Categories
Cardiovascular
Diagnostics
Endocrinology
Health Insurance
Medical Devices
Mental Health
Nutrition
Oncology
Public Health
Sexual Health
Popular Articles
Stretch Mark Remedies

Second European Country To Commence Cerepro(R) Treatment On Named Patient Basis, England
Ark Therapeutics Group plc (AKT:LSE) announces that Named Patient Supply (NPS) for Cerepro® (sitimagene ceradenovec) has been approved in Finland by the National Agency for Medicines (NAM). The approval follows an application made by a neuro-surgeon in Finland for the use of Cerepro®.
generic viagra online
Mothers Lack Education On Infant Bottle-Feeding
A systematic literature review of mothers" experiences with bottle-feeding found that while mothers recognize the benefits of breastfeeding, those who bottle-feed with infant formula do not receive adequate information and support from their healthcare providers and thus, ultimately put their baby"s health at risk. "While it is important to promote breastfeeding," the authors conclude, "it is also necessary to ensure that the needs of bottle-feeding mothers are not overlooked."
News of the day
A Selection Of Recent Studies And Surveys
UCLA Health Policy Research Brief: Health Coverage in the Safety Net: How California"s Coverage Initiative Is Providing A Medical Home to Low-Income Uninsured Adults in Ten Counties, Interim Findings -- As medical homes continue to gain attention for being used as "a potential remedy to access system-wide problems of high health care costs and limited access," a team of UCLA researchers "present interim findings on the efforts of ten California counties to explore the medical home model as part of the state"s Health Care Coverage Initiative (HCCI), a three-year program to expand health care coverage for eligible low-income, uninsured individuals not otherwise covered by Medi-Cal" in a policy brief. "Among the innovations described are efforts to create electronic health and medical records, modify e-referrals to two-way communication between primary care physicians and other providers and standardize chronic disease registries" (6/09).
Public Health

Grant To Study Limb Regeneration Received By Tulane

Could the salamander"s natural ability to grow back severed appendages lead to a scientific breakthrough for humans who have lost limbs? With the help of a $6.25 million U.S. Department of Defense grant, Tulane University professor Ken Muneoka, the John L. and Mary Wright Ebaugh chair in science and engineering, will lead a team of researchers from the University of California - Irvine and the University of Kentucky to identify the genes that trigger regeneration in the axolotl, a Mexican salamander. The researchers will then attempt to determine how the same genes are regulated in response to injuries in mice who, because of their similar genetic characteristics, serve as a model for humans. "The hope is that once the genetic signals for regeneration are identified, therapies can be developed to enhance the regenerative response in humans," Muneoka says. Regeneration of tissue in humans is a long-term goal of Muneoka who, like his colleagues, has conducted research in this area for many decades. The shorter term goal is to modify the body"s natural healing process to transition from a scar-forming response to the initiation of a regenerative response. Muneoka says this might involve cell-based therapies with regeneration-promoting cells, and/or factor-based therapies, such as providing a specific growth factor, to initiate and/or sustain the regenerative response. While the salamander is the only animal capable of regenerating lost appendages, a child can grow back the tip of a severed finger, and, even in adults, bone, muscle, cartilage and skin can independently undergo a healing and regeneration response. "What"s missing is a way to coordinate these events so complex structures can be restored," Muneoka says. "By establishing a comprehensive database that identifies all the genes involved in regenerating a salamander limb, we will essentially create a genetic blueprint of how to do the same in humans." The grant that will fund Muneoka and his colleagues" research is the result of a competition the Army Research Office, the Office of Naval Research and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research conducted under the Department of Defense"s Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program. Through the competition 69 academic institutions were awarded $260 million over the next five years to perform multidisciplinary basic research. Mike Strecker Tulane University


Add your comment:
Name:
Site address: http://
Your message:
Enter today\\\\'s date, 2 digits
(spam protection):

© Copyright 2009