The News Review:
- Peptide for Myocardial Infarction Proves to be Safe
- Gene Responsible For Metastasis Found By Korean Scientists
- Aspen Times News for Aspen Colorado - News
- IAMP Expresses Support for Disease Control Priorities Project
- HDS Greenway: Titans pass their torches
- Fallen Soldier Gets a Bronze Star but No Pagan Star
Peptide for Myocardial Infarction Proves to be Safe
innovations report - Jul 4, 2006
The trial’s results confirmed that even in high doses FX06 was very well tolerated with no adverse effects observed. On the successful completion of this study Rainer Henning, CEO of FIBREX Medical, comments: “These very satisfying results allow us to progress rapidly with our development program for FX06. Already last year, in March 2005, we were able to demonstrate FX06’s efficacy in preventing reperfusion in multiple animal models of several species with a highly acclaimed paper in Nature Medicine. Now, just a year later we have finished the phase I trial and are ready to move on to the clinical trial phase II. The preparation for this proof of concept study in patients with acute myocardial infarction is well advanced. In fact, we will enroll the first patient in the second quarter of 2006″. This phase II clinical trial, labeled the FIRE study, will prove FX06’s suitability for treating myocardial infarction in 140 patients in 20 centers in seven European countries.
Gene Responsible For Metastasis Found By Korean Scientists
MedIndia - Jul 4, 2006
This protein facilitates the cancer cells to multiply and metastasize to different areas within the body and affect various organs. Hence the team said that the protein has to be regulated thereby it would facilitate the reduction of the growth and spread of cancer cells. The protein is found to be associated with breast, liver and bowel cancers. The study results are published in the journal of Nature Medicine.
Aspen Times News for Aspen Colorado - News
Aspen Times - Jul 4, 2006
John Cohen shared his thoughts Monday on the potential of an avian flu outbreak in the United States at the Aspen Given Institute. In an interview before his formal lecture, he outlined the nature of the disease and what people should do to prepare for it. All strains of influenza originate in birds - doctors and scientists call the strain of avian flu causing so much concern H5N1. All flu virus strains spread initially only from birds to humans; the virus has to mutate to be communicable by humans. "If [avian flu] remains a bird-to-human transmission, we won’t have to worry," said Cohen, a professor at the University of Colorado’s School of Medicine. "The big worry is this virus is going to change to going human-to-human… All strains of influenza originate in birds - doctors and scientists call the strain of avian flu causing so much concern H5N1. All flu virus strains spread initially only from birds to humans; the virus has to mutate to be communicable by humans. "If [avian flu] remains a bird-to-human transmission, we won’t have to worry," said Cohen, a professor at the University of Colorado’s School of Medicine. "The big worry is this virus is going to change to going human-to-human. " Because Aspen is a resort and a hub for international travel, it seems Aspen could be a place where an international disease could take hold. But Cohen cautioned that in today’s global society, no locale will really be spared. The 1918 flu epidemic didn’t affect some isolated rural communities.
IAMP Expresses Support for Disease Control Priorities Project
innovations report - Jul 4, 2006
National Institutes of Health, the World Bank, the World Health Organization and the Population Reference Bureau. The project is supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “While public health issues are often local and regional in nature,” de Th
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