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XIANYANG, China, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ GM: BSPM) ("Biostar" or "the Company"), a PRC-based manufacturer and marketer of pharmaceutical and health supplement products in China for a variety of diseases and conditions, today announced that it signed a Letter of Intent ("LOI") with The Fourth Military Medical University ("FMMU") to jointly conduct Phases I to III clinical trials for Viacom Pine II Cream ("Viacom") drug. The LOI has...

Rice, UCSD scientists study genomes to reveal contacts, refine methods for protein-folding prediction José Onuchic has become an expert at connecting the dots, but finding connections merely implied by the dots … well, that’s quite a trick. The Rice University biophysicist and his team have created a tool to do just that for proteins and, in the process, have advanced the art of predicting their form and function. In this case, the dots are amino acid molecules known as residues...

The VA Maryland Health Care System offers the following tips to protect yourself, your family and your pets from Lyme disease when you step outside this summer. BALTIMORE, Md. (PRWEB) June 09, 2012 The recent mild winter, which left deer ticks alive, hungry and looking for food, can create optimal conditions for the transmission of Lyme disease. In the United States, 82 tick species collectively can cause nine major diseases, according to the American College of Emergency Physicians, with...

Using a new and powerful approach to understand the origins of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida are building the case that these diseases are primarily caused by genes that are too active or not active enough, rather than by harmful gene mutations. In the June 7 online issue of PLoS Genetics, they report that several hundred genes within almost 800 brain samples of patients with Alzheimer's disease or other disorders had altered...

Social Security expands medical conditions that may qualify for quick approval WASHINGTON, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Social Security Administration provides long-term, disability benefits to U.S. workers who are unable to work for more than 12 months due to a physical, mental or emotional medical condition. Although evaluating each case might take several months or even years, Social Security can fast-track the process for some cases if they fall under its...

Early exposure to microbes reduces inflammation related to chronic disease later American parents may want to think again about how much they want to protect their children from everyday germs. A new Northwestern University study done in lowland Ecuador remarkably finds no evidence of chronic low-grade inflammation -- associated with diseases of aging like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and dementia. In contrast, about one-third of adults in the United States have chronically...

XIANYANG, China, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ GM: BSPM) ("Biostar" or "the Company"), a PRC-based manufacturer and marketer of pharmaceutical and health supplement products in China for a variety of diseases and conditions, today announced that, following an onsite inspection by Xianyang's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), samples from a batch of its Xin Aoxing capsules were found to contain a chromium content higher than...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Disease detectives at their best! Scientists have developed an ultra-sensitive test that should enable them to detect signs of a disease in its earliest stages. The test designed by scientists from Imperial College London and the University of Vigo detect particular molecules that indicate the presence of disease, even when these are in very low concentrations. "It is vital to detect diseases at an early stage if we want people to have the best possible outcomes -...

[ Watch the Video ] Mice and monkeys don't develop diseases in the same way that humans do. Nevertheless, after medical researchers have studied human cells in a Petri dish, they have little choice but to move on to study mice and primates. University of Washington bioengineers have developed the first structure to grow small human blood vessels, creating a 3-D test bed that offers a better way to study disease, test drugs and perhaps someday grow human tissues for transplant. The...

--Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Shed Light on Genetic Disorders Tied to Cohesin Protein Malfunction-- PHILADELPHIA, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers studying rare genetic disorders have uncovered insights into those diseases in biological structures that regulate chromosomes when cells divide. Focusing on the cohesin complex, a group of proteins forming a bracelet that encircles chromosome pairs, scientists have discovered mutations that...