Cross section of bioprinted human liver tissue showing hepatocytes (blue nuclei), endothelial cells (red), and hepatic stellate cells (green). (Courtesy Organovo Holdings Inc.) The discovery that living tissues could be built up using a ...
Tags: Organovo, 3-D printer
PDL BioPharma, Inc. (PDL) (NASDAQ: PDLI) today announced that the Company will release its fourth quarter and full year 2013 financial results for the period ended December 31, 2013, on Monday, March 3, 2014, after market close. PDL's ...
Tags: Antibodies, Antibody, Biotechnology, Cancer, Healthcare, Investment, Protein
AMSBIO has launched CancerSeq™ - a new range of genetically characterised FFPE tissue samples. CancerSeq™ samples are prepared from genomic DNA extracted from the FFPE tumour tissues and validated by Next Generation ...
Yamaha and West Coast Hi-Fi have opened the first Yamaha Sound Centre. Yamaha and West Coast Hi-Fi celebrated the opening of Australia’s first Yamaha Sound Centre on Saturday 22 February 2014. This store-in-store branded concept is ...
Roswell Park/University at Buffalo study finds significant risk for women who never smoked Secondhand smoking is linked with pregnancy loss, including miscarriage, stillbirth and tubal ectopic pregnancy, according to new research from ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Secondhand Smoke, Smoke, Secondhand smoking
Researchers from the University of Surrey have today launched a new programme of research called eSMART (Electronic Symptom Management using ASyMS Remote Technology), that uses mobile phone technology to remotely monitor patients who are ...
There are three common drugs for advanced ovarian cancer: paclitaxel, cyclophosphamide, and topotecan. Like a shell game, if you pick the right drug a patient is likely to respond. And, unfortunately, picking the wrong drug can lead to ...
Tags: right drug, sophisticated model of ovarian cancer genetics
A new type of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test could be an alternative to standard positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging for assessing cancer in children and young adults, but without exposure to ...
Tags: MRI, radiation, tumour visibility
Babies who develop leukemia during the first year of life appear to inherit an unfortunate combination of genetic variations that can make the infants highly susceptible to the disease, according to a new study at Washington University ...
Tags: Leukemia, Genetic Predisposition, DNA, gene
To develop correctly, baby hearts need rhythm...even before they have blood to pump. "We have discovered that mechanical forces are important when making baby hearts," said Mary Kathryn Sewell-Loftin, a Vanderbilt graduate student working ...
Tags: Baby Heart, Rhythm, Roadmap, SysCODE
By Sara Freeman, medwireNews Reporter Elderly kidney cancer patients benefit from sunitinib therapy just as much as their younger counterparts, a retrospective analysis of six clinical trials shows. Median progression-free survival ...
Tags: PFS, mRCC, Advanced Age, IFN
Data published in New England Journal of Medicine show treatment prolongs life for women with most common cancer in under 35s New data showing cancer treatment Avastin® (bevacizumab) can extend the lives of women with advanced ...
Tags: Cervical Cancer, Avastin, GOG240, GOG
A new Indiana University study that examines the brain activity of alcohol-dependent women compared to women who were not addicted found stark and surprising differences, leading to intriguing questions about brain network functions of ...
Tags: fMRI, network activation, physiological effect, Alcohol-Dependent Woman
Improving access to pediatric check-ups may increase parental awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, a new nationwide study reveals. HPV is a sexually transmitted disease that infects about 14 million people aged 15 to 59 years ...
Tags: HPV Vaccine, cancer, well-child checkup, US population
Every week reporter Ankita Rao selects interesting reading from around the Web. The New York Times: Doctors Train To Spot Signs Of A.D.H.D. In Children Jerry, 9 years old, dissolved into his Game Boy while his father described his ...
Tags: Doctor Training, Obamacare, A.D.H.D, Epilepsy