As it is difficult to experiment on the living human brain, big leaps in understanding have occasionally been made from unexpected results. These results usually occur when treating somet

The Alzheimer Society of Canada is in Ottawa, asking politicians to make the commitment to ensure dementia becomes a national health priority. The Society is making its presence felt at P

Compugen Ltd. (NASDAQ:CGEN) announced the results from initial in-vivo validation studies of CGEN-855A and CGEN-855B, two novel peptide agonists of the FPRL1 G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR), whi

Tranzyme Pharma announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) completed its review of the Company's Investigational New Drug (IND) application for TZP-102, Tranzyme's second drug candid

Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced the FDA approval of a new physician-use continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, the CGMS® iPro™ Recorder. Physicians send patients home with the

BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX) announced that it successfully has completed and reached agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Special Protocol Assessm

A protein has been found that influences the response of the heart to a lack of oxygen and blood flow, such as occurs during a heart attack, a team of Yale School of Medicine researchers report in

On April 3 and 4, the National Academy of Sciences will hold a meeting to identify and promote practical interventions that could better link knowledge with action in pursuit of sustainable develo

Boosted by physical and mental exercise, neural stem cells continue to sprout new neurons throughout life, but the exact function of these newcomers has been the topic of much debate. Removing a g

Vivian Cheung, M.D., a pediatric neurologist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHM

What: Beta-thalassemia is a serious, potentially life-threatening disease that affects red blood cells, cells that carry oxygen via hemoglobin throughout the body. As part of the SardiNIA Study of

Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:AEMD), a pioneer in developing therapeutic devices for infectious disease, disclosed that it has filed a provisional patent submission entitled, Method and Apparatus

Cadmium exposure is a known risk factor for prostate cancer, and a new University of Rochester study suggests that zinc may offer protection against cadmium.In an article published in th

Twenty-one boxes filled with 7,000 unique seed samples from more than 36 African nations were shipped to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a facility being built on a remote island in the Arctic Cir

Peter Reilly pointed to the framed journal covers decorating his office.Each of the six showed the swirling, twisting, complicated structure of an enzyme. Those bright and colorful illus

dermaCM, announces successful findings of a double blind human taste test using proprietary nanolipidic particles (NLP) to mask the taste of sodium chloride in distilled water preparations.

According to research, only eight percent of Americans successfully achieve their New Year's resolution.1 Here's one resolution that's easy to achieve and will keep working for you long after the

New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. A team at the University of Copenhagen have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6-10,000 years ago and is

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) will play a central role in an important new initiative called the iPlant Collaborative, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Collaborative wil

A ground-breaking analysis has been conducted to assess the validity of a tool that can form the basis of establishing or evaluating programs intended to assist patients managing complicated or co

MedBasics Family Health Centers will offer approximately 600 free flu vaccinations in the Little Rock area between February 2 and February 9, helping to combat Arkansas' flu epidemic. The Center f

Healthy consumers can handle the low levels of bacteria occasionally found in cosmetics. But for severely ill patients these bacteria may trigger life-threatening infections, as patients in the in

Researchers have identified a potential new mechanism through which human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) causes leukemia in adults. The findings, published this week in the online open acces

Mentor Corporation (NYSE:MNT), a leading supplier of medical products for the global aesthetic market, announced that subject enrollment and initial dosing in its pivotal Phase IIIb study of its i

Scientists are another step closer to understanding why some people suffer from life-threatening diseases such as cancer. Research published in the new online open access journal BMC Medical Ge

New research suggests that women who take folic acid supplements for at least one year before they become pregnant can cut their risk of having a premature baby by half.Researchers at th

A pharmaceutical plant in Uganda this week will begin production of generic antiretroviral drugs following an order from the Ugandan government for drugs worth 17 billion Ugandan shillings, or ab

The number of new HIV cases reported in South Korea in 2007 decreased for the first time since the country recorded its first case in 1985, according to a report released on Tuesday by the

Integrating family planning, reproductive health and antiretroviral drug services could reduce the number of new HIV cases in Africa, experts said recently at the fifth African Population Confere

Pfizer on Wednesday is expected to announce plans to license its new antiretroviral drug Selzentry to the