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Improving Understanding Of The Physiology Of Embryonic Stem Cells
Date: Oct-30-2012The ability of embryonic stem cells to differentiate into different types of cells with different functions is regulated and maintained by a complex series of chemical interactions, which are not well understood. Learning more about this process could prove useful for stem cell-based therapies down the road. New research from a team led by Carnegie's Yixian Zheng zeroes in on the process by which stem cells maintain their proper undifferentiated state. Their results are published in Cell...
Antidepressant Doxepin Relieves Pain Associated With Oral Mucositis
Date: Oct-29-2012Head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy can significantly relieve their pain associated with oral mucositis with an oral rinse of the drug doxepin, commonly used to treat depression and anxiety. The research, led by Mayo Clinic, was presented in Boston at the American Society for Radiation Oncology annual meeting. Robert Miller, M.D., leading author, a radiation oncologist at Mayo Clinic said: "Oral mucositis or mouth sores is a painful and debilitating side effect of radiation therapy. Our findings represent a new standard of care for treating this condition...
New Eye Movement Tests Can Diagnose Schizophrenia
Date: Oct-29-2012Researchers have developed a series of new eye tests in order to differentiate between individuals with schizophrenia and those without it, according to a recent study published in Biological Psychiatry. A 2007 study by a Binghamton University researcher reported similar methods of analyzing eye movement as a way to determine if a person is schizophrenic. The experts came up with a model, which was 98.3% accurate, to distinguish all cases of schizophrenia from healthy control participants. Lead authors of the study, Dr. Philip Benson and Dr. David St...
Novartis Flu Vaccines Banned In Italy And Switzerland
Date: Oct-29-2012Switzerland and Italy have banned the sales of Novartis' flu vaccines - Agrippal and Fluad - after being told by the pharmaceutical company that the shots had an accumulation of "particles". Novartis assures that its flu shots are still safe. Regulatory authorities in Switzerland and Italy said that Novartis had not provided enough data for officials to be able to decide exactly what the proteins found the flu shots were, and what effect, if any, they might have on quality and safety...
Flu Vaccine Could Decrease Risk For Heart Disease And Death
Date: Oct-29-2012A flu shot can prevent you from getting sick and also stop heart disease. It can lessen the risk of a major cardiac happening by 50 percent and deaths from a cardiac event by 40 percent, according to new research presented at the 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress. A Canadian research team, led by Dr. Jacob Udell, a cardiologist at Women's College Hospital and the University of Toronto, discovered the the influenza vaccine could potentially be a critical treatment for keeping up heart health and avoiding cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and strokes...
Medical Affairs Leaders Forum, 28-29 January 2013, Brussels
Date: Oct-29-2012The roles of medical affairs and liaison have never before been so crucial to the success of pharmaceutical strategic and operational commercial objectives. Medical departments play a vital role in generating quality clinical and real-world data that payers and prescribers need to improve decision making when uncertainty is high. Medical affairs and liaisons also play an increasingly important role in communicating the value message to physicians in an objective and ethical manner, providing education on product benefits and risks...
Biotech Clinical Outsourcing Partnerships, 31 January - 1 February 2013, Brussels
Date: Oct-29-2012This event will look at best practices in outsourcing from the perspective of smaller biotechs and how to develop a mutually beneficial partnership that maximizes efficiency in clinical development and ensures that all possible hurdles that stand in the way of successful development & launch are overcome. Why attend? Meet directly with experienced industry professionals to understand how to develop the most efficient partnership model to maximize the performance of your clinical partner...
Biologics & Biotech Manufacturing Outsourcing Partnerships, 21-22 February 2013, Vienna
Date: Oct-29-2012This event will look at the major issues and challenges that biopharma companies face when outsourcing complex large-molecule clinical and commercial production. Best practices in vendor selection, contract management, joint-project management and communication in order to reduce risk and cost and maximize efficiency and quality in the difficult arena of biologics production...
Mandatory Flu Vaccine For Health Care Workers To Protect Patients
Date: Oct-29-2012All health care workers in health care institutions should be vaccinated with the annual influenza vaccine to protect patients, argues an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). "Each season, 20% of health care workers get influenza, and 28%-59% of young healthy adults who get it have asymptomatic or subclinical infections," writes Dr. Ken Flegel, Senior Associate Editor, CMAJ. "Some of them may shed virus up to a day before symptoms appear. It is time that all people who work in a health care institution be vaccinated...
Exercise Benefits Brain In Middle Age
Date: Oct-29-2012Gym-style exercise may improve not only general health in middle age, but also brain function, according to new research presented at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress that is taking place in Toronto from 27 to 31 October...
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