• Sackler Brothers Ties to Purdue Pharma and Profits

    Updated: 2010-02-27 21:23:34
    Submitted by PharmaGossip   via salem-news.com Pic - Richard Sackler, co-chairman of Stamford, Connecticut based Purdue Pharma and adjunct professor of genetics at Rockefeller University. Visit 1800blogger to see all of our industry leading blogs.

  • PharmedOut Conference: June 25th 2010

    Updated: 2010-02-27 16:25:01
    Submitted by PharmaGossip PharmedOut is pleased to announce a conference. “Prescription for Conflict: Should Industry Fund Continuing Medical Education?” will be held on Friday, June 25, 2010, on the Georgetown campus in Washington DC. We intend to address the questions: Does drug industry funding of CME adversely affect the educational content of CME? If so, can commercial [...]

  • Pfizer - Rapamune: DOJ conducts criminal probe

    Updated: 2010-02-27 03:27:01
    Submitted by PharmaGossip Federal prosecutors in Oklahoma are conducting a criminal investigation of a Pfizer unit’s promotional practices for organ-transplant drug Rapamune, the drug maker disclosed Friday. New York-based Pfizer said in a regulatory filing the U.S. Attorney’s office for the western district of Oklahoma was conducting the probe. There were no further details in the regulatory [...]

  • Scientist – Plant Cell Biology – BioPhase Solutions Inc – San Diego, CA

    Updated: 2010-02-26 23:33:46
    San Diego biotechnology company. Scientist - Plant Cell Biology Description This position requires a Ph.D. in Plant Biology, Plant Biotechnology, Plant... From Monster - 26 Feb 2010 23:33:46 GMT - job details - View all San Diego jobs

  • Scientist – Bone Cell Biology – BioPhase Solutions Inc – San Diego, CA

    Updated: 2010-02-26 23:33:35
    Bone Cell Biology to work for a leading San Diego biotechnology company. Scientist – Bone Cell Biology... leading San Diego biotechnology company. Scientist... From Monster - 26 Feb 2010 23:33:35 GMT - job details - View all San Diego jobs

  • Celebrating US Whistleblowers

    Updated: 2010-02-25 21:54:52
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  • GSK - Avandia: Harlan Krumholz MD writes in Forbes

    Updated: 2010-02-25 21:32:35
    Submitted by PharmaGossip I want to believe in America’s pharmaceutical companies. I want to believe that people in these companies believe that the best strategy for success is to do what is best for patients. I want to believe that they are interested in scientific truth and eager to know of any safety issues and ready [...]

  • Cost of Cancer

    Updated: 2010-02-24 21:18:22
    Submitted by Health Economics Dear All, please find below link of an interesting piece of work on the cost of cancer in the UK. best Ulf http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/images/publications/pdfs/The_Cost_of_Cancer_-_Feb__10.pdf Visit 1800blogger to see all of our industry leading blogs.

  • Two key Analyst Call in BioHealth Space (DNDN, HGSI)

    Updated: 2010-02-23 04:32:07
    Submitted by BioHealth Investor Blog We have seen two very key biotech analyst calls this morning, and shares of both are responding.  Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) and Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ: HGSI) were both given positive brokerage initiations this morning. Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) is seeing gains this morning after the stock was started as “Overweight” and [...]

  • Life’s smallest motor, cargo carrier of the cells, moves like a seesaw

    Updated: 2010-02-19 15:37:49
    Life’s smallest motor, a protein that shuttles cargo within cells and helps cells divide, does so by rocking up and down like a seesaw, according to research conducted by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Brandeis University. The researchers created high-resolution snapshots of a protein motor, called kinesin, as it [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • THE HEALTH ECONOMICS BLOG - Trends, Politics, Opinions etc. in biotech & pharma industry

    Updated: 2010-02-19 01:26:28
    Submitted by THE HEALTH ECONOMICS BLOG … am sure that will be very welcomed news by the consultants among the readers Cheers Ulf Pharmacoeconomics to Get Bigger Budgets, According to Preliminary Survey Results Marketwire News Releases Published: 02/15/10 12:12 PM EST Cutting Edge Information Reports Findings From Ongoing Study RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC — (Marketwire) — 02/15/10 — This year, drug makers’ [...]

