Shedding New Light On How Blood Clots Form
6/14/2011
Scripps Research Institute scientists have discovered new elements of the blood clot-formation process. The findings could lead to better drugs for preventing heart attacks and other clot-related conditions. The work, which was published by the Journal of Clinical Investigation in an advance, online edition June 13, 2011, helps to establish a new model of clot formation...
Improved Understanding Of Certain Cancers Following Scientific Breakthrough At The IRCM
6/14/2011
A scientific breakthrough by researchers at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (IRCM) is published in Developmental Cell, a scientific journal of the Cell Press group. Led by Dr. Frederic Charron, the team of scientists discovered a new requirement for the proper functioning of the Sonic Hedgehog protein...
Voluntary Unpaid Blood Donations Increase, Saving More Lives
6/14/2011
The number of countries collecting all their blood supplies from voluntary unpaid donors increased by more than 50% between 2002 and 2008, according to new global data from WHO, released on World Blood Donor Day, 14 June. World Blood Donor Day is celebrated each year to highlight the contribution voluntary unpaid blood donors make to public health...
Scientists Reveal How Collagen 'Scaffolding' Drives Tumour Growth
6/14/2011
Cancer Research UK scientists have revealed how the dense tissue that surrounds tumours helps drive tumour growth and development, according to research published in the journal Cancer Cell...
Canadian Blood Services Issues Rallying Cry To Canadians
6/14/2011
It is estimated that about one in two Canadians can give blood. However, this year only one in 60 has and Canadian Blood Services needs this to change. To turn the tide, Canadian Blood Services is encouraging Canadians to "Rally Together to Save Lives" as National Blood Donor Week begins...
Scientists Identify Key Component In Lethal Lung Cancer Complication
6/14/2011
A protein previously thought not to exist in adult human lungs not only is present in normal and cancerous lung tissue, scientists have found, but it also has a major role in the development of a lethal complication of some lung cancers...
Update On The Application Of Epogin® In Chemotherapy-Induced Anemia
6/14/2011
Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Osamu Nagayama (hereafter, Chugai)] announced that the company was notified of the result of the review conducted at the Second Committee on New Drugs, Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council (hereafter, "the Committee") convened today to discuss on its application for the approval of an additional indication, dosage and admini...
New Study Into Blood Risk To Contribute To National Policy Debate
6/14/2011
Risks associated with blood transfusions are to be scrutinized in a new national project that will inform public policy on the process. Researchers led by the University of Leicester will examine the risks and benefits of receiving blood or blood products- and will consider the need for patients to give informed consent, if possible, before receiving blood...
Glowing Cornell Dots - A Potential Cancer Diagnostic Tool Set For Human Trials
6/13/2011
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first clinical trial in humans of a new technology: Cornell Dots, brightly glowing nanoparticles that can light up cancer cells in PET-optical imaging...
SMC Approves Ferinject (Ferric Carboxymaltose) For The Treatment Of Iron Deficiency Anaemia
6/13/2011
The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has today recommended the use of Vifor Pharma's Ferinject® (ferric carboxymaltose), the intravenous (I.V.) iron for the treatment of iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) when oral iron preparations are ineffective or cannot be used...