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  • Gulf oil spill: Has it caused a new fish kill? (UPDATED) Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:32AMLouisiana state biologists Monday were investigating whether a large fish kill at the mouth of the Mississippi River was caused by oil or dispersants from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The gulf also contains a vast dead...
  • In mine's confines, survival instincts prevail Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:40AMThe health of 33 trapped Chilean miners is authorities' top priority, as crews this week began drilling in an effort to free them.
  • Fake hanging stunt became tragic reality Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 12:14AMA MAN who used to shock his girlfriend by pretending to hang himself with a sheet from a banister died after hanging himself for real, an inquest heard.
  • New studies explain how cancer cells 'eat us alive' Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 9:02AMFour key studies now propose a new theory about how cancer cells grow and survive, allowing researchers to design better diagnostics and therapies to target high-risk cancer patients. These studies were conducted by a large team of researchers at Thomas Jefferson University`s Kimmel Cancer Center.
  • Pivotal Phase 3 Study Compares Tapentadol Extended Release Tablets to Placebo in Patients with Chronic Osteoarthritis ... Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:37PMPhase 3 safety and efficacy data comparing tapentadol extended release tablets, an investigational pain medication, to placebo in patients with moderate to severe chronic osteoarthritis knee pain have been published by Clinical Drug Investigation.
  • A Step Closer To Development Of Drug To Prevent Deadly Immune Response Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:03AMResearchers have isolated a molecule, small enough to be used as a drug, that can shut down a dysfunctional immune response that causes deadly hemorrhagic shock, results in delayed death of heart attack patients, promotes rejection of transplanted organs and destroys joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a paper published in Molecular Immunology...
  • Cold empties Bolivian rivers of fish Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 1:57PMAntarctic cold snap kills millions of aquatic animals in the Amazon.
  • Drug to prevent deadly immune response on the anvil Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 10:40AMWashington, Aug 27 : Researchers, led by an Indian origin scientist, have isolated a molecule, small enough to be used as a drug, that can shut down a dysfunctional immune response that causes deadly hemorrhagic shock, results in delayed death of heart attack patients, promotes rejection of transplanted organs and destroys joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a study.
  • After Simulated Stroke, Human Umbilical Cord Blood Cells Aid Lab Animal Brain Cell Survival Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 5:19AMHuman umbilical cord blood cells (HUCB) used to treat cultured rat brain cells (astrocytes) deprived of oxygen appear to protect astrocytes from cell death after stroke-like damage, reports a team of researchers from the University of South Florida (USF) Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair. Their study was published in the August, 2010 issue of Stem Cell Review and Reports...
  • BOB HORTON: New park lights illuminate old dredging problem Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:20AMNext time you go for an evening stroll around Binney Park, take note of the new lights the town installed to aid and abet your illegal ambling.
  • Researchers closer to development of drug to prevent deadly immune response Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 7:17PMResearchers have isolated a molecule, small enough to be used as a drug, that can shut down a dysfunctional -- and at times, deadly -- immune response known as the complement system.
  • Mystery at the top of the world: Did George Mallory make it to the summit of Everest before he died? Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 7:02PMHis body lay half-buried in the frozen scree, face-down and spread-eagled in his last agony. Above George Mallory, a couple of thousand feet higher, the summit of Everest stood impassively waiting for other men to try to conquer the highest mountain in the world. For me, also, it was the end of a long quest.
  • Press Release Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 3:33AMFibroGen Inc. Posted on:26 Aug 10 FibroGen, Inc., today announced results of a 2-year clinical study demonstrating that surgical implantation of biosynthetic corneas formulated with the company’s proprietary recombinant human type III collagen (rhCIII) restored vision and promoted nerve regeneration (restoring sensitivity) in patients who had corneal damage and significant vision loss.
  • Biosynthetic corneas formulated with recombinant collagen restore vision and nerve growth Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 1:16PM( FibroGen, Inc. ) FibroGen Inc., today announced results of a two-year clinical study demonstrating that surgical implantation of biosynthetic corneas formulated with the company's proprietary recombinant human type III collagen (rhCIII) restored vision and promoted nerve regeneration (restoring sensitivity) in patients who had corneal damage and significant vision loss. The results of this ...
  • FibroGen Announces Results of 2-Year Study Demonstrating that Biosynthetic Corneas Formulated with Recombinant Human ... Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 1:05PMSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Human clinical study shows that biosynthetic corneas made with recombinant collagen restored vision and nerve growth in patients with corneal disease; data published in Science Translational Medicine.
  • FibroGen Announces Results of 2-Year Study Demonstrating that Biosynthetic Corneas Formulated with Recombinant Human ... Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 1:00PMSAN FRANCISCO----FibroGen, Inc., today announced results of a 2-year clinical study demonstrating that surgical implantation of biosynthetic corneas formulated with the company’s proprietary recombinant human type III collagen restored vision and promoted nerve regeneration in patients who had corneal damage and significant vision loss.
  • America's Gulf: Updating the Greatest Ever Environmental Crime Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 6:36AMFor months, US media reports distorted and lied about its severity, running cover for BP and the Obama administration, now practically avoiding the crisis altogether as it worsens.
  • Human umbilical cord blood cells appear to protect astrocytes from cell death: Research Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 6:33AMHuman umbilical cord blood cells (HUCB) used to treat cultured rat brain cells (astrocytes) deprived of oxygen appear to protect astrocytes from cell death after stroke-like damage, reports a team of researchers from the University of South Florida (USF) Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair.
