VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers identify a new class of anti-cancer drugs based on platinum
... are the largest class of anti-cancer drugs in the clinic and the most important in terms of treatment. Cisplatin is a chemotherapy drug that is given for the treatment of metastatic testicular or ovarian cancers, and some advanced bladder cancer, and is a very effective drug in combination with other thera...GlaxoSmithKline's rotavirus vaccine candidate shown effective
...tavirus is associated with an estimated 25 million clinic visits, two million hospitalizations and more than...age as 2.7 million illnesses, resulting in 410,000 clinic visits, up to 70,000 hospitalizations and 20 to 70 deaths. The vaccine is not approved for use in t...Advanced genomics and proteomics improve the diagnosis and treatment of a deadly lung disease
...esult, about one-third of patients who come to our clinic have previously been misdiagnosed, and many have been treated with the wrong medications," explained James Dauber, M.D., medical director of the University of Pittsburgh's Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease, and pr...Carnegie Mellon develops non-invasive technique to detect transplant rejection at cellular level
...ience. "Successful translation of this work to the clinic ultimately will reduce the number of biopsy procedures and should greatly improve the quality of life for cardiac transplant patients, especially children," added Ho, who directs the Pittsburgh NMR Center for Biomedical Research. "Perhaps most import...Preterm birth risk quickly and accurately detected with proteomic profiling
...t possible before. We now have to take it into the clinic and use the results of this test to provide a rapid treatment to the mother and its baby. This platform is also available to help diagnose other diseases." In addition to this abstract, Yale University has the most presentations at SMFM supported us...Researchers seek answers to combat TB epidemic
...oved treatment for TB requires patients to go to a clinic every day for up to nine months, and people often do not complete the full course of therapy, breeding new bacteria that are immune to the drugs. There is currently no way to treat large populations infected with drug-resistant strains of the disease...Purdue project could help pets serve as disease watchdogs
... from horses to dogs. If a dog comes to a Banfield clinic with a predetermined set of clinical signs, the computer screen flashes in the hospital and information appears that advises the practitioner what samples to collect from the dog for virus identification. A similar real-time surveillance system could...FDA approves extended dosing of Aranesp
... sex drive, and pale skin. Frequent visits to the clinic for anemia treatment can result in significant time spent by patients, caregivers and healthcare providers. Reducing the number of visits required for anemia treatment with less frequent dosing and trying to synchronize anemia treatment with other n...First clinical trial of gene therapy for muscular dystrophy now under way
...ogist Dr. Jerry R. Mendell, co-director of the MDA clinic at Columbus Children's Hospital; professor of pediatrics, neurology and pathology at Ohio State University's School of Medicine; and head of the neuromuscular research program and Center for Gene Therapy at Columbus Children's Research Institute. In ...MIT, Brigham: Nanoparticles armed to combat cancer
...erested in developing a system that ends up in the clinic helping patients," Farokhzad said. To make that happen, he added, "we brought in cancer specialists and urologists to collaborate with us." Further, he said, from an engineering perspective "we wanted to develop a broadly applicable system, one that ...Interdisciplinary team develops guidelines for treating severely injured patients
...ent the most successful treatment protocols in the clinic and will include summaries of each procedure ready to print on 3-by-5 index cards for quick bedside reference. The team's first article--on mechanical ventilation--appeared in the September 2005 issue of the Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and ...Georgia Tech computer program designed to halt pandemics installed in Georgia
...and the minutes needed to move patients to a large clinic or for a frightened patient to fill out a form cou...cy re-assignment of health care workers within the clinic and between clinics during an actual outbreak. By being able to assess preparedness, health departme...Children's Hospital Boston presents at the 2006 Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting
...d at 3-month intervals for 2 years, giving data on clinic visits, contraception, infant health care, education, relationships, family history, social risk factors, and social supports. Two predictors were found: Adolescents who engaged in a new relationship or did not live with parents were more likely to h...Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute sign agreement...
...gs, vaccines and diagnostics from the bench to the clinic (translational research). The modeling/simulation project will initially look at the potential impact at the population level of an influenza outbreak in a highly populated suburban area in a South American city. The vector projects, which will exami...Doctorate in medicine at KI celebrates 100 years
...morrow", and Karolinska Institutet and the women's clinic at Karolinska University Hospital will be arranging a "children's party", with appearances by actress Eva Rse and others, in his honour. An estimated 2 million children have been born through IVF since the late 1970s. Dr Philip Yeo, chairman of Singa...Manchester plays host to international genetics network
...ces, the Centre consisted of just a laboratory and clinic and offered simple tests and limited genetic counselling. Now it has a vibrant group of over 200 academic and NHS staff who have identified more than 25 important genes linked to genetic diseases through their painstaking research. They include the g...Light-to-moderate prenatal alcohol exposure can lead to cognitive deficits 10 years later
... substance use among women who attended a prenatal clinic from 1983 to 1985. Women were assessed during each trimester of pregnancy, and again with their children at birth, eight and 18 months, and three, six and 10 years of age. This particular study examines 611 mother-child pairs, which represents 80 p...Low-to-moderate prenatal alcohol exposure lowers IQ at age 10
...l substance abuse in women who attended a prenatal clinic from 1983 to 1985 in which women were assessed during each trimester of pregnancy, and again with their children at birth, eight months, 18 months, and at three, six, 10, 14, 16, and 21 years of age. At 10 years of age, the children's cognitive abili...Rob Roy MacGregor, MD, receives two honors for distinguished career
... was to rename the infectious diseases' outpatient clinic at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) after MacGregor, who helped found the clinic in 1988. The MacGregor Infectious Diseases Clinic was re-named this May. "Back before the AIDS epid...FLT PET assesses treatment response on tumor growthnot sizewith non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
...d Ken Herrmann, resident with the nuclear medicine clinic at the Technical University in Munich, Germany. "However, changes in tumor proliferation may represent a more sensitive tool in differentiating non-responding tumors," added the co-author of "Change of Tumor Cell Proliferation During R-CHOP Chemother...