Sensitive blood tests diagnose heart attacks sooner than conventional methods
The ‘new’ test is one currently used in Europe, however the US Food and Drug Administration have recently given approval for the high-sensitivity troponin test...
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Stem cells to grow new immune system in Crohn’s disease patients
A phase III clinical trial looks to use a patients own stem cells to treat the debilitating disease...
Nano-optic endoscope penetrates deep tissue at high resolution
The images captured by the nano-optic endoscope shows cellular structures in fruit flesh clearly, and tissue layers and fine glands in sheep...
Public trust in use of Big Data for health science ‘is vital’: researchers
Maintaining public confidence in the use of Big Data for health research is essential, according to international researchers.
AdvantaPure® introduces new case studies on tubing, closures and molded assemblies
AdvantaPure has released three new case studies focused on fluid transfer challenges involving biopharm and pharmaceutical applications. Each Study Describes Processing Problems, Customer Goals, and Product Solutions...
Aimovig approved by EU for migraine prevention
Researchers found that more than one quarter (26 per cent) of patients taking Aimovig 70mg were migraine free after month 15...
Impurity in valsartan leads to voluntary recall
Some drugs with active ingredient valsartan have been recalled due to presence of impurity NMDA...
Senescent cells targeted with new nanocarrier drug delivery system
Senescent, or zombie cells, are being targeted with the development of a new nanocarrier drug delivery system.
Epigenetic qPCR tool detects disease in newborns
The alternative method uses epigenetic quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) assays and successfully detects a larger number of PIDs...
FDA approves new treatment for rare adrenal gland tumours
“Patients will now have an approved therapy that has been shown to decrease the need for blood pressure medication and reduce tumour size in some patients.”
Pushing doctors to prescribe cholesterol-lowering statins triples prescription rate
Researchers suggest embedding these ‘nudges’ into the electronic healthcare records to fit within the workflow of a doctor...
Stroke imaging technology could reduce potential for brain damage
The researchers suggest that stroke patients may be able to avoid CT scans or the emergency department, and go directly the angiosuite...
‘Perfect’ polymer pill proves it can deliver
The crystal structure was found to have a half-life of 24 hours and could last in the bloodstream for more than 96 hours...
Saliva diagnostics: Will saliva translate into a real diagnostic tool?
Saliva has been used to measure stress hormones, enzyme levels and cancer mutations...
Diabetes drugs aid macrophages to control inflammation
Dr Lazar’s team identified that TZDs, while working for PPAR gamma, promoted the metabolism of glutamine, an amino acid...
