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SAN DIEGO, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardium Therapeutics (NYSE MKT: CXM) today announced that the Company will present a poster demonstrating the clinical benefits of Excellagen(®) in advanced regenerative wound management at The Symposium on Advanced Wound Care and Wound Healing Society (SAWC/WHS) meeting to be held May 1-5, 2013, in Denver, Colorado. The presentation titled "Accelerated Granulation and Healing of Problematic Post-Surgical Wounds with Formulated Collagen Gel...
Patients with diseases such as diabetes suffer from painful wounds that take a long time to heal making them more susceptible to infections that could even lead to amputations. A*STAR's discovery paves the way for therapeutics to improve healing of such chronic wounds, which are a significant burden to patients.Singapore, Mar 8, 2013 - (ACN Newswire) - Scientists from A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) have identified a molecular "switch" that controls the...
CFWH assumes management contracts and further strengthens foothold on the West Coast. Tarrytown, NY (PRWEB) February 20, 2013 The Center for Wound Healing, Inc. (CFWH), a leading manager of comprehensive wound care treatment centers that offer advanced wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, announces the acquisition of assets from Restorix Health, a Seattle-based company specializing in wound care management. Restorix offered full-service management programs that ensured maximization...
In "before" and "after" photos from advertisements for wound-healing ointments, bandages and antibiotic creams, we see an injury transformed from an inflamed red gash to smooth and flawless skin. What we don't appreciate is the vital role that our own natural biomolecules play in the healing process, including their contribution to the growth of new cells and the development of new blood vessels that provide nutrients to those cells. Now, UCLA researchers led by Heather Maynard, a...
FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthpoint Biotherapeutics, a Smith & Nephew business (LSE: SN, NYSE: SNN), today announced the introduction of a Copay Assistance Program for patients who have been prescribed Collagenase SANTYL(®) Ointment and pay more than $50 out-of-pocket for their prescription. Under the program, eligible patients cover the first $50 and Healthpoint will pay up to the next $150 of out-of-pocket costs per prescription. The card can be used...
FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Smith & Nephew (LSE: SN, NYSE: SNN), the global medical technology business, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Healthpoint Biotherapeutics for $782 million in cash. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in December 2012. Healthpoint Biotherapeutics, founded in 1992 by Chairman and CEO Paul Dorman, has been focused on biopharmaceutical...
Finding the 'master knob to turn on nerve repair' Modulating immune response to injury could accelerate the regeneration of severed peripheral nerves, a new study in an animal model has found. By altering activity of the macrophage cells that respond to injuries, researchers dramatically increased the rate at which nerve processes regrew. Influencing the macrophages immediately after injury may affect the whole cascade of biochemical events that occurs after nerve damage, potentially...
CINCINNATI, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers have discovered a previously unknown function for a protein that could add to the expanding arsenal of potential new drugs for battling inflammation and tissue fibrosis in a number of disease processes. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110406/MM79025LOGO) Scientists from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center report Sept. 27 in Developmental Cell that, a protein called TRPC6 mediates a molecular...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online African spiny mice (genus Acomys) have brittle skin, which tears off in continuous sheets, like human skin, in order to escape predators. Some of them lose as much as 60% of the skin from their backs, which then heals rapidly, regrowing hair instead of scarring. Scientists want to figure out how this healing takes place and if it could apply to treatments for people. The study, published in Nature, says the unusual healing of these...
Scientists' discovery of an important step in the body's process for healing wounds may lead to a new way of treating inflammation. A study published today in Current Biology details how an international team of researchers led by Monash University's Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) discovered the mechanism, which shuts down the signal triggering the body's initial inflammatory response to injury. When the body suffers a wound or abrasion, white blood cells, or...
