ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Sanaria Inc. has received additional support from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health in the form of a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) GrantThe three-year award totaling approximately $3 million

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FORT LEE, N.J. -- A new breath test can detect active pulmonary tuberculosis, according to a report to be published in the journal "Tuberculosis"The breath test was 85% accurate in detecting patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis," said Dr. Michael Phillips, developer of the breath test and C

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Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have found that elevated cerebrospinal fluid levels of phosphorylated tau231 (P-tau231), a damaged tau protein found in patients with Alzheimer's disease, may be an early diagnostic biomarker for Alzheimer's disease in healthy adultsThe study published this mo

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NEW YORK -- An international research team led by Columbia University Medical Center successfully used mouse embryonic stem cells to replace diseased retinal cells and restore sight in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosaThis strategy could potentially become a new treatment for retinitis pigment

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Following a negative complete colonoscopy, those who had their colonoscopies at a hospital and had their procedures performed by a non-gastroenterologist may be at a significantly increased risk of developing subsequent colorectal cancer (CRC), according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology

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Huntington's disease (HD) is a cruel, hereditary condition that leads to severe physical and mental deterioration, psychiatric problems and eventually, deathCurrently, there are no treatments to slow down or stop it. HD sufferers are born with the disease although they do not show symptoms until l

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AUGUSTA, Ga. – The presence of certain proteins in premalignant oral lesions may predict oral cancer development, Medical College of Georgia researchers saidSIBLINGs, or Small Integrin-Binding Ligand N-linked Glycoproteins, are a family of five proteins that help mineralize bone but can also

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A breakthrough in decoding gene regulation of Helicobacter pylori has been made by an international research team led by Jörg Vogel of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in BerlinUsing a newly developed sequencing technique, the re-searchers discovered 60 small ribonucleic acids (

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COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Knowing the stage of a patient’s melanoma is important when choosing the best course of treatmentWhen the cancer has progressed to the lymph nodes, a more aggressive treatment is needed. Examining an entire lymph node for cancer takes much effort and time; a new technique mi

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Los Angeles, CA -- Current research suggests that nitric oxide may play a role in the pathogenesis of neonatal meningitisThe related report by Mittal et al, "Inhibition of inducible nitric oxide controls pathogen load and brain damage by enhancing phagocytosis of Escherichia coli K1 in neonatal me

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