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Advanced Medical Optics settles patent infringement suits with Alcon

Advanced Medical Optics has announced that it has reached a settlement with Alcon, Inc., Alcon Manufacturing, Ltd. and Alcon Laboratories, Inc., resolving all pending patent infringement lawsuits between the companies on technologies used in ophthalmic surgery.

10 Jul 2006

World-first stem cell research may help male infertility

Scientists have shown for the first time that sperm grown from embryonic stem cells can be used to produce offspring.

10 Jul 2006

Do guidelines for the treatment of osteoporosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) matter?

A new study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology examined the recently set Guidelines regarding the treatment and management of osteoporosis in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), and found that they are effective.

10 Jul 2006

Chinese twin loses battle to survive following separation surgery

One of the twins separated from her conjoined sister has lost her battle to survive following complex and extensive surgery which released her from her sister.

10 Jul 2006

Mice sperm grown in a lab produces baby mice

In ground breaking research scientists have for the first time produced mice using sperm grown in the laboratory from embryonic stem cells.

10 Jul 2006

Latest 'mad cow' in Canada was pregnant

According to Canadian officials the dairy cow which is the country's latest suspected case of mad cow disease was heavily pregnant.

10 Jul 2006

One billion deaths expected from tobacco

According to the American Cancer Society, the way things are going tobacco will kill as many as 1 billion people this century.

10 Jul 2006

Court says autism therapy age limit is not a form of discrimination

A court in Canada has ruled that the government's refusal to provide expensive therapy for all autistic children older than five is not age discrimination.

10 Jul 2006

Conjoined twin critical after separation surgery

One of the conjoined twin girls separated from her sister in a lengthy operation last week is apparently in a critical condition.

10 Jul 2006

Brits to trial bird flu vaccine on humans

The British drug company PowderMed has applied for permission to conduct the first trial in Britain of a vaccine against the avian flu virus.

10 Jul 2006

First case of bird flu in Spain

According to Spanish agriculture officials the first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus recorded in Spain has been found in a wild bird in the northern Basque country.

10 Jul 2006

Yttrium-90 to control hepatocarcinoma

The University Hospital at the University of Navarra is the only centre throughout the entire Spanish state for the treatment of liver tumours by means of radioembolisation and the one with the greatest accumulated experiences in the treatment throughout Europe.

10 Jul 2006