Sunday, November 6th, 2011
Medical scientists have for the first time identified a gene responsible for a fatal abdominal condition that afflicts tens of thousands of people across the world. An international team led by Matt Bown, a vascular surgeon from the University of Leicester, identified a single gene that is linked to the ...
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Friday, October 14th, 2011
For the first time, scientists have cleanly corrected a human gene mutation in a patient's stem cells. The result, reported in Nature, brings the possibility of patient-specific therapies closer to becoming a reality. The team, led by researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge, targeted ...
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Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOR) today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has allowed U.S. Patent Application No. 11/010,828 entitled "Sustained Release Aminopyridine Composition." The claims of the patent application relate to methods to improve walking in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) by administering 10 mg ...
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Two scientific publications report on improved methods for determining the amounts of flavanol antioxidants in cocoa and chocolate. The research, sponsored by The Hershey Center for Health and Nutrition, was a collaboration between scientists at The Hershey Company and other scientific laboratories. Scientists at Planta Analytica (Danbury, CT) isolated and ...
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Monday, January 31st, 2011
In a time of shrinking budgets, one University of Missouri professor believes that the current approach to juvenile crime is much too expensive to continue - and he has the numbers to prove it. Charles Borduin, a professor of psychological sciences in the MU College of Arts and Science finds ...
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