  • Rigel Attacks Rheumatoid Arthritis with AstraZeneca (RIGL, AZN)

    Updated: 2010-02-19 01:25:11
    Submitted by BioHealth Investor Blog Rigel Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: RIGL) may be the biotech winner this Tuesday.  The company has signed a pact with AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) which could ultimately bring in about $1.25 billion if all targets are met.  This pact is a licensing agreement for Rigel’s rheumatoid arthritis drug R788 or fostamatinib disodium. Rigel said last [...]

  • Further doubt cast on virus link to chronic fatigue

    Updated: 2010-02-16 20:35:36
    Researchers investigating UK samples have found no association between the controversial xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus (XMRV) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Their study, published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Retrovirology, calls into question a potential link described late last year by an American research team. Kate Bishop from the MRC National Institute for Medical [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Child Obesity Risks Death at Early Age, Study Finds

    Updated: 2010-02-13 23:18:28
    A rare study that tracked thousands of children through adulthood found the heaviest youngsters were more than twice as likely as the thinnest to die prematurely, before age 55, of illness or a self-inflicted injury. Youngsters with a condition called pre-diabetes were at almost double the risk of dying before 55, and those with high blood [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • How to Change A Skin Cell Into A Nerve Cell or Cellular Anarchy & The Great Leap Sideways

    Updated: 2010-02-13 23:16:24
    Eyeballs just don’t become toenails — even though the same genome sits in the nucleus of every cell. The difference is in the parts of the genome that are expressed — a cell’s identity is determined by the specific genes that are active within that cell. The differentiation of a cell, and a cell’s commitment [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Think Twice: How the Gut’s “Second Brain” Influences Mood and Well-Being

    Updated: 2010-02-13 23:11:22
    As Olympians go for the gold in Vancouver, even the steeliest are likely to experience that familiar feeling of “butterflies” in the stomach. Underlying this sensation is an often-overlooked network of neurons lining our guts that is so extensive some scientists have nicknamed it our “second brain”. A deeper understanding of this mass of neural tissue, [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Brain surgery boosts spirituality

    Updated: 2010-02-13 22:47:33
    Removing part of the brain can induce inner peace, according to researchers from Italy. Their study provides the strongest evidence to date that spiritual thinking arises in, or is limited by, specific brain areas. To investigate the neural basis of spirituality, Cosimo Urgesi, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Udine, and his colleagues turned [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Researchers Discover First Genes for Stuttering

    Updated: 2010-02-13 22:44:58
    Stuttering may be the result of a glitch in the day-to-day process by which cellular components in key regions of the brain are broken down and recycled, says a study in the Feb. 10 Online First issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The study, led by researchers at the National Institute on Deafness [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • New book examines the flawed human body

    Updated: 2010-02-13 22:20:47
    Humanity’s physical design flaws have long been apparent – we have a blind spot in our vision, for instance, and insufficient room for wisdom teeth – but do the imperfections extend to the genetic level? In his new book, Inside the Human Genome, John Avise examines why – from the perspectives of biochemistry and molecular genetics [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Researchers develop dietary formula that maintains youthful function into old age

    Updated: 2010-02-13 22:17:53
    Researchers at McMaster University have developed a cocktail of ingredients that forestalls major aspects of the aging process. “As we all eventually learn, ageing diminishes our mind, fades our perception of the world and compromises our physical capacity,” says David Rollo, associate professor of biology at McMaster. “Declining physical activity—think of grandparents versus toddlers—is one of [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Chocolate lovers could be lowering their risk of stroke

