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... all, almost 2,800 potato specimens, cultivated in trial fields at the German Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food, were tested. A team of biologists, chemists and computer scientists from Potsdam and Aberystwyth in Wales took part in the evaluation....Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh to lead international study of acute liver failure in children
...es of acute liver failure. A therapeutic clinical trial to study the use of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) as a treatment for acute liver failure that is caused by factors other than acetaminophen overdose. NAC is approved only as treatment for acetaminophen overdose. Basic research into genetic causes of acute ...Discovery links blood cell defect to common lung disorder, leads to novel treatment
...sing new therapy," Stamler said. A larger clinical trial effort now underway will further examine the therapy's potential to relieve pulmonary hypertension, he said. Collaborators on the study include Timothy McMahon, Gregory Ahearn, Martin Moya, Andrew Gow, Yuh-Chin Huang, Raphael Nudelman, Yun Yan, Abig...Antibody to a naturally-occurring sugar chain in colon inhibits inflammatory bowel disease
...e enough promising information to merit a clinical trial to test the antibody's effectiveness. "Our antibody was developed for use in mice. We need to "humanize" it, make the antibody suitable for human consumption. This could take some development, but the results could be very beneficial," Freeze said....Cells from amniotic fluid used to tissue-engineer a new trachea
...eviewing Fauza's application to conduct a clinical trial in human babies with a prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of CDH; the amniotic fluid would be collected several months before birth and a tissue-engineered patch made ready for use soon after delivery. His team is also working on stem-cell-based, tissue-e...Stroke treatment a step closer after trial
..., have now reported the results of the first small trial of IL-1ra in patients, which are published in the ...in the University's Faculty of Life Sciences. "The trial was a definite step in the right direction and may lead to a full trial to test its effectiveness ne...Drug breakthrough for psoriasis sufferers
...nd Safety Study (EXPRESS) was a placebo-controlled trial on 378 patients with moderate to severe psoriasis,...lved in inflammation, and the vast majority of the trial subjects treated with the drug achieved clinically-significant levels of skin clearance. Nearly 60%...Cyberkinetics, Case to develop system to help restore extremity function
... the only group to obtain FDA-approval for a pilot trial in humans using an implantable multichannel, intra... BrainGate TM System. In its first pilot clinical trial currently underway, clinical researchers are testing the safety and feasibility of the BrainGate in ...TB Alliance and Bayer launch historic global drug trials for tuberculosis
...nced a partnership to coordinate a global clinical trial program to study the potential of an existing anti...e United States and Zambia. The Phase II clinical trial program spans four continents and will enroll close to 2,500 patients with TB. Bayer will donate mox...Other highlights in the October 19 JNCI
...of Hong Kong, and colleagues conducted a phase III trial in which 188 HCC patients who could not receive surgery were randomly assigned to be treated with either doxorubicin alone or PIAF. Patients who received PIAF had a higher overall response rate (20.9% versus 10.5% in patients treated with doxorubicin...Anti-cold, anti-flu product cuts recurrent colds by more than half, study shows
...egular intake of COLD-fX was shown in the clinical trial to be effective not only for the prevention of upp...d do not produce consistent clinical results. This trial was unique in that it examined a unique natural extract with the same rigor used for conducting tria...Bone marrow stem cells may heal hearts even years after heart attacks
...ate on a larger, prospective randomized controlled trial in order to strengthen the statistical power of th...resting. However, let's do a double-blind clinical trial and then we'll know for sure where we stand at this stage." Dr. Anversa said the field of cardiac re...Society of Nuclear Medicine announces collaborative working agreement with Bio-Imaging Technologies
...ing will work in establishing multicenter clinical trial capabilities and educational programs. "Over the last few years the society recognized the need to have nuclear medicine--and in particular PET imaging--used in more clinical trials. We have also recognized the need to help further this technology fo...Lippman recognized for discoveries in cancer prevention
...ional Study Chair for the phase III NCI Intergroup trial of isotretinoin a relative of vitamin A and a retinoid commonly used in the treatment of severe acne in preventing second cancers in patients diagnosed with stage I non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer survivors have almost twice the risk as the gen...Pall Corporation presents approach for speeding vaccine production to Shanghai conference
...e in moving the majority of vaccines from clinical trial to full-scale manufacturing." Sellick demonstrated the higher binding capacity of single-use Mustang TM membrane capsules for large molecule applications compared to conventional resin- or gel-based column chromatography. The process also incorporat...Cheek cells used to identify lung cancer
...y. We have already conducted a successful clinical trial for our sputum test for lung cancer. New data suggest that the effects of lung cancer can also be measured as far away as skin cells in the mouth," said lead researcher Bojana Turic, MD, Director of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs, Perceptronix, Inc,...An existing diuretic may suppress seizures in newborns
...ion. Staley and colleagues in Colorado conducted a trial in baby rats and found that bumetanide indeed inhi...p has begun discussions about launching a clinical trial of bumetanide in newborns. Although the drug is FDA-approved and has been used in newborns for other...New monoclonal antibody therapies offer significant survival advantage for breast cancer patients
...he first and only interim analysis of an important trial assessing the potential of Herceptin (trastuzumab)..., an international, multicentre, randomised, 3-arm trial is being conducted by the Breast International Group (BIG) in collaboration with the pharmaceutical ......hich use antibiotics. "At the same time we could trial the benefits of using 'good' bacteria to saturate the skin on doctors' hands and even patients' wounds prior to surgery, to see if this would prevent the settling of pathogenic, antibiotic-resistant bacteria. For instance, a surgeon who has spent the...... 64 percent of the 668 patients enrolled in the trial responded to induction therapy by week 6. Those wh... with placebo. The primary endpoints of PRECiSE 2 trial were met with statistical significance, irrespective of C-reactive protein (CRP, a marker of inflamm...