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Human To Human Transmission Of Bird Flu
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluTestsindicate that a father diagnosed with bird flu in China probably caughtthe disease from his son, only increasing concern about transmission ofthe virus between humans. This was published early online and in theApril 2008 issue of The Lancet. As of April 2, 2008,there have been 376 cases of infe ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Alcohol Dependence May Respond To Aripiprazole, Treatment For Bipolar Disorder And Schizophrenia.
Categorie : Bipolar* Aripiprazole is currently approved to treat bipolar disorder as well as schizophrenia. * A new study has found that it significantly and dose-dependently increases the sedative effects of alcohol and, to a lesser degree, decreases the euphoric effects of alcohol. * Future research will n ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Famous Bipolar People Contest Raises Awareness, Encourages Research
Categorie : BipolarFamous bipolar people include some of the world's foremost musicians, actors, writers, composers and scientists. A new contest launched on YouTube uses the current interest in bipolar celebrities to raise awareness about bipolar disorder. The Famous Bipolar People Contest encourages research and ref ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Human Reproductive Scientists Apply Skills To African Mammal Conservation
Categorie : Biology / BiochemistryScientists expert in the field of human reproduction have turned their attention to one of Africa's rarest and most iconic carnivores, the Ethiopian wolf. Though it has eluded captivity, the 400 remaining wolves have not escaped the attention of reproductive biologist Professor Bob Millar, Director ...
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Sat Apr 2008
24th Annual Meeting Of European Society Of Human Reproduction & Embryology
Categorie : Biology / BiochemistryReproductive medicine is one of the most exciting scientific and clinical areas. Every month brings announcements of research developments, medical 'firsts', new rulings by regulatory bodies, or ethical controversies - often sparking heated debate among practitioners in the field themselves, as well ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Predator-Prey Interaction Recreated In A Petri Dish
Categorie : Biology / BiochemistryThe hunter-versus-hunted phenomenon exemplified by a pack of lionesses chasing down a lonely gazelle has been recreated in a Petri dish with lowly bacteria.Working with colleagues at Caltech, Stanford and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a Duke University bioengineer has developed a living syste ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Supplemental New Drug Application For RISPERDAL(R) CONSTA(R) Submitted To The FDA For The Treatment Of Frequently Relapsing Bipolar Disorder
Categorie : BipolarAlkermes, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALKS) announced that its partner, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. (J&JPRD), submitted a Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for RISPERDAL® CONSTA® [(risperidone) Long-Acting Injection] to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking ...
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Sat Apr 2008
AstraZeneca Announces First Presentation Of Pivotal SEROQUEL XR(TM) Bipolar Studies
Categorie : BipolarNew pivotal trial data from two clinical studies with SEROQUEL XR? (quetiapine fumarate) once daily Extended Release Tablets were presented today at the Eighth International Review of Bipolar Disorder (IRBD) Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. ...
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Sat Apr 2008
European Marketing Authorization For Abilify - For Severe Manic Episodes In Bipolar I Disorder
Categorie : BipolarOn April 8, 2008, the European Commission made a decision to allow thedrug ABILIFY® (aripiprazole) to be marketed. ABILIFY treats moderate tosevere manic episodes for patients with Bipolar I Disorder and it isdesigned to prevent new manic episodes in patients who experiencepredominately manic episod ...
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Sat Apr 2008
How Salmonella Escapes Immune Defenses
Categorie : Biology / BiochemistrySalmonella are wily and obnoxious bacterial invaders--escape artists capable of evading multiple immune responses and causing a harsh and debilitating intestinal infection.Researchers have come closer to understanding how these bacteria manage to thwart two major categories of immune defenses at onc ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Oral Drug For Pain From Cone Snails And Plants
Categorie : Biology / BiochemistryMolecules from cone snail venom and African plants are being used by Queensland researchers as a blueprint to develop an oral drug to treat chronic pain.Professor David Craik and Dr Richard Clark from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience have received $218,275 from the National Health and Medical ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Kosan Presents Preclinical Data On Nuclear Export Inhibitors, Novel Anticancer Agents, At AACR
Categorie : Biology / BiochemistryKosan Biosciences Incorporated (Nasdaq: KOSN) presented preclinical data on its proprietary nuclear export inhibitors (NEI) showing potent in vitro and in vivo activity as well as tolerability in leukemia xenograft models, and further elucidating the NEI anticancer mechanism of action correlating ...
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Sat Apr 2008
HIV Might Spread More Quickly Within The Body Than Previously Thought, Monkey Study Indicates
Categorie : Biology / BiochemistryEach rhesus monkey cell infected with the simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV, produces at least 50,000 viruses over its life span, suggesting HIV spreads more rapidly than previously estimated, according to a study by researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratories, the ...
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Sat Apr 2008
KXO1 Can Inhibit The Growth Of Many Cancer Cell Types In Culture And The Growth Of Human Colon Cancer Cells In Animal Models
Categorie : Biology / BiochemistryA novel compound, KXO1 (KX2-391), is a potential new cancer drug to prevent or treat recurrent and metastatic cancer, according to a study presented by Irwin H. Gelman, PhD, Department of Cancer Genetics , Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), at the 2008 annual meeting of the ...
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Sat Apr 2008
A Potential Sugar Fix For Tumors
Categorie : Biology / BiochemistryResearchers at the Duke School of Medicine apparently have solved the riddle of why cancer cells like sugar so much, and it may be a mechanism that could lead to better cancer treatments.Jonathan Coloff, a graduate student in Assistant Professor Jeffrey Rathmell's laboratory in the Duke Department o ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Getting Drugs To Tumors Quickly And With Less Toxicity Requires Novel Drug Delivery Methods
Categorie : Biology / BiochemistryAs promising cancer therapies and drugs emerge, researchers strive to find ways to deliver them to patients with minimal side effects. At the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, April 12-16, researchers report that therapies delivered by "trojan horse" peptides and t ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Regenerative Medicine To Help Wounded Soldiers
Categorie : Biology / BiochemistryThe Department of Defense (DOD) has announced that Rice University and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will spearhead the search for innovative ways to quickly grow large volumes of bone tissue for craniofacial reconstruction for soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.The ...
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Sat Apr 2008
News From The Burnham Institute
Categorie : Biology / BiochemistryNew Focus on Children's HealthBurnham Institute for Medical Research will unveil the new Sanford Children's Health Research Center at a ceremony on Burnham's campus on Friday, April 25. Fred Levine, M.D., Ph.D., director of the center, will introduce the newly appointed Sanford Investigators. The ce ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Critical Detail Of Cellular Defense Against Genetic Mistakes Discovered By Researchers
Categorie : Biology / BiochemistryResearchers are closing in on a completed diagram of how human cells protect themselves against constant genetic mistakes that contribute to most diseases, according to a study to be published in the April 18 edition of the journal Cell.The blueprint for the human body is encoded in genes. Gene expr ...
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Sat Apr 2008
How Cells Generate Asymmetry - Protein Coating Tiny Vesicles May Play Key Role
Categorie : Biology / BiochemistryMost common tools are intrinsically asymmetric, which is necessary for their function. For example, knives and forks have handles for grabbing and tips designed for cutting or punching. Likewise, most cells are asymmetrically shaped. This "polarity" is necessary to perform vital functions for the bo ...
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Sat Apr 2008