    Updated: 2010-02-13 22:16:26
    Giving chocolates to your Valentine on February 14th may help lower their risk of stroke based on a preliminary study from researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital. The study, which is being presented at the American Academy of Neurology in April, also found that eating chocolate may lower the risk of death after suffering a stroke. “Though [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Scientists synthesize unique family of anti-cancer compounds

    Updated: 2010-02-13 22:14:05
    Yale University scientists have streamlined the process for synthesizing a family of compounds with the potential to kill cancer and other diseased cells, and have found that they represent a unique category of anti-cancer agents. Their discovery appears in this week’s online edition of theJournal of the American Chemical Society. The team studied a family of [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Mediterranean Diet May Prevent Stroke-Related Brain Damage

    Updated: 2010-02-12 03:58:40
    Avoiding potentially dangerous silent strokes may be another health benefit of following a Mediterranean diet. A new study shows people who most closely followed a Mediterranean-style diet were 36% less likely to have areas of brain damage linked to silent strokes than those who least closely followed the diet. These areas of brain damage, called brain [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • An Early Warning System for Cancer

    Updated: 2010-02-12 03:56:51
    A new screening tool developed by scientists in Denmark may help detect the earliest stages of cancer by taking advantage of the body’s own defenses. The researchers constructed a microarray system that analyzes patients’ blood for a specific class of immune agents called autoantibodies. These are agents that attack the body’s own tissue, targeting what [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Genetic Testing Heads to the Pharmacy

    Updated: 2010-02-12 03:41:59
    Even though nearly 2,000 genetic tests are available today, most Americans have never taken one. (Save, perhaps, for newborn screening.) That may soon change, as the nation’s largest businesses responsible for managing prescription benefits, Medco and CVS Caremark, delve into the DNA testing business. Taken together, the two companies cover more than 100 million Americans. via [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Re-Engineering the Human Immune System

    Updated: 2010-02-10 04:05:28
    Swine Flu. Spanish Flu. SARS. Almost every year, it seems, there is a new virus to watch out for. Roughly thirty thousand Americans die annually from a new flu strain — meaning roughly one flu fatality for every two victims of car accidents — and there is always the possibility that we will do battle [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • New class of brain-protecting drugs emerging

    Updated: 2010-02-09 17:00:08
    Researchers have identified a compound that mimics one of the brains own growth factors and can protect brain cells against damage in several animal models of neurological disease. 7,8-dihydroxyflavone is a member of the flavonoid family of chemicals, which are abundant in fruits and vegetables. The compound’s selective effects suggest that it could be the [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • ‘Starving’ fat suppresses appetite

    Updated: 2010-02-08 13:13:05
    Peptides that target blood vessels in fat and cause them to go into programmed cell death (termed apoptosis) could become a model for future weight-loss therapies, say University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers. A research team led by Randy Seeley, PhD, of UC’s Metabolic Diseases Institute, has found that obese animal models treated with proapoptotic peptide [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Human Genome Sciences… When Insiders Sell Stock (HGSI)

    Updated: 2010-02-08 00:50:17
    Submitted by BioHealth Investor Blog Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: HGSI) has been one of the great biotech success stories, with returns far dwarfing the 10-bagger or 1,000%.  This went from a small genomics company to a company with what seems to be or likely to be the newest lupus treatment in a generation after (and [...]

