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11:27:24 PM Crestor's Benefits Seen Outweighing Risks
Wall Street Journal - USA

AstraZeneca PLC, which makes Crestor, is seeking FDA approval to sell the drug to a wider group of patients who wouldn't be considered candidates for .... [more]

11:20:35 PM Gender Switch Made Easy?
NPR - Washington,D.C.,USA

Lovell-Badge was a co-author of the study and is a researcher at Britain's Medical Research Council's National Institute of Medical Research. ... [more]

11:05:12 PM Experimental drug kills breast cancer stem cells
Reuters - NY,USA

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, Dec 11 (Reuters) - An experimental drug was effective at killing breast cancer stem cells -- a kind of master cancer cell that ... [more]

10:50:37 PM UVA Granted Most Stimulus Money
NBC 29 News - Charlottesville,VA,USA

Two thirds of that money is designated for biomedical research and is coming from the National Institutes of Health. The largest single grant is a $3.2 ... [more]

10:15:42 PM Stem Cells Turned Into AIDS Killers in Lab Tests
US News - USA

11 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've shown that human stem cells can be turned into cells that can kill those infected by the virus that causes ... [more]

10:10:02 PM Concord Medical, KAR struggle in New York debuts
Reuters - NY,USA

The company, which sold 12 million American Depositary Shares, said it would use the proceeds to expand and develop research centers, and for general ... [more]

9:45:26 PM Hansen Medical Settles Litigation Against Luna Innovations
CNN/Money - USA

The settlement agreement contemplates that, subject to certain conditions including Luna's emergence from bankruptcy, Hansen Medical, Luna and Intuitive ... [more]

9:40:11 PM New Drugs, New Combinations Fight Breast Cancer
US News - USA

A third study gives added credibility to the stem cell theory of cancer that is currently gaining prominence in the medical community. ... [more]

8:48:07 PM Biomedical scientists make ovary gene discovery
Mediplacements

The discovery is said to important because it may mean that a baby's sex is not solely determined by X and Y chromosomes found in sperm, the Daily Mail .... [more]

8:19:51 PM Autism Research at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Is Among Time ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

.... research led by scientists at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has been named one of the top ten medical breakthroughs of 2009 by Time Magazine. ... [more]

8:05:36 PM Switching a Gene in Adult Mice Easily Transforms Females Into Males
Popular Science - New York,NY,USA

Co-author Robin Lovell-Badge, from the Medical Research Council's National Institute of Medical Research in north London, told the Independent newspaper ... [more]

7:59:05 PM ASH: Variable Vaccine Response in Stem Cell Recipients
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA

By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Explain to patients that survivors of childhood stem cell transplantation may not respond to vaccination ... [more]

7:49:32 PM Stem cells used to treat blindness
United Press International

11 (UPI) -- Cultured stem cells from eyes helped improve the sight of eight patients with Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency, a painful, blinding disease, ... [more]

7:29:57 PM FDA Okays First Platelet Storage Solution
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA

MedPage Today provides daily, peer-reviewed medical news articles, written specifically for the clinician. While we cover most medical specialties, .... [more]

7:03:25 PM UCF studying biomedical incubator
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program administrators are studying the feasibility of a new biomedical incubation program to support ... [more]

6:25:13 PM Health Highlights: Dec. 11 2009
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA

A survey of food manufacturers required to register with the FDA found that nearly half failed to give the agency accurate contact information, ... [more]

5:51:45 PM New discovery: gene keeps ovaries from turning into testes
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Study co-author Robin Lovell-Badge, of the Medical Research Council's National Institute for Medical Research in London, as quoted in the article, says, ... [more]

5:23:24 PM RIT, RGH say alliance has led to vaccine research, new course
RocNow - Rochester,NY,USA

A new course that allows biomedical photographic communications students to get photographic experience in Rochester General operating rooms. ... [more]

5:02:34 PM USC Receives $3 Million for Stem Cell Training
USC News

In January, these grants had been recommended by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Scientific and Medical Research Funding Working Group ... [more]

4:56:29 PM Subpoena Shows Why Device Manufacturers Need to Be Held Accountable
InjuryBoard.com

The Court ruled that because the FDA had approved a medical device through the pre-market approval process, patients injured do not have any recourse to ... [more]

4:23:14 PM UNT aims to open MD school in FW
Dallas Business Journal - Dallas,TX,USA

UNT will be turning to foundations, private individuals, corporations, hospitals and others in the medical community in Tarrant County for help, he said. ... [more]

4:16:50 PM Biomedical Scientist in Haematology
Mediplacements

Biomedical Scientist required for a 6 months contract on the South East Coast of England. . Mediplacements are recruiting a Biomedical Scientists 1 required ... [more]

4:15:04 PM Stem Cell Research
Vermont Public Radio - Colchester,VT,USA

By Jane Lindholm For years we've known that stem cells have the potential to develop into many different cell types, and for researchers that's been a ... [more]

3:43:56 PM Rosalie Dunn, Ph.D., Joins Gwathmey, Inc. as Chief Executive Officer
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

.... heart failure research area, as documented by Dr. Gwathmey's continued research supported by the NIH and her publications in medical research journals. ... [more]

3:35:16 PM FDA Staff: Crestor's Benefits Outweigh Risks >AZN
Wall Street Journal - USA

By Jennifer Corbett Dooren WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--A Food and Drug Administration medical reviewer Friday said the benefit of treating additional patients ... [more]

2:24:53 PM Spice Compounds May Stem Tumor Growth
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA

Compounds derived from two spices -- pepper and turmeric -- could help prevent breast cancer by limiting the growth of stem cells that promote tumor growth, ... [more]

2:22:12 PM Experimental drug targets chemo-resistant breast cancer stem cells
BCM News - Houston,TX,USA

