New cause of tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer cells discovered at Lombardi
...ists from the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center announced today the discovery of a new mechanism of resistance to endocrine or anti-hormonal therapies, such as Tamoxifen and Faslodex. This research may allow oncologists to screen women for responsiveness to these treatments, and provides a much-needed clue ...New contracts support clinical trials on antibiotic-resistant, community-acquired staph infections
NIAID today announced the award of two new five-year contracts to study whether selected oral, off-patent antibiotics can effectively treat uncomplicated cases of skin and soft tissue infections caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-...Old McDonald's has a hold on kids' taste buds, Stanford/Packard study finds
...uits, McDonald's and nine other top food companies announced the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative. Participants agree to devote at least half their advertising messages to promoting healthier choices for children. "I have tremendous trust that the private sector will find a way to offer b...RAND, Health Dialog form alliance to create tools to evaluate health-care quality and efficiency
...ation and Health Dialog Services Corporation today announced an alliance that will entitle Health Dialog to exclusive, worldwide rights to integrate select RAND quality measures into its existing provider performance measurement tools and care management services. The alliance, the first of its kind, unite...Electric fields have potential as a cancer treatment
... the electrode therapy started. These results were announced in a recent issue of The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Kirson et al., PNAS 104, 10152-10157, June 12, 2007). The Physics Today article explains these results in terms of the physical mechanisms that enable the electric fields to ...Vicente Fox Center and RAND launch joint program to find policies to combat poverty
...ch in Guanajuato, Mexico. The new research program announced today will be based at the Fox Center. Studies conducted by the Fox Center and RAND will be published jointly. The Fox Center and RAND will also conduct seminars, conferences and international forums designed to promote democracy, leadership, trans...W.M. Keck Foundation announces 2007 class of Distinguished Young Scholars in medical research
...t medical research, science and engineering, today announced the 2007 class of grant recipients under its Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research Program. Robert A. Day, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer said: Now in its ninth year, our Young Scholars program is designed to give the nations most pr...Nottingham center to help UK to meet its carbon targets
...h the Challenging Engineering initiative, has just announced a five-year funding package for CICCS, with a view to it becoming a world leader in the development of novel processes for carbon capture and storage and establishing partnerships with major international industries and research centres. Dr Maroto-...Asia Pacific Family Medicine moves to BioMed Central's open access platform
...r of online open access scientific journals, today announced that the journal Asia Pacific Family Medicine (APFM) will join BioMed Centrals family of independent, open access journals. The partnership between APFM and BioMed Central continues the expansion of the worldwide scope of BioMed Centrals peer-review...The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation invests in gastroenterology's future
...on for Digestive Health and Nutrition (FDHN) today announced a three-year grant from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, which will benefit high school students who demonstrate high potential for careers in digestive disease research. The Student Research Fellowship Awards program was created by the AGA more ...From UF and IBM, a blueprint for 'smart' health care
...e and in medical offices, thanks to new technology announced today by the University of Florida and IBM. The technology creates the first-ever roadmap for widespread commercial development of smart devices that, for example, take a persons blood pressure, temperature or respiration rate the minute a person s...Sucampo Pharmaceuticals submits supplemental new drug application for Lubiprostone to treat IBS-C
...maceuticals, Inc., (Sucampo Pharmaceuticals) today announced that it has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to seek market approval of a lower strength of lubiprostone (8 mcg) to treat irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C). Lubiprostone, develop...AstraZeneca announces SYMBICORT is now available in the US
Wilmington, Del. June 25, 2007 -- AstraZeneca announced today that SYMBICORT (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate) pressurized metered dose inhaler (pMDI) is now available in the United States for the long-term maintenance treatment of asthma in patients 12 years of age and older. Administered twic...Experts predict Tamiflu could halve the pandemic influenza death toll versus no intervention
...d cut deaths by approximately half. This study was announced at the leading influenza conference, Options for the Control of Influenza VI, in Toronto.1 The reality is that country stockpiles of Tamiflu are limited and are targeted at treatment only rather than treatment and prevention.2 However, some govern...Weill Cornell Medical College announces gifts totaling $400M
...Y (June 13, 2007) -- Weill Cornell Medical College announced today that it is the recipient of $400 million, ma...ell, to $1.653 million. The largest of the gifts announced today is $250 million -- believed to be the single largest gift ever given to a medical college -- f......onoscopies than ever before, the Health Department announced today, and people of all races and incomes are benefiting. The test which can detect, prevent, or cure colorectal cancer is generally recommended once every decade for people 50 and older, and earlier for those with a family history of the disease....GSK announces launch of largest ever Phase III trial in lung cancer treatment
...cago - June 5th, 2007 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) today announced final results of a Phase II proof-of-concept clini...urse. Based on these encouraging data, GSK also announced today the opening of patient recruitment to the randomized and controlled Phase III efficacy and saf...CIRM awards $3.79 million to Burnham Institute
...ifornia Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) announced today the award of $3.79 million to the Burnham In...otaling $6 million) earlier this year. The funding announced today will make it possible to develop a shared laboratory providing cell culture and core services ...Abilify sNDA for pediatric patients with schizophrenia accepted for priority FDA review
...Ltd., and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for priority (six month review target) review the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) of the atypical antipsychotic ABILIFY (aripiprazole) for the treatment of pediatric patient...