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Antibiotic Resistance Now A Civil Emergency Says UK Top Doc
Date: Jan-25-2013Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer for England, warns that within the next 20 years, people having simple operations may die because there will be no antibiotics left that can deal effectively with routine infections. She says antibiotic resistance is now so serious a threat to public health it should be added to the government's list of civil emergencies. Speaking to MPs on the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, Dame Sally says she will be highlighting the threat in her report on infectious diseases which comes out in March...
A Blend Of Soy & Dairy Proteins Promotes Muscle Protein Synthesis When Consumed After Exercise
Date: Jan-25-2013A Blend of Proteins Supplies Amino Acids to Muscles and Extends Growth & Repair. A new study published in The Journal of Nutrition demonstrates the benefits of consuming a protein blend for muscle protein synthesis after exercise. This study is a first-of-its-kind, conducted by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch, and utilizes the proteins from soy, whey and casein consumed after an acute bout of resistance exercise. These proteins have complementary amino acid profiles and different digestion rates (amino acid release profiles)...
New Antimicrobial Hydrogel Developed To Fight Superbugs And Drug-Resistant Biofilms
Date: Jan-25-2013Applications range from protective coating to sterilize hospital surfaces and medical equipment or as an injection to more effectively treat patients Researchers from IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have revealed an antimicrobial hydrogel that can break through diseased biofilms and completely eradicate drug-resistant bacteria upon contact...
'Achilles Heel' Of Key HIV Replication Protein Found
Date: Jan-25-2013Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine may have found an "Achilles heel" in a key HIV protein. In findings published online today in Chemistry and Biology, they showed that targeting this vulnerable spot could stop the virus from replicating, potentially thwarting HIV infection from progressing to full-blown AIDS. Previous research demonstrated that a small HIV protein called Nef interacts with many other proteins in infected cells to help the virus multiply and hide from the immune system...
Sharp Rise In Emergency Department Visits Involving ADHD Medications
Date: Jan-25-2013Rise also seen in emergency department visits involving the non-medical use of these medications A new report shows that the number of emergency department visits involving attention deficit /hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) stimulant medications more than doubled from 13,379 visits in 2005 to 31,244 in 2010...
Novel Surgical Technique Being Tested For Uterine, Cervical Cancer Patients
Date: Jan-25-2013A technique initially used to spare breast tissue during surgery is being researched by an Indiana University School of Medicine physician to improve prognosis, reduce complications and spare lymph nodes in women with gynecological cancer. Emma Rossi, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the IU School of Medicine and a physician researcher at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, was the first to describe a novel technique for sentinel lymph node mapping in uterine and cervical cancer patients...
Vygon Launches Nautilus® Real-Time Catheter Tip Location
Date: Jan-25-2013Vygon (UK) Ltd has launched an innovative new ECG product designed to help reduce both the patients' and clinicians' exposure to X-ray radiation and enhance therapy. Nautilus(R) helps you find your way during catheter insertion by providing accurate, real-time tip location confirmation. Thousands of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) are placed each year, and traditionally tip location must be confirmed by X-ray before treatment can begin...
Cardiac Development Needs More Than Protein-Coding Genes
Date: Jan-25-2013Biologists find that long non-coding RNA molecules are necessary to regulate differentiation of embryonic stem cells into cardiac cells. When the human genome was sequenced, biologists were surprised to find that very little of the genome - less than 3 percent - corresponds to protein-coding genes. What, they wondered, was all the rest of that DNA doing? It turns out that much of it codes for genetic snippets known as long non-coding RNAs, or lncRNAs. In recent years, scientists have found that these molecules often help to regulate which genes get turned on or off inside a cell...
Cervical Cancer-Causing Virus Found In The Brain, Shows Potential Connection To Epilepsy
Date: Jan-25-2013The virus becomes a potential new target for treating a common form of childhood epilepsy Researchers at Shriner's Hospital Pediatric Research Center at the Temple University School of Medicine, and the University of Pennsylvania have evidence linking the human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) - the most common cause of cervical cancer - to a common form of childhood epilepsy...
Midkine Antibody Study In Kidney Disease Records Positive Data
Date: Jan-25-2013Anti-midkine antibodies reduced mortality rate and preserved kidney function in a mouse model of diabetic nephropathy Cellmid Limited (ASX: CDY) has completed its first in-life diabetic nephropathy study with the Company's anti-midkine antibodies (MK-Ab) in a mouse model of the disease. Two of Cellmid's proprietary MK-Ab's were tested. Both antibodies reduced kidney damage significantly, as assessed by functional and histological analysis, with kidney structure largely preserved in the treated animals...
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