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Researchers at FSU's College of Medicine and the Mayo Clinic will exchange research and data and establish joint projects in neuroscience, genomics and transitional medicine, officials announced Thursday.
Rockville, Md.-based biotech firm CytImmune is working to create gold nanoparticles that would target cancer tumors like a smart bomb using a toxic protein called tumor necrosis factor. "I'd be the happiest man in the world if they can do this," one researcher said.
Florida and Spacehab have entered into a partnership to establish a space-based biotech corridor for eventual product development in space. The deal permits Spacehab to create a link between the International Space Station and the state's facilities, including the Space Life Sciences Lab.
A federal report found that drugmakers, as of Sept. 30, had not begun 1,044 post-market drug studies that they agreed to perform. An industry official said studies can be delayed because of conversations with the agency over their design, as well as difficulty recruiting patients. An FDA spokeswoman said the agency will make sure drug firms finish the incomplete post-approval trials "in a timely manner."
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Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) -- A
multinational team of researchers has succeeded in turning human embryonic
stem cells into three types of human heart muscle cells. When transplanted,
the cells also improved heart function in mice. The findings have a number of
implications, the most immediate of which would be to use the cells to test
drugs. "We
Susan G. Komen for the Cure of Southwest Florida has allocated $821,640 in grants to organizations in the region that serve women in breast health education, cancer screening and cancer treatment. The grants are possible from donations and the 6,000 people who participated in the Race for the Cure on March 15 at Coconut Point Mall in Estero. Grant recipients are Partners for Breast Cancer Care
Treatment with a single, commonly used chemotherapy drug causes memory problems and other cognitive difficulties, a common and unpleasant side effect called "chemo brain," a new study found. Up to 50 percent of women with breast cancer reported having cognitive problems a year after chemotherapy treatment ended
New therapies must target a key protein interaction to destroy aggressive cancer cells' protective force field, University of Florida scientists reported last week at the American Association for Cancer Research's annual meeting in San Diego. The barrier deflects damage from radiation or chemotherapy, making some cancer cells difficult to destroy, but researchers from UF and the University of
Early diagnosis of a heart attack may now be possible using only a few drops of saliva and a new nano-bio-chip, a multi-institutional team led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin reported at a recent meeting of the American Association for Dental Research. The nano-bio-chip assay could some day be used to analyze a patient's saliva on board an ambulance, at the dentist's office
Solving a 60-year-old mystery, researchers have concluded that new flu strains emerge in eastern and southeastern Asia, move to Europe and North America six to nine months later, then travel to South America, where they disappear forever.The new findings should help researchers pick the correct flu vaccine each year.The group charged with making the decisions about vaccines has been right about 80
Florida -- the fourth most populous state in the U.S. -- ranks No. 48 in the amount of federal money it gets for disease prevention, despite the fact that it has a high rate of disease. And that could haunt business owners in the form of higher health care costs, say industry experts.
CHICAGO -- Heavy drinkers and heavy smokers develop Alzheimer's disease years earlier than people with Alzheimer's who do not drink or smoke heavily, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Chicago. "These results are significant because it's possible that if we can reduce or eliminate heavy smoking and drinking, we co
Alcohol, consumed even in small amounts, increases the risk of breast cancer and particularly estrogen-receptor and progesterone-receptor positive breast cancer, a new study shows. The findings, expected to be presented Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, in San Diego, are
The antidepressant Prozac has been shown to restore old brain cells to their more plastic youthful condition in animal experiments, researchers report. The work not only provides a possible new explanation for the antidepressant activity of the medication but also raises the distant prospect that it could be used to treat
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