Polyplus-transfection, a company specialized in the research, development and marketing of innovative reagents for transfection and RNA interference (RNAi), announces the production of the first b

Legacies, artworks, vintage champagne, handmade embroidery and poems of thanks are just some of the ways that patients have shown their appreciation to their doctors over the last year, according

European health authorities have approved Galvus(R) (vildagliptin) as a new oral treatment for type 2 diabetes patients, paving the way for launches in Europe. This regulatory approval applies in

Harry Marsland is a retired Optometrist who developed Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) seven years ago. Although there is a lack of unawareness of AMD in the UK, it is the leading cause of b

Using imaging technology for the first time to investigate the phenomenon, US researchers have revealed what goes on in the brain when we scratch, giving new clues about why the behaviour brings

Survival rates for the most premature babies at a top London hospital have more than doubled over a 20 year period, according to research published in the latest edition of the journal Acta Pae

Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center have discovered biomarkers that predict which patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer will respond to a combination treatment of the anti-infl

All candidates running for office in 2008 should commit to an agenda to create a health care system for the United States that is second to none the American College of Physicians (ACP) said in it

Further sampling has been carried out by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) as part of ongoing investigations into antiviral drug susceptibility against seasonal flu viruses currently circulating

A drug already used to treat parasitic infections, and once looked at for cancer, also attacks the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a new and powerful way, according to research published onl

Diabetes UK is disappointed the European Union has not enforced the traffic light system alongside plans to impose standard nutritional information in food labelling across 27 countries.T

People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an inflammatory autoimmune disease, tend to die younger and, largely from cardiovascular disease (CVD). One explanation for this increasingly recognized fact

A new study published in the February 2008 print edition of The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org/) describes a scientific advance th

Women who live in Chicago's gentrifying neighborhoods are more apt to receive a late diagnosis of breast cancer than women who live in poverty-stricken neighborhoods, University of Illinois at Chi

A recent article published in Developmental and Comparative Immunology (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/devcompimm), t

Parents who warm up baby bottles could be putting their child at risk of 'gender bending' chemicals, the Daily Mail reported. The Guardian said, Scientists found that polycarbona

Ten years ago, researchers at the IMP - a basic research institute in Vienna - discovered a fundamental and amazingly plausible mechanism of cell division. They identified a protein complex, which

Drugs derived from cinchona bark, known as cinchona alkaloids, have been used in healing from ancient times. The most prominent representative of this group is quinine, a bitter substance containe

Recent outbreaks of norovirus - also known as stomach flu - indicate the highly contagious, fast-moving virus is again a public health concern. The Association for Professionals in Infection Contr

A new study published February 6 in the open access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases suggests that socioeconomic factors best explain patterns of the infectious disease American

Onchocerciasis is an infection caused by Onchocerca volvulus, a parasite nematode worm transmitted to humans by a species of black fly of the Simulium genus whose larvae develop in fast-flowing ri

University of Minnesota researchers have discovered a new way to turn genes off in human T cells, a type of white blood cell that helps the immune system fight infections.Turning off gen

Akorn, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKRX) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Akorn's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Calcitriol Injection, 1 mcg/mL and

In the first study to use imaging technology to see what goes on in the brain when we scratch, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have uncovered new clues about why scrat

Genomatix is a company with a renowned track record in the analysis of genomic data generated by high throughput technologies. Genomatix algorithms include optimized fast mapping strategies and Ge

M's Science Corporation (MSC), a clinical stage discovery and development company announced that it initiated a Phase 2 study in Europe with its lead product SA4503 for treatment of stroke. Earlie

The Rocky Mountains have warmed by 2 degrees Fahrenheit. The snowpack in the Sierras has dwindled by 20 percent and the temperatures there have heated up by 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit.All co

Argos Therapeutics announced the publication of an article in the peer-reviewed online journal PLoS ONE supporting the company's novel approach to stimulating a patient-specific immune resp

Archemix Corp., a biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing aptamer therapeutics, announced that it will receive a $1 million milestone payment from its collabor

One way diabetes is bad for your blood vessels is by creating too much competition for an amino acid that helps blood vessels relax, researchers say.That amino acid, L-arginine, is broke