New Multi-Million Pound Study To Find The Cause Of Type 1 Diabetes, UK
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) has awarded more than ^Alb3million to fund a research centre that will investigate the causes of type 1 diabetes - a condition that results from an immune attack on the body's insulin producing cells.
CombinatoRx Completes Enrollment In Phase 2B Clinical Trial Of CRx-102 In Knee Osteoarthritis
CombinatoRx, Incorporated (NASDAQ: CRXX) announced that it has completed patient enrollment in COMET-1 (CRx-102 Osteoarthritis Multi-center Evaluation Trial), the Company's Phase 2b clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of CRx-102 in subjects with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis.
Pluristem Demonstrates The Potential Of Its PLX Cells To Treat Crohn's Disease And Ulcerative Colitis
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Reuters Examines Role Of McCain's, Obama's Views On Abortion Rights In Presidential Campaign
Reuters on Wednesday examined the differing views on abortion rights held by Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.), as well as the role the candidates' positions on the issue will play in the presidential campaign. According to Reuters, few political issues "cut so clearly across partisan lines" in the U.
Brain Cell Mechanism Of Alcohol Dependence Revealed By New Study
A study just released reveals a cellular mechanism involved in alcohol dependence. The study, in the May 28 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, shows that gabapentin, a drug used to treat chronic pain and epilepsy, reduces alcohol intake in alcohol-dependent rats by normalizing chemical communication between neurons, which is altered by chronic alcohol abuse.
Seizure Drug That Reverses Cellular Effects Discovered By Scripps Research Scientists
In the new research, published in the May 28, 2008 edition of The Journal of Neuroscience, the scientists found that gabapentin normalizes the action of certain brain cells altered by chronic alcohol abuse in an area of the brain known as the central amygdala, which plays an important role in fear- and stress-related behaviors, as well as in regulating alcohol drinking.
Louisiana Nursing Home Owners Likely To File Lawsuit Against State For Lower Medicaid Rate Increase In 2009, Health Official Says
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine on Friday said that the state likely would face a lawsuit from nursing home owners if Medicaid cuts approved by the state House are not restored, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports (Moller, New Orleans Times-Picayune, 5/24).
Increased Survival And Improved Quality Of Life For End-Stage Head And Neck Cancer
A gene therapy invented at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is the first to succeed in a U.S. phase III clinical trial for cancer, as announced at the American Society of Gene Therapy annual meeting in Boston.Introgen Therapeutics, Inc.
Pine Bark Found To Naturally Reduce Cardiovascular Risk Factors In Diabetics
A new study published in the May 2008 (volume 8, issue 25) edition of the journal of Nutrition Research shows Pycnogenol (pic-noj-en-all), an antioxidant plant extract from the bark of the French maritime pine tree, reduces blood sugar in type II diabetes patients, allows people to lower their antihypertensive medication and improves cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors.
Federal Judge Prevents 'Sneaky Attempt' By Bush Administration To Implement Medicaid Rule, Editorial States
Judge James Robertson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday "slapped down a sneaky attempt by the Bush administration to impose an onerous Medicaid regulation despite the clear intent of Congress that it be deferred, " according to a New York Times editorial.