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The phenomenon of light emission by living organisms, bioluminescence, is quite common, especially in marine species. It is known that light is generated by chemical reactions in which oxygen molecules play an important part. In the animal world, these chemical reactions take place in special luminescent cells called photocytes. These are aggregated into complex light organs, in which the intensity of light is regulated by nerve impulses, and in which light can be modulated with the help of...
LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cordex Pharma, Inc., formerly known as Duska Therapeutics, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: DSKA) announced today that it will host a scientific briefing on Thursday, January 29, 2009, at 12:00 p.m. EST in New York City. The keynote speaker will be Jonathan S. Stamler, MD, the George Barth Geller Professor for Research in Cardiovascular Diseases and a Professor of Medicine and of Biochemistry at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North...
CLINTON, N.J., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Ikaria Holdings, Inc. today announced that its President & CEO, Daniel Tasse, will present at the 27th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 8:00 a.m., PST. The conference will be held January 12-15 at The Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. About Ikaria Holdings, Inc. Ikaria Holdings, Inc. is a fully integrated biotherapeutics company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative...
COMMACK, N.Y., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- In recent controlled studies conducted by Dr. Richard Bloomer, University of Memphis, scientists found that the patented ingredient in Glyc'n Go(TM), GlycoCarn(R), is the first and only proven ingredient to increase levels of nitric oxide (NO) in the body; thereby increasing blood nitrate/nitrate (NOx) in human subjects. Nitric oxide acts as a vasodilator and enables an increase in blood flow to the skeletal muscles. This is significant to 1.)...
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France, December 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NicOx S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris: COX) today announced the results of a phase 2a study for TPI 1020, conducted in 62 patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) by its partner Topigen Pharmaceuticals Inc. TPI 1020 showed good overall safety and tolerability, although its activity profile was not significantly different from budesonide, a conventional corticosteroid commonly used in respiratory disorders. TPI...
MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of the broader public discussion around asthma sparked by the FDA's examination of the commonly prescribed asthma drugs Advair, Symbicort, Serevent and Foradil, Dr. Philip Marcus, Chief, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, St. Francis Hospital, and Dr. James Wolfe, of Allergist, Allergy and Asthma Associates of Northern California, are available to discuss exhaled nitric oxide monitoring as an essential addition to asthma treatment,...
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France, December 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NicOx S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris: COX) today announced it has signed an agreement with DSM for the commercial manufacture and supply of naproxcinod drug substance (or API, active pharmaceutical ingredient). Naproxcinod is NicOx' lead investigational product and the first compound in the Cyclooxygenase-Inhibiting Nitric Oxide-Donating (CINOD) class of anti-inflammatory agents, which recently achieved positive results in the...
New class of lipids suggests new treatment approach for heart attacksResearchers have discovered one potential mechanism by which briefly cutting off, then restoring, blood flow to arteries prior to a heart attack lessens the damage caused, according to a study published today in the journal Cardiovascular Research. The new mechanism points to how future drugs could provide protection ahead of heart attacks and strokes for those at highest risk. In the nearer term, the work may help to...
Obesity raises levels of the hormone leptin, which can be as big a threat to the cardiovascular system as cholesterol, Ohio University researchers said. Tadeusz Malinski and colleagues observed how high levels of leptin -- a peptide hormone produced by fat cells that helps regulate body weight -- can create a cascade of harmful biochemical changes in the body. An excess of fat in the body can produce too much of the hormone, which, in turn, can lower levels of bio-available nitric oxide....
Feeling tired? Researchers say Viagra could help alleviate your fatigue. A team at the University of Iowa found the drug helped animals with the mislocalized enzyme called neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS).They also revealed a difference between the prolonged fatigue after mild exercise in muscular dystrophy patients and the inherent muscle weakness caused by the disease. The studies found a faulty signaling pathway that leads to exercise-induced fatigue in mouse models of muscular...
