Novartis MS drug shows promising results
...nched by the end of 2005. Over two million people worldwide are estimated to suffer from multiple sclerosis, which is the leading cause of neurological disability in young adults. MS is the most common chronic, disabling disease of the central nervous system affecting twice as many women than men.3 MS has a...Cancer treatment illustrates UI, private sector partnership
...ement between Coley and Pfizer for development and worldwide commercialization of CPG 7909 (also known as ProMune, or PF-3512676), a cancer treatment that was developed using UI technology. Coley senior executives, including Arthur Krieg, M.D., co-inventor of this technology, chief scientific officer at Coley ...The ACCP strives to close the 10/90 gap between rich and poor nations
...trengthen the capacity of clinical pharmacologists worldwide in pursuit of the College's mission of improving health by optimizing therapeutics." The ACCP has taken a leadership role among its peer organizations in being responsive to professional colleagues in developing economies. Ameer notes, "The publi...Steroids reduce heart damage risk in children with Kawasaki's disease
...ts of steroids more closely. We looked at research worldwide and were surprised to find eight solid clinical trials showing the value of steroids in significantly reducing heart damage in children with Kawasaki's disease. Steroids, when combined with aspirin and IVGB, reduced the odds of developing inflammatio...Merck investigational vaccine GARDASIL prevented 100 percent of cervical pre- & non-invasive cancers
...ong women, results in approximately 290,000 deaths worldwide each year. In the United States an estimated 10,400 new cases of cervical cancer will be diagnosed in 2005, and there will be an estimated 3,700 deaths from cervical cancer. It is estimated that approximately 20 million men and women in the United ...Gold nanoparticles show potential for noninvasive cancer treatment
...g university that consistently defines health care worldwide by conducting advanced biomedical research, educating graduate students in health care, and providing complex patient care....Preventing chronic diseases - need for concerted action
...onsiders the new goal set by the WHO to reduce the worldwide death rate of chronic disease by two per cent per year over the next ten years as realistic and as important guidance for cardiologists around the world. There is abundant scientific evidence that preventive action is effective in terms both of morta...Cervical cancer vaccine proves effective: Test results
...s involved more than 25,000 people in 33 countries worldwide in total. Women aged 16 years to 26 years were chosen at random to receive a three-dose regimen of either Gardasil TM or placebo at Day 1, Month 2, and Month 6. Gardasil TM was successful in preventing 100 per cent of cases of high-grade pre-canc...Researchers call for better public health campaigns to control and eliminate river blindness
...ss. Currently there are at least 18 million people worldwide affected by this parasite, and more action is urgently needed. This model will help in the fight against the disease by providing a better understanding of the role of exposure to the biting flies that transmit river blindness" The new model uses da...ACRF research funds critical to keeping international edge: Frazer
...s Professor Ian Frazer. Frazer, whose team grabbed worldwide headlines this week by developing a cervical cancer vaccine, previously received an ACRF grant that allowed it to leverage $2m from the Queensland Government and the University of Queensland for much-needed laboratory space on the Princess Alexandra ...NIAID launches first Phase II trial of a 'global' HIV/AIDS vaccine
...el vaccine targeted to multiple HIV subtypes found worldwide has moved into the second phase of clinical testing, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced today. The study investigators plan to enroll a total of 480 participan...Therapeutic vaccine for ovarian cancer in clinical trials
...er trial to completion. Prima has an exclusive worldwide license to mucin-1 from Biomira for use in its den...secure commercialisation rights for the technology worldwide except for Australia and New Zealand, for which Prima has retained the rights....National and regional leadership needed to coordinate response to avian flu pandemic
... of the world's population and killed 2050 million worldwide Last month, the UN appointed David Nabarro, a senior public-health expert at WHO, to lead the coordination of the UN response to avian influenza. What is also urgently needed is strong national and regional leadership; unrestricted transparency in su...Hopkins scientist to direct international studies of antibiotic as new treatment for tuberculosis
...rial disease that kills more than 2 million people worldwide each year and is the leading cause of death of peo...uncil. The GATB estimates that 1 billion people worldwide will be infected with tuberculosis by the year 2020, of whom 200 million will fall ill and 35 millio...Cochrane Library publishes the most thorough survey of MMR vaccination data
...e original authors, but before that it triggered a worldwide scare, which in turn resulted in reduced uptake of the vaccine. Aware of the controversy surrounding the use of MMR, members of The Cochrane Collaboration set out to review the evidence for effectiveness of the vaccine and also to review evidence of ...Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent outperforms paclitaxel eluting stent in seven study meta-analysis
...s," stated Dennis Donohoe, M.D., vice president of worldwide clinical research and regulatory affairs for Cordis Corporation. "This rigorously conducted meta analysis establishes the highest level of scientific evidence of the relative performance of these two drug-eluting stents. The CYPHER Stent's strong cl...Exercise vital to build strong bones
...c diseases. It strikes one in three women over 50 worldwide (more than breast cancer) and one in five men (more than prostate cancer). Some highlights of the Move it or Lose it report, which will be distributed by IOF's member osteoporosis societies in some 80 countries: Because bone is living tissue, which...Al Gore recipient of Harvard Global Environmental Citizen Award
...by helping America lead the estimated $400 billion worldwide market for new technologies that clean up the environment, and he was a central figure at the 1997 Climate Change Summit in Kyoto, Japan. His pioneering efforts to protect the earth's ozone layer and to clean up toxic-waste dumps were outlined in his...Tracking desertification with satellites highlighted at UNCCD COP
...ombat Desertification regards desertification as a worldwide problem. Delegates from the 170-plus signatories to the Convention currently gathered in Nairobi have been briefed by ESA representatives and national partners on how satellites are being used to track desertification in Europe. The Seventh Session ...17th annual medical ethics conference to focus on global and personal issues
...'s aim is to foster a network of clinical scholars worldwide who use clinical ethics to improve the quality of patient care and patient outcomes. This year's conference remembers benefactors Dorothy Jean MacLean, who helped found the Center and was deeply committed to its work, and Irving Harris, who was dedic...