HOUSTON -- (December 11, 2009) -- In animal and patient studies, an experimental drug eliminated chemotherapy-resistant breast cancer stem cells – the cells ... [more]

1:58:59 PM Louis Silverman Appointed to Questcor Board of Directors
CNN/Money - USA

Mr. Silverman, 51 is currently Chief Executive Officer of privately-held Marina Medical Billing Service Inc. based in Cerritos, CA, , a company focused on ... [more]

1:40:13 PM Boston Scientific prices $2b in senior notes
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

AP Boston Scientific Corp., the Natick-based medical device maker, said today that it priced a public offering of $2 billion in senior notes and will record ... [more]

1:23:30 PM Stem-Cell Opponents Sue State Over Ballot
Courthouse News Service - Pasadena,CA,USA

.... Trust Fund be spent on primary health care for poor Missourians, but not for abortion services or human research, which includes stem cell research. ... [more]

12:40:19 PM Russia's Human Stem Cell Institute completes IPO on local MICEX bourse
ISI - Emerging Markets - New York,USA

Dec 10, 2009 (DW) - Russian biotech company Human Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) has completed its IPO on the local MICEX bourse, RBC Novosti news service ... [more]

12:30:22 PM New medical breakthrough could mean women can put off having babies till
Marie Claire.co.uk - London,England,UK

Marie Claire.co.uk British and German scientists have discovered that a single gene is responsible for keeping ovaries the way they are. When the gene is 'switched off', ... [more]

12:07:41 PM ProMetic Validates Its Regulatory Pathway for PBI-1402 With the FDA
SYS-CON Media (press release)

ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: PLI) met earlier this week with the US Food and Drug Administration's ("FDA") Division of Medical Imaging and Hematology ... [more]

11:40:14 AM Entest BioMedical to develop laser-based stem cell therapy for COPD
Laser Focus World Magazine - Nashua,NH,USA

The goal of this proposed venture is to produce a laser-based therapeutic platform that increases levels of efficacy of stem cell therapy in patients with ... [more]

11:00:28 AM Carte Blanche launches two new spinoof series in 2010
Media Update

The series will throw the spotlight on trailblazing medical breakthroughs, both from South Africa and abroad, and will also delve deeper into the viewpoints ... [more]

10:25:31 AM Stem cell therapy successfully treats eye disease
Times of India - India

Researchers at the North East England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI) have reported the first successful treatment of eight patients with "Limbal Stem Cell ... [more]

8:47:57 AM Stem cells from skin may chafe
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

When Japanese scientists found a way to tease out high-quality stem cells from adult skin, their discovery was hailed as a major breakthrough, ... [more]

8:24:03 AM Obama allocates $600 million for community health centers
The Money Times - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India

by Neka Sehgal - December 10, 2009 - 0 comments Washington, December 10 -- In an effort to overhaul the nation's health system and generate jobs, ... [more]

7:40:15 AM Sen. Grassley Digs into Funding from Pharmaceutical and Device Maker
Companies

InjuryBoard.com (blog) These "money allocations" by the medical device manufacturers and drug makers, who have incredible financial resources and influence at all levels of the ... [more]

7:21:06 AM US panel sees higher skin risk with some MRI drugs
Reuters - NY,USA

It is too soon to tell the risk with two other recently approved products, Bayer's Eovist and Lantheus Medical Imaging's Ablavar, FDA staff said. ... [more]

7:18:47 AM First Place: High School
The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA

Is medical research at the forefront of America's priorities in these adverse economic times? According to President Barack Obama, the investment in medical ... [more]

6:02:23 AM Houston doctors buy in to medical timeshares
Houston Business Journal - Houston,TX,USA

... and surgeons — share the original 2000-square-foot space, which is 70 percent leased after just a few months of marketing within the medical community. ... [more]

5:54:10 AM Stem Cell Therapy Aids the Return of Lava Man
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Herthel went to work, taking healthy stem cells from other parts of Lava Man's body and injecting them into the areas that had been injured. ... [more]

5:47:24 AM Early-Stage Investors Hedge Their Bets with Medical Devices
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA

They have filled the gap created by the slowdown in the R&D pipeline of big pharmaceutical and medical device companies over the years. ... [more]

5:38:31 AM Amgen's denosumab reduces cancer bone risk-study
Reuters - NY,USA

The FDA in October delayed approval of denosumab as a treatment for osteoporosis in post-menopausal women. The FDA said it was seeking more information ... [more]

3:49:11 AM Service Sector Is Job-Growth Engine
Wall Street Journal - USA

But nurses, biomedical engineers, waiters and security guards will fare better in coming years. Those are among the findings of a Labor Department report ... [more]

2:50:03 AM Researchers touch on something new
Albany Times Union

The discovery opens new paths of research for conditions that have baffled the medical community for decades, such as migraine headaches and fibromyalgia. ... [more]

2:35:27 AM From Minnie to Mickey (and all they did was turn off a gene)
Independent

.... including whether we have testes or ovaries," said Robin Lovell-Badge, from the Medical Research Council's National Institute of Medical Research in ... [more]

1:18:33 AM A*STAR Biomedical Sciences Symposium Brings More Than 200 Scientists To
Gov Monitor

Gov Monitor A*star's 1st Singapore-Italy Joint Symposium on Biomedical Sciences Attracts Over 200 Scientists From Italy and Singapore. The 1st Singapore-Italy Joint ... [more]

12:47:03 AM Buck Institute gets $1.57 million to bolster stem cell research training
Marin Independent-Journal - San Rafael,CA,USA

James Kovach, chief operating officer and president of the Buck Institute, said, "This program will amplify stem cell training by including the focus on ... [more]



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