Fingerprints that used to escape detection could soon help point to the killer. Using a field portable system being developed by ChemImage and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, investigators at crime scenes will be able to detect latent prints on human skin.The system takes advantage of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)-based agents to visualize latent prints. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 May 2008 | 11:00 am
There are a number of researchers who are searching for useful tumor markers to indicate cure. Antigens are being applied as an effective target in clinical therapy. Hb3 is an anti-colorectal cancer monoclonal antibody produced in the researchers' laboratory, and whose sensitivity and specificity are superior to that of anti-CEA. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 May 2008 | 10:00 am
Intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct (IPN-B) is a neoplastic lesion preceding invasive intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) and is a new definition of a tumor with papillary growth in the intra- or extra-hepatic bile duct. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 May 2008 | 9:00 am
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China ordered authorities on Saturday to tackle hand, foot and mouth disease aggressively ahead of the Beijing Olympics after a rapidly spreading outbreak killed at... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 May 2008 | 8:27 am
An increased expression of FoxP3 mRNA and a higher frequency of CD25+ regulatory cells were found in all patients who responded to cytapheresis but this was not found in a nonresponder patient. Variations in TGF-beta (mRNA) did not parallel those of FoxP3 mRNA. It is suggested that the quantification of FoxP3 in CD4+ T cells of treated patients may be used as a valuable index in these conditions. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 May 2008 | 8:00 am
Ingelheim/Germany, 28 April 2008 - Boehringer Ingelheim announced that the European Commission has given the full marketing authorisation to its HIV protease inhibitor (PI), Aptivus® (tipranavir). The Commission has fully approved Aptivus ® for the suppression of HIV in highly treatment experienced patients who have developed resistance to other protease inhibitors. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 May 2008 | 7:00 am
Although the human genome has been sequenced, research into mechanism of action of genes has been hampered by the fact that most human genes have not been isolated. This is true for even the most common class of cancer-associated genes, the protein kinases, which mediate the majority of signaling events in cells by phosphorylating and modulating the activity of other proteins. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 May 2008 | 7:00 am
UroToday.com A multimedia presentation was made at the recent Annual Meeting of the New York Section of the American Urological Association (AUA outlining the benefits of integrative and preventative therapies specifically in the treatment of bladder carcinoma. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 May 2008 | 7:00 am
A genetic mutation that can raise the amount of glucose in a person's blood to harmful levels is identified in a study in the journal Science.High levels of blood glucose increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and early death, even in healthy people who do not have diabetes and whose blood glucose levels are at the higher end of the range considered 'normal' by doctors. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 May 2008 | 7:00 am
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Advair Diskus 250/50 (fluticasone propionate 250 mcg and salmeterol 50 mcg inhalation powder) for the reduction of exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who have a history of exacerbations. With this approval, Advair becomes the only treatment FDA has approved to reduce COPD exacerbations. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 May 2008 | 7:00 am
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that the European Medicines Agency's (EMEA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a revised positive opinion confirming the positive benefit-risk profile for Tyverb® (lapatinib), GSK's new oral treatment for breast cancer. The positive opinion recommends grant of a conditional marketing authorisation. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 4 May 2008 | 7:00 am
Legendary dandy Oscar Wilde once declared "One should either be a work of art or wear a work of art," a sentiment endorsed by designer Christian Dior, who acknowledged dandyism as a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 May 2008 | 6:58 am
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - If farmers think they have a tough time producing enough rice, wheat and other grain crops, global warming is going to present a whole new world of challenges in the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 4 May 2008 | 12:15 am
Cubans have begun exercising their new right to buy personal computers, although the government has not freed up access to the Internet for the communist-ruled country's would-be consumers. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 May 2008 | 7:52 pm
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner of Austria has become the first woman to conquer 11 peaks over 8,000 metres (26,246 feet) without breathing apparatus, media reported Saturday. She... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 May 2008 | 7:39 pm
It was only a chair, but it had become his purgatory. Each day that John Pou spent in the wheelchair, his spirit seemed to die a little more. It was a perpetual reminder of the calamity Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 May 2008 | 4:25 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A New York company is voluntarily recalling about 286,000 pounds (129,700 kg) of fresh and frozen meat and poultry products that may be contaminated with bacteria,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 May 2008 | 4:19 pm
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Elderly people who took commonly prescribed drugs for incontinence, allergy or high blood pressure walked more slowly and were less able to take care of themselves than... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 3 May 2008 | 1:41 pm
