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Nutech Mediworld founder presents clinical study results of hESC therapy in patients with spinal cord injury

Dr. Geeta Shroff, founder & medical director of Nutech Mediworld, presented today the summary results of a retrospective clinical study of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) therapy in patients with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI).

11 Nov 2010

SuperGen discontinues clinical development of SGI-1776 PIM kinase drug candidate

SuperGen, Inc. today announced that it has discontinued clinical development of its phase 1 PIM kinase drug candidate, SGI-1776, while continuing development of the PIM inhibitor program.

11 Nov 2010

Pres. Obama discusses U.S.-Indonesia partnership that includes improving health, science

During a stop in Indonesia on Tuesday as part of his 10-day Asia-Pacific tour, President Barack Obama together with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced a U.S.-Indonesia partnership that will encompass a variety of key issues such as science, technology, health and trade.

11 Nov 2010

tDCS electric stimulation can improve motor function in stroke patients

A noninvasive electric stimulation technique administered to both sides of the brain can help stroke patients who have lost motor skills in their hands and arms, according to a new study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC).

10 Nov 2010

Micromet to offer shares of common stock

Micromet, Inc. announced today that it intends, subject to market and other conditions, to offer shares of its common stock pursuant to an underwriting agreement with Piper Jaffray & Co. Piper Jaffray is acting as sole underwriter for this offering.

10 Nov 2010

Infant foods must be protected against fumonisin toxin

An international team of scientists calls for protecting complementary food for infants in developing countries - especially those where corn is a staple food - against fumonisin, a toxin produced by fungi. Until now, physicians thought the growth retardation of children in those regions was to be blamed on the poor nutritional value of the complementary maize porridge they receive when breast milk is no longer sufficient. But toxins indeed are involved, the scientists report in the journal Molecular Nutrition and Food Research.

10 Nov 2010

GOP lawmakers push health law investigation, Democrats consider revisions and legacy

GOP lawmakers are considering using their new posts in powerful House committees to go after President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, and they're focusing on questions uppermost in the minds of consumers.

10 Nov 2010

Elsevier partners with APM to publish Psychosomatic journal

Elsevier, the world's leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information, announced today that it is partnering with the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (APM) to publish Psychosomatics, the official journal of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine.

10 Nov 2010

Computer helps doctors make cost-saving decisions

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune: The Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement will make a system that helps doctors make more informed decisions available Minnesota doctors next year. The system has apparently eliminated about $28 million a year in unnecessary tests in a trial program in which it was made available to about 2,000 Minnesota doctors.

10 Nov 2010

Chocolates inhibit enzyme known to raise blood pressure

Numerous studies have shown that cocoa has a protective effect against cardiovascular diseases. The reason for this has now been uncovered by researchers at Linköping University in Sweden. When a group of volunteers devoured a good-sized piece of dark chocolate, it inhibited an enzyme in their bodies that is known to raise blood pressure.

10 Nov 2010

PolyMedix announces publication of defensin-mimetic compounds in Molecular Oral Microbiology

PolyMedix, Inc. an emerging biotechnology company focused on developing new therapeutic drugs to treat infectious diseases and acute cardiovascular disorders, announced that data from two separate pre-clinical research studies were published in the December issue of Molecular Oral Microbiology.

10 Nov 2010

5 questions: Should a hospital develop an ACO?

Becker's Hospital Review reports on how to determine whether a hospital should develop or join an accountable care organization.

10 Nov 2010

Researchers find text messages to HIV patients improve adherence, health outcomes in Kenya trial

Using mobile-phone text messages to remind HIV patients to take their dose of life-saving medications can give a major boost to drug adherence, according to an innovative trial in Kenya unveiled on Tuesday, Agence France-Presse reports.

10 Nov 2010

Vertex to enroll additional treatment arm in telaprevir/VX-222 Phase 2 clinical trial for HCV

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated today announced plans to enroll an additional treatment arm as part of its ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating 12-week regimens of Vertex's lead investigational hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibitor, telaprevir, in combination with its lead investigational HCV polymerase inhibitor, VX-222.

10 Nov 2010

New stem cell gene, enzyme replacement treatment for Tay-Sachs disease

StemCellRegenMed, Inc. announces that a new stem cell gene and enzyme replacement treatment has been performed on a fourteen month old child with Tay-Sachs disease on November 2, 2010. Tay-Sachs is a devastating disease that afflicts children primarily of parents of Jewish heritage and in very rare cases families of Eastern European background and the Cajun region in the U.S.A.

10 Nov 2010

Antigen Express awarded Therapeutic Discovery Project grants for cancer vaccine development

Generex Biotechnology Corporationannounced today that its wholly-owned immunotherapeutics subsidiary, Antigen Express, Inc. has been awarded two Therapeutic Discovery Project grants, totaling $488,958.50, by the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

10 Nov 2010

Ky. Health Plan audit; employee costs in Massachusetts; state reform implementation politics

An organization that manages taxpayer-funded health services for Kentucky's poor and disabled spent freely on luxury hotels, meals, salaries, lobbying and consulting, a state auditor found in a 200-plus-page report which calls for stricter accountability for Passport Health Plan, a Medicaid managed-care provider that serves 164,000 people in Louisville and more than a dozen nearby counties.

10 Nov 2010

CDC report: 50 million Americans uninsured

KBOI (Boise, Idaho)/ABC News Radio: "According to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 49.9 million people ages 18 to 64," or about 26.2 percent of the adult population, "had no medical coverage for at least part of the past 12 months. … Moreover, when children 17 and under are factored in, the number of Americans uninsured for at least part of a year span numbered 59.1 million."

10 Nov 2010

Epimutation in BRCA1 gene may cause early-onset of breast cancer

An Australian research team from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, the University of Melbourne and the University of Queensland has identified a new risk factor for developing breast cancer. This has been published online in the journal Cancer Prevention Research.

10 Nov 2010

Egrifta receives FDA approval for treatment of HIV-lipodystrophy

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Egrifta (tesamorelin) to treat HIV patients with lipodystrophy, a condition in which excess fat develops in different areas of the body, most notably around the liver, stomach, and other abdominal organs. The condition is associated with many antiretroviral drugs used to treat HIV.

10 Nov 2010

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Nutech Mediworld founder presents clinical study results of hESC therapy in patients with spinal cord injury

SuperGen discontinues clinical development of SGI-1776 PIM kinase drug candidate

Pres. Obama discusses U.S.-Indonesia partnership that includes improving health, science

tDCS electric stimulation can improve motor function in stroke patients

Micromet to offer shares of common stock

Infant foods must be protected against fumonisin toxin

GOP lawmakers push health law investigation, Democrats consider revisions and legacy

Elsevier partners with APM to publish Psychosomatic journal

Computer helps doctors make cost-saving decisions

Chocolates inhibit enzyme known to raise blood pressure

PolyMedix announces publication of defensin-mimetic compounds in Molecular Oral Microbiology

5 questions: Should a hospital develop an ACO?

Researchers find text messages to HIV patients improve adherence, health outcomes in Kenya trial

Vertex to enroll additional treatment arm in telaprevir/VX-222 Phase 2 clinical trial for HCV

New stem cell gene, enzyme replacement treatment for Tay-Sachs disease

Antigen Express awarded Therapeutic Discovery Project grants for cancer vaccine development

Ky. Health Plan audit; employee costs in Massachusetts; state reform implementation politics

CDC report: 50 million Americans uninsured

Epimutation in BRCA1 gene may cause early-onset of breast cancer

Egrifta receives FDA approval for treatment of HIV-lipodystrophy

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