Penn Animal Study Identifies New DNA Weapon Against Avian Flu; Broad Application of DNA Vaccine Could Allow fo PHILADELPHIA, July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a potential new way to vaccinate against avian flu.By delivering vaccine via DNA constructed to build antigens...
New Oral Angiogenesis Inhibitor Offers Potential Nontoxic Therapy for Wide Range of Cancers; Nanotechnology Tr BOSTON, July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first oral, broad-spectrum angiogenesis inhibitor, specially formulated through nanotechnology, shows promising anticancer results in mice, report researchers from Children's Hospital Boston.
Zinc Finger Proteins Put Personalized HIV Therapy Within Reach; Penn Researchers Modify T-Cell Receptor Gene t PHILADELPHIA, June 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and collaborators are using minute, naturally occurring proteins called zinc fingers to engineer T cells to one day treat AIDS in...
New Electrostatic-Based DNA Microarray Technique Could Revolutionize Medical Diagnostics BERKELEY, Calif., June 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The dream of personalized medicine - in which diagnostics, risk predictions and treatment decisions are based on a patient's genetic profile - may be on the verge of being expanded beyond the...
Town Hall Meeting at University of California, Santa Barbara to Focus on Stem Cell Research July 18 SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Top scientists will present the current the state of research on stem cells at a UC Santa Barbara-sponsored town hall meeting July 18 from 2-4 p.m.in the Hatlen Theater.
The...
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Launches National Cancer Education Initiative; Sixty-Six Percent of Oncologists C BOSTON, June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a teaching affiliate of the Harvard Medical School, is launching a national continuing medical education (CME) course to bring the latest science and guidelines to community...
LSU Health Sciences Center Inventor Awarded Patent for New Procedure to Detect Cancer Spread NEW ORLEANS, June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Eugene A.Woltering, MD, FACS, The James D.
Rives Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Sections of Surgical Oncology & Endocrine Surgery at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has been...
Our Genome Changes Over Lifetime, Johns Hopkins Experts Say; May Explain Many 'Late-Onset' Diseases BALTIMORE, June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that epigenetic marks on DNA - chemical marks other than the DNA sequence - do indeed change over a person's lifetime, and that the degree of change is similar...
New Source of Heart Stem Cells Discovered; Finding Offers Hope of Recapitulating Developmental Events to Regen BOSTON, June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston are continuing to document the heart's earliest origins.Now, they have pinpointed a new, previously unrecognized group of stem cells that give rise to...
Ronald L. Rupp Joins American Dental Education Association as Senior Director, External Relations and Institut WASHINGTON, June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ronald L.Rupp, D.M.D., has joined the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) as Senior Director, External Relations and Institutional Advancement.
Rupp will be responsible for developing...
