E-MAIL IMAGE: 3-D MICROSCOPY IMAGE SHOWING PANCREATIC ISLETS TRANSPLANTED UNDER THE SKIN WITH A NETWORK SUPPORT OF BLOOD VESSELS (GREEN). VLAHOS AND HIS TEAM WERE ABLE TO USE THIS METHOD TO RESTORE… view more A group of U of T researchers have demonstrated that the space under our skin might be an optimal location to treat type 1...
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FIRST FDA-APPROVED TREATMENT FOR ALS IN 22 YEARS NOW AVAILABLE IN U.S.
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Aug. 8, 2017 – Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America, Inc., today announced RADICAVA ™ (edaravone), an intravenous therapy indicated for all adult patients diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is now available for treatment in the United States. RADICAVA, the first FDA-approved ALS treatment option in more than 20 years,...
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Vitamin B3 – a “cure” for many miscarriages and birth defects?
According to Australia’s Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, one in four pregnant women will experience a miscarriage, and 7.9 million babies are born with a serious birth defect worldwide every year. A new study conducted at the institute, however, indicates that simply taking vitamin B3 could cause those numbers to drop drastically. In the study,...
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New measure of insulin-making cells could gauge diabetes progression, treatment
Baseline PET scan shows uptake of manganese chloride tracer in mouse pancreas, in research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison department of radiology. Signal is greatly reduced in mice given a drug that inhibits insulin production, and conversely, intensified in mice given a stimulator of insulin production. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a...
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Intradermal LMW-HA injection reduces enlarged facial pores
(HealthDay)—Intradermal injection of low molecular weight hyaluronic acid (LMW-HA) can significantly improve skin texture, reduce pore size, and enhance skin radiance, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology. Wei Qian, M.D., from Capital Medical University in Beijing, and colleagues injected 42 patients with intradermal LMW-HA for the treatment of...
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Tissue Paper Made of Various Organs for Use in Wound Healing, Regenerative Medicine, Hormone Production
If you thought sheepskin paper, also known as vellum, is gross, get ready for “tissue paper” from Northwestern University. The material, made from organs mixed with a polymer in a multi-step process, may have a number of uses that are obvious, such as wound repair, and others that will have to be discovered. The tissue paper is...
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Transforming skin cells to insulin
Researchers at the University of Bergen have transformed skin puncture cells from diabetes patients into insulin producing cells, using stem cell techniques. The researchers’ aim is to transplant these cells under the skin of people with diabetes. “This study is a step towards discovering how “stand-in” cells can secrete insulin in the body,” says Professor...
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Azithromycin tied to poor airflow decline-free survival after HSCT
(HealthDay)—For patients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), early administration of azithromycin is associated with worse airflow decline-free survival, according to a study published in the Aug. 8 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Anne Bergeron, M.D., Ph.D., from the Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris, and colleagues randomized patients to receive azithromycin or placebo three...
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Why is scorpion antivenin so affordable in Mexico, but not in America?
ARIZONA – The Nogales border checkpoint separates the United States from Mexico. It only takes a few seconds to walk south from Arizona, through a gate in the middle of a hallway, ending up in a foreign country. About 20 steps into Mexico, you stumble into the first business south of the border. It’s one...
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New antibiotic has potential to transform ‘arms race’ against resistant diseases – including super-gonorrhoea
Drug closthioamide has been found to be effective against super-gonorrhoea STI in danger of becoming untreatable and resistant to current antibiotics It is rapidly spreading globally because of oral sex and condom use decline New antibiotic also discovered to tackle hospital bug MRSA and deadly E.coli But closthioamide is still at least 5 years away from being...