  • Engineering a new way to study hepatitis C

    Updated: 2010-02-06 01:21:58
    Hepatitis C, a virus that can cause liver failure or cancer, infects about 200 million people worldwide. Existing drugs are not always effective, so many patients end up on long liver-transplant waiting lists. One reason that no better treatment options exist is the lack of a suitable liver tissue model to test new drugs in the [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Crafting Light-Sensing Cells from Human Skin

    Updated: 2010-02-06 01:14:48
    Think twice the next time you wipe a few flecks of dandruff from your shoulder. You might be shedding cells that may someday restore human vision. Thomas Reh and colleagues at the University of Washington, in Seattle, have generated light-sensing retinal cells, called photoreceptors, from adult human skin cells. They then transplanted the cells into a [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • The NHS and the cost-benefit dilemma

    Updated: 2010-02-04 01:50:10
    Submitted by THE HEALTH ECONOMICS BLOG New research by health economists at the University of York has raised concerns over any move to broaden the range of costs and economic benefits considered in the analysis of new NHS treatments. A study by the University’s Centre for Health Economics suggests that widening the perspective used by the [...]

  • Medpedia launches new clinical trial platform

    Updated: 2010-02-03 21:19:57
    The Medpedia Project today announced Medpedia Clinical Trials, a platform for patients and physicians to receive information about the thousands of clinical trials that are in process or about to begin. Other online sources already allow for searching clinical trials, but the Medpedia platform allows clinical trial information to be “pushed” or fed automatically to [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Coffee Break Boosts Memory

    Updated: 2010-02-01 20:08:10
    - A coffee break after an important meeting or class may be just the thing your brain needs to digest new information and improve memory. A new study suggests that resting while awake aids in memory consolidation and improves memory recall, much like getting a good night’s sleep has been shown to do. “Taking a coffee break [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Monitoring Cell Death Could Help Cancer Treatment

    Updated: 2010-02-01 20:07:13
    When it comes to aggressive cancers, in the brain or lung for example, oncologists know that the sooner they can determine whether a treatment is unsuccessful, the sooner they can reevaluate and, if necessary, prescribe a new course of action. But typically, it takes two months or more to do the before-and-after comparisons that help [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • The incredible beauty in the life of cells

    Updated: 2010-02-01 04:45:17
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  • Brain ‘entanglement’ could explain memories

    Updated: 2010-02-01 04:38:09
    Subatomic particles do it. Now the observation that groups of brain cells seem to have their own version of quantum entanglement, or “spooky action at a distance”, could help explain how our minds combine experiences from many different senses into one memory. Previous experiments have shown that the electrical activity of neurons in separate parts of [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Scientists turn stem cells into pork

    Updated: 2010-02-01 04:30:18
    Call it pork in a petri dish — a technique to turn pig stem cells into strips of meat that scientists say could one day offer a green alternative to raising livestock, help alleviate world hunger, and save some pigs their bacon. Dutch scientists have been growing pork in the laboratory since 2006, and while they [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Scientists achieve first rewire of genetic switches

    Updated: 2010-02-01 04:24:32
    Researchers in Manchester have successfully carried out the first rewire of genetic switches, creating what could be a vital tool for the development of new drugs and even future gene therapies. A team of scientists from the School of Chemistry and the Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre (MIB) at The University of Manchester have found a way of [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Why humans outlive apes

    Updated: 2010-02-01 04:21:49
    Genetic adaption to meat-rich diets may also lead to high rates of Alzheimer’s and heart disease The same evolutionary genetic advantages that have helped increase human lifespans also make us uniquely susceptible to diseases of aging such as cancer, heart disease and dementia, reveals a study to be published in a special PNAS collection on “Evolution [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • To restore vision, implant preps and seeds a damaged eye

    Updated: 2010-01-31 23:24:15
    Researchers trying to restore vision damaged by disease have found promise in a tiny implant that sows seeds of new cells in the eye. The diseases macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa lay waste to photoreceptors, the cells in the retina that turn light into electrical signals carried to the brain. The damage leaves millions of people [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

  • Gene function discovery: Guilt by association

    Updated: 2010-01-31 23:23:09
    Scientists have created a new computational model that can be used to predict gene function of uncharacterized plant genes with unprecedented speed and accuracy. The network, dubbed AraNet, has over 19,600 genes associated to each other by over 1 million links and can increase the discovery rate of new genes affiliated with a given trait [...] (Source: Biosingularity)

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