Category: Regulations
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Simulator Shows Blood Stream Bacterial Formation
Researchers at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and University of Colorado in Boulder devised a process to simulate the flow of blood in humans and demonstrate the growth of blood stream bacteria, as well as the limited effectiveness of antibiotics. The team of medical researchers, chemical engineer, and mathematician published their findings in the…
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Trial to Test Osteopathic Techniques to Treat COPD
Researchers at Michigan State University in East Lansing are testing hands-on osteopathic treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD, a common lung disease. The two-year, $100,000 study is funded by the American Osteopathic Association and Osteopathic Heritage Foundation. Osteopathic medicine treats the patient as a whole rather than individual systems or parts. Treatment methods…
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Chemical in Hand Soap Found to Impair Muscle Functions
Research at University of California at Davis and University of Colorado in Aurora indicates triclosan, an antibacterial chemical used in soap and other personal-care products, hinders muscle contractions in animals, causing weakness in mice and slower swimming ability in fish. The team led by UC Davis veterinary medical professor Isaac Pessah published its findings online…
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FDA Approves Diabetic Macular Edema Treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the drug ranibizumab, given by injection to treat diabetic macular edema, an eye disease that occurs in people with diabetes. Genentech, a division of the global pharmaceutical company Roche in South San Francisco, California, markets the drug under the name Lucentis. Diabetic macular edema can cause…
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Math Model Identifies Network Source of Rumors, Epidemics
Computer scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) devised mathematical routines to dissect interactions in a network to uncover the source of epidemics and rumors, as well as criminal masterminds. Results of the research led by Pedro Pinto of EFPL’s Audiovisual Communications Laboratory appear today in the journal Physical Review Letters…
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Trial Shows Generic Vaccine Helps Reverse Type 1 Diabetes
An early clinical trial indicates a generic vaccine that raises levels of an immune system modulator can kill autoimmune cells targeting the pancreas and temporarily restore insulin secretion in type 1 diabetes patients. Findings from the trial, conducted by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, appear in the online journal…
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Biotech Begins Clinical Trial for Stroke Treatment
ZZ Biotech, a biotechnology company in Houston, began a clinical trial of an experimental drug to treat acute ischemic stroke, where blood flow to the brain is blocked by a clot. The drug being tested is 3K3A-APC, the result of research first conducted at University of Southern California and Scripps Research Institute in California, and…
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Color Codes, Eye-Level Positions Boost Healthy Food Choices
A hospital’s program encouraging more healthful cafeteria food choices through color-coded labels and the positioning of items in display cases was found successful across all categories of employees. A team from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, led by Harvard University public health professor Douglas Levy, published a study of the program online in the American…
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Targeted Cancer Therapies Result in Fewer Side Effects
An analysis of data from early-phase clinical trials indicates patients treated with targeted cancer therapies have a lower risk of more serious side effects than with traditional chemotherapy. The findings from researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research in London, U.K., and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust appear in this month’s issue of the journal…
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Clinical Trial Tests Skin Cell Spray as Leg Ulcer Therapy
A clinical trial by researchers at Healthpoint Biotherapeutics in Fort Worth, Texas found a spray-on skin cell therapy to be faster and more effective in healing venous leg ulcers than the standard care. The findings, with contributions from research colleagues at University of Miami, University of North Carolina, and Barry University, appear online in the…