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Green tea holds hope for prevention of oral cancer

Green tea extract has shown promise as cancer prevention agent for oral cancer in patients with a pre-malignant condition known as oral leukoplakia, according to researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

5 Nov 2009

Green tea extract shows promise as cancer prevention agent for oral cancer, reveal researchers

5 Nov 2009

NIH grant to NC State researchers to study how nanomaterials interact with biological systems

Tiny, engineered nanomaterials can already be found in many consumer products, and have been hailed as having widespread future uses in areas ranging from medicine to industrial processes. However, little is known about what happens if these nanomaterials get into your body - where do they go? NC State researchers are working to answer that question under a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

4 Nov 2009

Scientists develop technique to predict new target diseases for existing drugs

Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco have developed and experimentally tested a technique to predict new target diseases for existing drugs.

4 Nov 2009

NanoLogix files international patent applications for its BioNanoPore microorganism detecting technology

NanoLogix, Inc. announces that the company has recently filed BNP™ (BioNanoPore) national patent applications in China, Japan, India, Brazil, Russia and the EU. These applications were filed in order to obtain intellectual property protection for the company's technology in countries viewed as representing the largest potential international market for BNP rapid detection, a revolutionary sandwiched-membrane Petri-based technology that can reduce microorganism detection times by 100-400%.

4 Nov 2009

Scientists identify compounds that hold promise for treating parasitic infection

Using an unconventional approach that they designed, University of Pittsburgh drug discoverers and their collaborators at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research have identified compounds that hold promise for treating leishmaniasis, a parasitic infection that many consider one of the world's most overlooked diseases.

4 Nov 2009

$3.9 million Challenge grant for Thomas Jefferson researchers

Four researchers from Thomas Jefferson University have received $3.9 million in Challenge grant funds as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

3 Nov 2009

Quintiles to deliver AstraZeneca’s clinical pharmacology studies

Quintiles today announced that it has entered into in an industry-leading clinical pharmacology alliance with AstraZeneca to deliver AstraZeneca’s clinical pharmacology studies across multiple therapy areas and around the globe.

3 Nov 2009

NIH awards $2 million grant for sickle cell disease research

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago will use a $2 million federal grant to investigate why patients with sickle cell disease experience chronic pain -- and to develop drugs to treat it.

2 Nov 2009

Medpace signs purchase agreement to acquire Pharma Brains

Medpace, a privately held, global full-service clinical research organization, today announced it has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Pharma Brains AG, an oncology focused CRO based in Basel, Switzerland.

2 Nov 2009

BENLYSTA meets primary endpoint in BLISS-76 trial for systemic lupus erythematosus

Human Genome Sciences, Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK) today announced that BENLYSTA™ (belimumab) met the primary endpoint in BLISS-76, the second of two pivotal Phase 3 trials in seropositive patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). BLISS-76 study results through 52 weeks showed that belimumab 10 mg/kg plus standard of care achieved a statistically significant improvement in patient response rate as measured by the SLE Responder Index at Week 52, compared with placebo plus standard of care.

2 Nov 2009

Stress-evoked changes can precipitate low mood and re-ignite drug-seeking behaviors

Stress-evoked changes in circuits that regulate serotonin in certain parts of the brain can precipitate a low mood and a relapse in cocaine-seeking, based on mouse studies published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

31 Oct 2009

Clinical data on the validation set 'Alzheimer patients versus healthy controls' for AclarusDx presented

ExonHit Therapeutics yesterday presented clinical data on the validation set “Alzheimer patients versus healthy controls” for AclarusDx™ (formerly EHT Dx21), its blood-based diagnostic test for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), at the 2nd Conference of Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) in Las Vegas, USA.

30 Oct 2009

Researchers discover new bend in gene control

Since the completion of the human genome sequence, a question has baffled researchers studying gene control: How is it that humans, being far more complex than the lowly yeast, do not proportionally contain in our genome significantly more gene-control proteins?

30 Oct 2009

Fiscal 2009 results announced by Helix BioPharma

Helix BioPharma Corp. today announced financial results for the year ended July 31, 2009.

30 Oct 2009

Researchers use BEZ235 drug to eliminate NSCL cancer

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have eliminated non-small cell lung (NSCL) cancer in mice by using an investigative drug called BEZ235 in combination with low-dose radiation.

30 Oct 2009

New study demonstrates that stem cell therapy may help prevent acute lung injury

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have shown that adult stem cells from bone marrow can prevent acute lung injury in a mouse model of the disease.

29 Oct 2009

D3 FastPoint L-DFA Influenza A/ Influenza B Virus Identification Kit receives FDA clearance

Diagnostic Hybrids, a leading developer of in vitro diagnostic fluorescent staining kits and cell culture products, announces the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (510k) clearance of its D3 FastPointTM L-DFATM Influenza A/ Influenza B Virus Identification Kit, which allows for the identification of influenza A virus and influenza B virus from a patient’s specimen in under 30 minutes.

28 Oct 2009

Scientists explore genetic 'Prozac markers'; research may provide simple test for treating depression

Prozac works wonders for some depressed people, but not for others. In some cases, patients derive little benefit and at worst, it can lead to bizarre hallucinations and fits of rage. Researchers and doctors remain puzzled as to what causes the wide range of reaction to Prozac and similar antidepressants.

28 Oct 2009

BASi introduces two new products for automated blood collection

BASi is proud to announce two new products for automated blood collection (ABC) – Culex® ABC and Culex®-L ABC, which provide solutions to automated blood sampling. BASi is the industry leader in specialized instrumentation and accessories for in vivo sampling products.

28 Oct 2009

Pharmacology News and Research

Latest Pharmacology News and Research

Green tea holds hope for prevention of oral cancer

Green tea extract shows promise as cancer prevention agent for oral cancer, reveal researchers

NIH grant to NC State researchers to study how nanomaterials interact with biological systems

Scientists develop technique to predict new target diseases for existing drugs

NanoLogix files international patent applications for its BioNanoPore microorganism detecting technology

Scientists identify compounds that hold promise for treating parasitic infection

$3.9 million Challenge grant for Thomas Jefferson researchers

Quintiles to deliver AstraZeneca’s clinical pharmacology studies

NIH awards $2 million grant for sickle cell disease research

Medpace signs purchase agreement to acquire Pharma Brains

BENLYSTA meets primary endpoint in BLISS-76 trial for systemic lupus erythematosus

Stress-evoked changes can precipitate low mood and re-ignite drug-seeking behaviors

Clinical data on the validation set 'Alzheimer patients versus healthy controls' for AclarusDx presented

Researchers discover new bend in gene control

Fiscal 2009 results announced by Helix BioPharma

Researchers use BEZ235 drug to eliminate NSCL cancer

New study demonstrates that stem cell therapy may help prevent acute lung injury

D3 FastPoint L-DFA Influenza A/ Influenza B Virus Identification Kit receives FDA clearance

Scientists explore genetic 'Prozac markers'; research may provide simple test for treating depression

BASi introduces two new products for automated blood collection

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