 2009

Metabolism News and Research

Latest Metabolism News and Research

Source of arsenic contamination of drinking water in Bangladesh found by MIT researchers

Columbia University Medical Center presents the 2009 Naomi Berrie Awards

Phase I clinical study for ETC-1002 commenced

Sensible Nutrition selected as Fitcorp's new nutrition partner

New book 'Thinking in Circles About Obesity' presents a novel approach to address weight crisis

UT Southwestern Medical Center awarded $42M for basic and patient-oriented research

Gene within the pancreas affecting insulin secretion discovered

Gene variants which influence insulin metabolism can also affect birth weight

Dark chocolates reduce stress levels

New policies to decrease the public's exposure to EDCs; AMA to work with federal government

Tips to cut calories before Christmas time

Researchers identify cause that leads to age-related hearing loss

ImmunoGen to present IMGN901 clinical data at AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference

Environmental factors, obesity and diabetes: Long-term study launched

Positive study data from Zosano Pharma's ZP-PTH transdermal patch for treating osteoporosis

Enzon Announces to sell its specialty pharmaceutical business to the sigma-tau Group for $300 million

Concert Pharmaceuticals commences Phase 1b clinical study of its CTP-518 HIV protease inhibitor

PAREXEL International forms an alliance with Mortara Instrument, enhances cardiac safety capabilities

SEED Competition launched in China

Women with high levels of homocysteine more likely to suffer from Alzheimer's disease

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