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UT MD Anderson, Texas A&M team up to treat canine lymphoma

February 7, 2012
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) A new immunotherapy for companion dogs with advanced-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma has been shown to improve survival while maintaining quality of life, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports.

Research team takes new approach to studying differences between human and monkey brains

February 6, 2012
(Medical Xpress) -- In order to provide more insight into how human and monkey brains are similar and how they’re different, a research team has taken a different approach to studying both to find out which parts of the brains of each respond in similar ways, and which, if any, ...

A team of CRCHUM researchers paves the way for improving treatment for Type 2 diabetes

February 6, 2012
(Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal) In a study published last week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team led by Dr. Vincent Poitout of the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre has made an important step forward in understanding how insulin secretion is regulated in the ...

VA purchase of $1.2 billion in pharmaceutics termed a ‘team failure’

February 3, 2012
These comments came during a Wednesday House Veterans Affairs Committee Hearing. Meanwhile, in other news related to veterans' health, USA Today reports that the return of combat troops is driving a medical-care backlog.

Scripps Research team proves plausibility of new pathway to life’s chemical building blocks

January 31, 2012
LA JOLLA, CA January 31, 2012 For decades, chemists considered a chemical pathway known as the formose reaction the only route for producing sugars essential for life to begin, but more recent research has called into question the plausibility of such thinking. Now a group from The Scripps ...

Cambridge team first to grow smooth muscle cells from patient skin cells

January 26, 2012
A Cambridge University research team has for the first time discovered a method of generating different types of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) - the cells which make up the walls of blood vessels - using cells from patients' skin. This work could lead to new treatments and better screening ...

UCSF team develops methods that may help predict brain tumor progression

January 25, 2012
After people with low-grade glioma, a type of brain cancer, undergo neurosurgery to remove the tumors, they face variable odds of survival - depending largely on how rapidly the cancer recurs. Even though their doctors monitor the tumor closely with sophisticated imaging, it is difficult to determine with certainty whether ...

Team finds new way to image brain tumors and predict recurrence

January 24, 2012
After people with low-grade glioma, a type of brain cancer, undergo neurosurgery to remove the tumors, they face variable odds of survival depending largely on how rapidly the cancer recurs. Even though their doctors monitor the tumor closely with sophisticated imaging, it is difficult to determine with certainty whether ...

Team finds new way to image brain tumors, predict recurrence

January 24, 2012
After people with low-grade glioma, a type of brain cancer, undergo neurosurgery to remove the tumors, they face variable odds of survival — depending largely on how rapidly the cancer recurs. Even though their doctors monitor the tumor closely with sophisticated imaging, it is difficult to determine with certainty whether ...

Pediatric emergency research team hit the mark

January 23, 2012
You could call it paying it forward. A trip to the Emergency Department (ED) is every parent's worst nightmare. But what if the information documented as a result of your child's visit could help a child with similar symptoms a few provinces away? Terry Klassen and his ...

Duke team creates vaccine adjuvant of nanoparticles that target lymph nodes

January 23, 2012
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have created synthetic nanoparticles that target lymph nodes and greatly boost vaccine responses, said lead author Ashley St. John, Ph.D., a researcher at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School.

Pediatric emergency research team hit the mark

January 23, 2012
(Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute) Pediatric Emergency Research of Canada is today recognized as one of the Top Canadian Achievements in Health Research in 2011. The award is bestowed jointly by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Canadian Medical Association Journal.