New Way Of Viewing Cells Could Lead To Easier Routes For Drug Manufacture

Research by a Michigan State University chemist could eventually lead to a quicker and easier way of developing protein-based drugs that are key to treating a number of diseases, including cancer, diabetes and hepatitis. Proteins used in drug manufacture and research often are made within genetically modified Escherichia coli, a one-cell bacteria. That protein tends to collect into what scientists call inclusion bodies. More at...

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that it has formed an exclusive collaboration with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to evaluate the potential of an RNAi therapeutic targeting a heterotrimeric G protein alpha-subunit, known as G-alpha q or GNAQ, for the treatment of metastatic uveal melanoma. More at...

Guided Therapeutics, Inc. (GT) (Pink Sheets: GTHP) today announced it submitted the first of three modules of its Premarket Approval (PMA) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the LightTouchTM non-invasive cervical cancer detection device. More at...

Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABII), a fully integrated, global biotechnology company, today announced that multiple studies of ABRAXANE® for Injectable Suspension (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin bound) will be presented at the 31st Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on December 10-14, 2008. More at...

The Key to Avoidance

It seems like avoidance is one of the first keys to not getting sick and not getting a deadly disease. If you avoid people with the flu then your chances of getting it are far less than if you are around those who are in the infectious stage. The same goes for a cold and for lots of other obvious diseases and infections but what about the really big ones? What do you avoid to not get cancer? There are just too many things in our environment labeled as a carcinogen.

Hospitals' Cost For The Top 6 Cardiovascular Treatments Nearing $60 Billion, USA

Hospitals' Cost For The Top 6 Cardiovascular Treatments Nearing $60 Billion, USA
Treating heart attack victims, opening clogged arteries and treating other common cardiovascular conditions cost U.S. hospitals $57.9 billion in 2006 - about 40 percent more than in 1997, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Most of this growth in costs, however, occurred between 1997 and 2003.

Panic Attacks Linked To Higher Risk Of Heart Attacks And Heart Disease, Especially In Younger People
People who have been diagnosed with panic attacks or panic disorder have a greater risk of subsequently developing heart disease or suffering a heart attack than the normal population, with higher rates occurring in younger people, according to research published in Europe's leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal [1] today (Thursday 11 December).