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Men 2010: 12th International…
16–18 September, 2010
This two-day meeting will provide a forum for educating basic and clinical…
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Ribonuclease H2010
20–22 September, 2010
We expect to bring together scientists interested in making as much…
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Third Annual Ultra Orphan…
27–29 September, 2010
Centric Health Resources Presents Third Annual Ultra Orphan Conference…
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Brain, Blood and Iron: Joint…
1–2 October, 2010
The overall objectives of this workshop are to (1) define NA and NBIA…
Events
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Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. Receives U.S. Patent Allowance for Alzheimer's Vaccine With Potential to Delay Onset or Prevent Alzheimer's Disease
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Intellect Neurosciences, Inc (OTCBB: ILNS) a biopharmaceutical company with an internal preclinical and clinical-stage pipeline and licenses with major pharmaceutical companies covering products in late-stage clinical trials, announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the United The
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Scientists Identify New Drug Strategy Against Fragile X Syndrome
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have identified a potential new strategy for treating fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of intellectual disabilityThe researchers have found that a class of drugs called phosphoinositide-3 (PI3) kinase inhibitors can correct defe
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New Hope in Finding Cure for Yellow Fever
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
SOMERSET, N.J. -- Tamir Biotechnology, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ACEL) (formerly Alfacell Corporation) announced today that scientists supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) confirmed that testing of three (3) of our company's compounds showed in vitro results In
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Neurodegeneration 'Clumping Proteins' Common in Aging Process
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Many proteins that form insoluble clumps in the brains of people with Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases are also found in healthy individuals and clump together as a normal part of agingAccording to a surprising new finding by researchers at the University of California, San Francis
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Rutgers Researchers Assess Severity of Prostate Cancers Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Rutgers researchers are developing methods that can accurately assess the severity of prostate cancer by analyzing magnetic resonance images and spectra of a patient's prostate glandThis may help physicians decide more confidently which patients need aggressive treatment and
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Distinguishing 'Senior Moments' From Alzheimer's
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Irvine, Calif. -- With the help of volunteers aged 18 to 89, UC Irvine researchers have identified for the first time in humans a long-hidden part of the brain called the perforant pathScientists have struggled for decades to locate the tiny passage, which is believed to deteriorate gradually as p
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NIH Award Will Enable Design of Brain Tumor Treatment That Captures Migrating Cancer Cells
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The Georgia Institute of Technology has received a EUREKA grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to design a new way to treat invasive brain tumors by capturing the migrating cells that spread the diseaseThe EUREKA -- Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration
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Quick and Early Detection of Rare Diseases
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Lysosomal storage diseases (LSD) are a group of around 50 rare inherited metabolic disordersOnly 12 LSDs have been described biochemically and microbiologically. Prof. Dr. Michael Przybylski from the Steinbeis Transfer Centre for Biopolymer Analysis and Proteomics at the University of Constance no
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Horizon Announces That It Has Been Awarded €300,000 Grant Under EUFP7 Program
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Horizon Discovery today announced that it is to be part of a new four year EUFP7 personalized medicine consortiumThe Personalised RNA Interference to Enhance the Delivery of Individualised Cytotoxic and Targeted therapeutics (PREDICT) Consortium was established in 2009 to coordinate single drug cl
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UCSF-Led Team Discovers Familial Link in Rare Childhood Leukemia
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
A UCSF-led team has discovered a direct link between an inherited genetic mutation, a set of developmental abnormalities and a rare form of childhood leukemia called juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia, or JMMLThe study demonstrates a new familial link in JMML and has significant implications, the re
