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NORWALK, Conn., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US announces that Cancer Network, one of the leading online destinations for Oncologists, has introduced three new serial features in addition to its traditional review articles and expert commentaries. Among the new features are: How an Expert Approaches It: Clinical thought leaders discuss how they handle a difficult tumor type, therapy modality, or treatment complication. Mary-Ellen Taplin, (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,...
President and CEO of Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Joins Team of Industry Veterans to Advise Healthcare Strategy PITTSBURGH, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Simpler Consulting, L.P., a leading global management consulting firm, today announced the appointment of Dr. Gene Lindsey to its Healthcare Advisory Council. As President and CEO of Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Dr. Lindsey brings experience in leading the largest independent...
MENLO PARK, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Virobay, Inc. today announced that their development of an oral treatment for pain has reached an important milestone, as Virobay has now initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial of VBY-036 - a selective cathepsin S inhibitor. The first Phase 1 trial of VBY-036 is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of escalating doses of VBY-036 in...
Sixty Percent of Surveyed Physicians Agree That They Are Beginning To Warehouse HCV Patients Until New Interferon-Free Regimens Are Available, According to a Recently Published BioTrends Report EXTON, Pa., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BioTrends Research Group, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for specialized biopharmaceutical issues, finds that, unaided, one in five surveyed gastroenterologists, hepatologists, and infectious disease specialists reported that in...
MILFORD, Mass., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines for the treatment of viral infections, today announced that it has initiated dosing in a Phase I study of SB 9200, its investigational, once daily, oral therapy for the treatment of HCV infection. This study will be conducted in healthy, HCV-infected patients and is designed to assess both the safety and antiviral efficacy of SB 9200. SB 9200 is a...
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Treating pediatric leukemia patients with a liposomal formulation of anthracycline-based chemotherapy at a more intense-than-standard dose during initial treatment may result in high survival rates without causing any added heart toxicity, according to the results of a study published online today in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the second most common form of leukemia...
STRIKE AVERTED WORCESTER, Mass., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After hours of negotiations, the registered nurses of UMass Memorial Medical Center University Campus reached a tentative agreement with UMMMC management that provides the staffing improvements nurses sought to ensure their patients receive quality care at this level one trauma center. The settlement averts a strike, which was set to begin at 6 a.m. today. (Logo:...
Angelina Jolie Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Brings Attention to Variety of Surgical Options for Women with Inherited Breast Cancer Risk TARRYTOWN, N.Y., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Direct to implant, or "one step," breast reconstruction following mastectomy is an appropriate option for many women with BRCA (BReast CAncer) gene mutations seeking to surgically reduce their breast cancer risk, or with breast cancer. Traditionally, post-mastectomy reconstruction involves a...
TRACE ADKINS, ROBERT GRIFFIN III, TAYLOR HICKS, JOE MANTEGNA, J.R. MARTINEZ, MISS AMERICA 2013, GARY SINISE, & SENIOR MILITARY OFFICIALS PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND SACRIFICED WASHINGTON, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 2013 National Memorial Day Parade is packed with special guests, military salutes, celebrity participants, and musical performers. The Parade, the largest Memorial Day event in the nation with 3,000 participants and 250,000 spectators...
NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Memorial Day is around the corner and rising temperatures are sure to follow. In advance of beach season, SkinCeuticals and a cast of celebrity & media tastemakers are touting a new video urging consumers to "Prevent. Protect. And Get Checked." this May. Released in honor of Skin Cancer Awareness Month, the campaign aims to playfully educate consumers on the serious topic of skin cancer prevention and protection. Familiar faces and...
Latest Health Medical Pharma Reference Libraries
The activity of any living cell, and by extension life itself, depends on protein synthesis and the transcription of DNA. If proteins are the machinery of cellular function, then DNA are the machine assembly lines – responsible for accurately and efficiently ‘transcribing’ protein messengers, structures and enzymes. DNA transcription begins in the nucleus of a cell when an enzyme called RNA polymerase binds to the DNA strand. Sequences within the DNA direct the polymerase to...
The Chinese liver fluke (Clonorchis sinensis) is a species of parasitic worm that is classified within the Platyhelminthes phylum. It can be found in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Japan, and China and is present in nearly 30,000,000 humans today. It is thought to be one of the world’s most pervading parasites. The Chinese liver fluke requires two intermediate, or secondary, hosts and one definitive, or main, host to successfully complete its lifecycle. The first intermediate host is typically...
Echinococcus multilocularis is a species of tapeworm that is classified within the Platyhelminthes phylum. It is one of a few worms that cause echinococcosis, a disease that affects many canid species including wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, domesticated dogs. Humans can also contract this disease. Adult members of this species can reach an average length of .2 inches, and like other species of tapeworm, its body is segmented by three proglottids. Its head, or scolex, is equipped with...
Trichinella spiralis, sometimes known as the pork worm, is a parasite within the Nematoda class. It can be found in pigs, rats, humans, and bears. This worm causes trichinosis in humans, most often from consuming undercooked pork. This species is the smallest within its class, reaching an average body length of .16 centimeters. Females are twice as large as males, displaying a sexual dimorphism. The reproductive organs of females are unique to the species in that the front end holds developed...
The eye-worm (Loa loa) is a species of roundworm within the Nematoda phylum. It can be found in India and Africa, among other areas. This species causes a disease known as Loa loa filariasis and is one of three species that can cause subcutaneous filariasis in humans. Females are larger than males, reaching an average body length of up to 2.7 inches, with males reaching an average body length of up to 1.3 inches. The first stage of life for the eye-worm begins when an adult worm, which is...
