Melbourne researchers believe that the toxicity of amyloid plaques found in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s is related to trapping essential zinc, which is needed for communication between brain cells.
24/02/2010
US scientists have identified three kinases, or proteins, that dismantle connections within brain cells, which may lead to memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
24/02/2010
US researchers have discovered that a drug currently used for treating Alzheimer's can either improve or worsen the progression of Huntington's disease (HD) depending on where the brain cells it targets are located.
17/11/2009
COLLABORATION between the National Eye Institute (NEI) and NASA has produced a compact fibre-optic probe that has become the first non-invasive early detection device for cataracts.
15/01/2009
A NEW web resource, Mykidneyinfo.net, will be launched this month with the aim of improving patient care for those suffering kidney diseases.
01/06/2009
ADDEX Pharmaceuticals, an allosteric modulation company has announced an invitation for its annual Research and Development day on 16 July 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland.
06/07/2009
Researchers at the University of Sydney suggest that paracetamol may provide more than just pain relief to those at risk of developing heart disease.
05/03/2010
Medtronic has agreed to acquire Invatec, a developer of innovative medical technologies, for the interventional treatment of cardiovascular disease.
02/02/2010
SCIENTISTS at the National Centre for Vermiculite and Asbestos-Related Cancers (NCVAC) in conjunction with the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Medicine Wayne State University have announced the use of a new technology to aid in the diagnosis of asbestos-related lung disease.
31/03/2009
ABBOTT has announced the initiation of Mobility, a clinical trial into the safety and efficacy of the Absolute Pro Peripheral Self-Expanding Stent System in patients with iliac artery disease.
16/04/2009
Sydney researchers at the ANZAC Research Institute have found the cause of a disorder causing degeneration of motor nerves that leads to severe muscle wasting in the limbs.
24/02/2010
The Federal Government plans to spend approximately AUD$2.6 million over four years to establish RHDAustralia to help combat a potentially fatal heart disease that begins with strep throat. This common bacterial infection mainly affects young Indigenous Australians.
28/01/2010
Healthcare professionals and their patients living with renal failure now have access to an online resource dedicated to peritoneal dialysis (PD). The new website includes an educational video featuring a PD patient who sailed solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
11/03/2010
A WORLD-LEADING obesity expert has today publicly commended the recommendations proposed by the Federal Parliamentary Inquiry into Obesity for their recognition of obesity as a serious, chronic disease requiring General Practitioners to diagnose and treat it like other chronic diseases, such as diabetes and arthritis.
03/06/2009
Menveo, a quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine from Novartis, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for active immunization to prevent invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, C, Y and W-135 in people 11 to 55 years of age.
01/03/2010
Roche has announced that its Phase III clinical trial evaluation of ocrelizumab as a treatment for seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with a previous inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX), has met its primary efficacy endpoint.
14/12/2009
Some Queensland residents suffering from chronic disease will be the first to trial a new chronic care program that aims to improve the quality of life and reduce the rate of unplanned hospital admissions for patients with heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and other long-term chronic illnesses.
28/01/2010
SPECTRASCIENCE has received FDA approval for its Luma Cervical Cancer Imaging System at its San Diego facility.
11/03/2009
APPLIED Biosystems has unveiled new approaches for using next-generation genomic analysis sequencing to better understand methylation patterns in different cancerous disease states.
22/04/2009
THE CENTRES for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported additionally confirmed human infections of the Swine Influenza in the United States and internationally.
30/04/2009