UK approval procedures will drive research overseas
...th service research will block evaluation work and accelerate the migration of clinical studies to other parts of the world," they conclude....Exercise may not be good enough to reduce mild hypertension in older people, Hopkins experts say
...art contractions. Stiffer, less flexible arteries accelerate blood flow, creating faster pulse waves. Blood pressure is a measure of the force applied against the inner walls of arteries as the heart pumps blood around the body. The systolic reading (the "upper" number in a blood pressure test), measures the...Little answers to world's biggest problems
...is a clear need for the international community to accelerate the use by less industrialized countries of these top nanotechnologies to address development challenges sustainably," said Dr Abdallah Daar, another of the study's authors....Alternate view for pathology of AD
...ogma but, more importantly, reveal key insights to accelerate the development of new therapeutic inroads." In addition to Lee and Smith, co-authors represented the key contributions and insights of a decade-long team-effort by current (George Perry, Ph.D., Matthew R. Garrett, Paula Moreira, and Xiongwei Zhu, P...Tea may help prevent diabetes and cataracts
...ch in turn affects other biochemical pathways that accelerate diabetic complications such as cataracts. "Most people, scientists included, believe that green tea has more health benefits than black tea," says Joe Vinson, Ph.D., a chemist at the University of Scranton (Penn.) and lead author of the paper. In com...Technique may speed drug production, reduce costs and waste
...veloped a new chemical reaction that could greatly accelerate pharmaceutical production, while also cutting costs and toxic by-products. The reaction, designed by chemistry Professor Mark Lautens and graduate student Eric Fang, simplifies the creation of the basic molecular framework found in many natural produ...Electroshock therapy speeds improvement in schizophrenia patients
...y clearly works, and combining both treatments can accelerate benefits to some patients, the review finds. Dr. Prathap Tharyan, head of psychiatry at Christian Medical College in Tamil Nadu, India, and colleagues analyzed 26 randomized controlled trials, involving 1,485 adult patients, 798 of whom were treated ...High levels of immunosuppressant may lead to tumor recurrence
...unosuppressants necessary to prevent rejection can accelerate tumor growth, and the incidence of tumor recurrence is high. Because of this, strict selection criteria of patients with HCC has limited their access to transplants, yet the role of immunosuprressants in tumor growth has not been well established. I...Top AIDS researchers to discuss latest advances on vaccine development for HIV-1 at academy meeting
...y analysis, advocacy and community mobilization to accelerate the ethical development and global delivery of vaccine against HIV / AIDS. For further information, visit the meetings/conferences section of the www.nyas.org web site....Microbicide partners receive $5.7 million from Gates Foundation
... is housed at PATH, will continue their efforts to accelerate product development through advocacy, policy analysis, and social science research. Lori Heise, Director of the Global Campaign for Microbicides, said, "A coordinated public education and advocacy strategy is critical to getting microbicides to wom...Children with autism have distinctly different immune system reactions compared to typical children
...e and the National Alliance for Autism Research to accelerate knowledge of this increasingly common and perplexing disorder. It is estimated that autism now affects 1 in every 166 children. "Understanding the biology of autism is crucial to developing better ways to diagnose and treat it," said Judy Van de Wate...NIAID awards first $27 million using new bioshield authorities
...ject Bioshield gives federal agencies new tools to accelerate research on medical countermeasures to safeguard Americans against chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attack. These first grants and contracts, which range in duration from 12 to 18 months, respond to a key objective of the NIAID biodefens...Leading patient safety advocates assess progress in reducing medical error
...safe until we put that knowledge into practice. To accelerate progress we need to align the forces for change. The best way to do that would be for the major national organizations, federal and private, to set explicit, ambitious, quantitative national goals and call for all health care organizations to meet t...Study shows grapefruit extract can heal stomach ulcers
...Researchers concluded that treatment with GSE does accelerate ulcer healing via a mechanism involving COX-1 and COX-2 activity, combined with effects on gastric acid, gastric blood flow at the ulcer margin and release of gastrin, which promotes ulcer healing. "Because grapefruit is acidic in nature, people wit...New partnership launched to accelerate and evaluate national malaria control program in Africa
...a, and the Zambia Roll Back Malaria Partnership to accelerate and document the impact of progress toward meeting...confident that this new partnership with PATH will accelerate the country's efforts to save the lives of thousands more of its citizens, and we look forward to co...Experimental therapies and vaccines for Ebola and Marburg viruses focus of Academy meeting
...tanding of these fatal hemorrhagic diseases and to accelerate progress towards protective vaccines and novel therapeutic strategies. To present news on the latest developments in our understanding of the molecular biology, epidemiology and approaches to vaccine development for these acute hemorrhagic viruses,...Harvard Medical School and Project A.L.S. join forces to target ALS research
... HMS and Project A.L.S. are teaming up together to accelerate progress toward mutual goals. "We founded Project A.L.S. in 1998, aiming to put the first strong medicine into place," said Meredith Estess, president of Project A.L.S., a nimble, young organization that actively recruits new ideas and renowned scien...Penn study points to how COX-2 inhibitors can eventually lead to heart disease
...ls to a rise in blood pressure which, in turn, can accelerate hardening of the arteries, or atherosclerosis. COX-2 inhibitors such as older NSAIDs have been shown to raise blood pressure in people. In addition, the Penn group has shown in previous studies that shutting down prostacyclin hastens initiation and e......rth added to the trial's stature and would further accelerate patient enrolment in the CE Mark Trial. "Over the ...f European hospitals participating in the trial to accelerate acquisition of clinical evidence to support a successful application for European regulatory approva...IBM and EPFL join forces to uncover the secrets of cognitive intelligence
... is not the power itself, but how it is applied to accelerate innovation and discovery in science, engineering and business." By using a Blue Gene supercomputer to run experiments in real time, Markram anticipates a substantial acceleration in the pace of brain research. "With an accurate computer-based model ...