May 30, 2013
Survival rates have increased significantly among patients who received blood stem cell transplants from both related and unrelated donors, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology today. The study authors attribute the increase to several factors, … Read More
May 30, 2013
Altered Nuclear Transfer (ANT), like Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (cloning), utilizes the nucleus of a somatic cell, to swap into that of a human egg in order ultimately to generate patient specific pluripotent stem cells. But in the ANT process, … Read More
May 29, 2013
The trial, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, focused on patients who had not responded to medication. Using customised computer software, the patients created avatars to match the voices they had been hearing. After up to six therapy sessions … Read More
May 29, 2013
Dr. Harlan M. Krumholz of the Yale University School of Medicine and colleagues said they sought to investigate preferences for participation in the decision-making process among individuals hospitalized with an acute myocardial infarction or heart attack. (UPI)
May 29, 2013
A trial involving 10,000 children, published in the Lancet, showed the vaccine was 90% effective against one virus which causes the disease. (BBC)
May 29, 2013
Lead author Linda Chlan, distinguished professor of symptom management research at Ohio State University’s College of Nursing, and colleagues assessed patients’ musical preferences and kept a continuous loop of music running on bedside CD players. (UPI)
May 29, 2013
A simpler and faster way of producing designer bacteria used in biotechnology processes has been developed by University of Adelaide researchers. The researchers have developed a new one-step bacterial genetic engineering process called ‘clonetegration’, published in the journal ACS Synthetic … Read More
May 29, 2013
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, rights groups and Islamic leaders expressed dismay Monday over plans by authorities in western Myanmar to revive a two-child limit on Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists and comes … Read More
May 29, 2013
First of all, a distinction needs to be made in the legal text of REACH between the bulk and the nano form of a given material and Hansen argues that the European Commission should acknowledge that nanomaterials cannot be identified … Read More
May 29, 2013
The parents of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who has waited 18 months for a lung transplant are waging a fierce fight to change an organ allocation regulation that they say is keeping their desperately ill daughter from the life-saving treatment … Read More
May 29, 2013
New research out of the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, published in the Nature journal Molecular Therapy, holds some promise for future treatments for people afflicted with the disease. Scientists took adult human stem cells, purified from bone … Read More
May 29, 2013
The court refused to consider Indiana’s appeal of a lower court decision striking down its denial of Medicaid funds to health care providers that perform abortions. The law was challenged by Planned Parenthood. (U. S. A. Today)
May 28, 2013
Brain cells have been grown from skin cells of adults with Down’s syndrome in research that could shed new light on the condition. (BBC)
May 28, 2013
While most of the attention on the Obama administration’s health care law has been on providing coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans by 2014, workers with employer-paid health insurance are also beginning to feel the effects. Companies hoping … Read More
May 28, 2013
Clinical trials are the key to getting that data – and without volunteers to take part in the trials, there would be no new treatments for serious diseases such as cancer, multiple sclerosis and arthritis. But one disastrous drug trial … Read More
May 28, 2013
The University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies is leading the way in creating virtual humans. The result may produce real help for those in need. (BBC)
May 28, 2013
The fact is that 3-D printing is really, still, an immature technology. We’ve built a magical aura around it — sci-fi style replicator! — but as soon as anyone actually uses a 3-D printer for any period of time, they … Read More
May 28, 2013
The testing was made possible by a change in the FDA policies and procedures in 2004 regarding botanical drug products. The new guidelines removed some of the obstacles involved in getting an investigational new drug application (IND), the first step … Read More
May 28, 2013
An Oregon teen accused of planning to bomb his high school suffers from a rare form of obsessive-compulsive disorder, his family said. “My heart goes out to everyone affected by Grant’s struggle with PANDAS, a rare form of OCD,” Grant … Read More
May 28, 2013
Campbell Pruden was only 19 months old, just beginning to talk, when she developed a limp and begged to be carried. The only way she could express her pain was to tell her parents, “It’s too tight.” (ABC News)
May 28, 2013
A 22-year-old woman in El Salvador, pregnant and suffering from illnesses, has become a flashpoint in the country’s debate on abortion. (CNN)
May 28, 2013
There are concerns a dramatic shortage of stem cell and bone marrow donors from non-Caucasian ethnic groups is putting lives in jeopardy. (CBC News)
May 27, 2013
I know some people make the decision to not use life-prolonging interventions, such as a feeding tube, noninvasive breathing support or a ventilator. Susan Spencer Wendel, author of the book, “Until I Say Good-Bye,†has said she will not use … Read More
May 27, 2013
Five seriously disabled stroke patients have shown small signs of recovery following the injection of stem cells into their brain. (BBC)
May 27, 2013
Tests in mice suggest the compound protects the heart when blood flow is restored suddenly after a period when tissue has been starved of oxygen. MitoSNO has yet to be tested on humans, but could lead to a whole new … Read More