  • Thousands of fish dead, but oil not to blame Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 5:25PMChalmette - St. Bernard Parish charter captain C.T. Williams has seen fish kills before, but not like this one officials discovered on Sunday in the marshes around Hopedale. "This is not only speckled trout, redfish, drum croaker, our target species, our game fish, it was sting rays, cat fish, eel, things that really don't require a lot to survive," said Williams. St. Bernard Parish estimates ...
  • NIH Awards Nearly $400K to Support Heart-Related miRNA Research Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 2:54PMThe National Institutes of Health this month set aside nearly $400,000 to fund three research projects focused on microRNAs and the heart, including one issued to a company aiming to develop an miRNA antagonist to prevent cardiac ischemia.
  • Human umbilical cord blood cells aid lab animal brain cell survival after simulated stroke Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 10:15AMWhen human umbilical cord blood cells were used to treat cultured rat brain cells deprived of oxygen, the cells appeared to protect astrocytes from cell death after stroke-like damage. Researchers found that cord blood cells stabilized the brain cell environment and aided astrocyte survival.
  • Deep water dead zone predicted in Gulf Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 5:44PMThe oil gusher on the Gulf seabed may be stopped, but much of the spilled oil still lurks in a plume of oil and dissolved methane gas 3,200-4,300 feet below the surface. Methane - Water - Dead zone - Energy - Business
  • Gulf of Mexico's Fish Beachings May Be Increasing Because of BP Oil Spill Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 11:29PMBP Plc’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may be exacerbating a natural phenomenon that causes fish, crabs, eels and shrimp to swarm the shoreline to escape oxygen-depleted sea waters.
  • AHRQ Grant Will Enable Premier Healthcare Alliance Perinatal Safety Initiative To Continue Via Award To Fairview ... Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 11:34AMThe Department of Health & Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded a three-year demonstration grant for not-for-profit entities to Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis to extend a national collaborative that is reducing birth-related injuries. The Premier healthcare alliance's Perinatal Safety Initiative is composed of 16 of the country's leading ...
  • AHRQ grant allows Premier Perinatal Safety Initiative to reduce birth-related injuries Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 4:04AMThe Department of Health & Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded a three-year demonstration grant for not-for-profit entities to Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis to extend a national collaborative that is reducing birth-related injuries.
  • Deep plumes of oil could cause dead zones in the Gulf Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 2:14PMA new simulation of oil and methane leaked into the Gulf of Mexico suggests that deep hypoxic zones or "dead zones" could form near the source of the pollution. The research investigates five scenarios of oil and methane plumes at different depths and incorporates an estimated rate of flow from the Deepwater Horizon spill, which released oil and methane gas into the Gulf from April to mid July ...
  • Deep plumes of oil could cause dead zones in the Gulf Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:33PM( American Geophysical Union ) A new simulation of oil and methane leaked into the Gulf of Mexico suggests that deep hypoxic zones or "dead zones" could form near the source of the pollution. The research investigates five scenarios of oil and methane plumes at different depths and incorporates an estimated rate of flow from the Deepwater Horizon spill, which released oil and methane gas into ...
  • AHRQ Grant Will Enable Premier Healthcare Alliance Perinatal Safety Initiative to Continue via Award to Fairview ... Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 8:16AMCHARLOTTE, N.C.----The Department of Health & Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a three-year demonstration grant for not-for-profit entities to Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis to extend a national collaborative that is reducing birth-related injuries.
  • Quark Signs $680M siRNA Drug Deal with Novartis Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 7:45PMPrivately held Quark Pharmaceuticals Inc. stands to bank $680 million, including $10 million up front, under a deal granting Swiss pharma giant Novartis AG an option to obtain an exclusive worldwide license to develop and commercialize QPI-1002, an investigational p53 temporary inhibitor siRNA drug.
  • Calcium — good or bad? Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 1:26AMWednesday, August 18th, 2010 13:44:00 This is very confusing. First, calcium is good for you and now, calcium is sud­denly a bad thing! I had been meaning to write about this issue ever since it became public at the end of last month. I thought to just ignore it initially but when my patients, some of whom are quite internet-savvy, came up to me asking about it, I felt the need to share my ...
  • Calcium — good or bad? Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 1:14AMThis is very confusing. First, calcium is good for you and now, calcium is sud denly a bad thing! I had been meaning to write about this issue ever since it became public at the end of last month.
  • Oregon Dead Zone Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 10:13AMDead zones are hypoxic (low-oxygen) areas in the world's oceans, the observed incidences of which have been increasing since oceanographers began noting them in the 1970s. These occur near inhabited coastlines, where aquatic life is most concentrated. Every summer for the past nine years, water with lethally low concentrations of oxygen has appeared off the Oregon coast. The cause is not clear ...
  • Oregon's Mysterious Dead Zone Confounds Scientists Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 7:53AMLow-oxygen dead zones appear each summer off the coast of Oregon, and researchers are struggling to figure out why.
  • MeCP2 determine vulnerability to cocaine addiction: Research Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 11:50PMA regulatory protein best known for its role in a rare genetic brain disorder also may play a critical role in cocaine addiction, according to a recent study in rats, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health. The study was published today in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
  • Heat Shock Protein Can Restore Nerve Damage In Diabetic Mice Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 6:35AMResearchers have been able to use a common chaperone protein, Hsp70, to reverse the loss of function in the nerves of mice with diabetes. Writing in ASN NEURO, Michael J. Urban and colleagues at the University of Kansas suggest that Hsp70 could be used in the future to cure the loss of feeling in the limbs that afflicts many diabetics. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is a common ...
  • Press Release Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 3:34AMAeolus Pharmaceuticals Inc. Posted on:13 Aug 10 Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: AOLS) (“Aeolus Pharmaceuticalsâ€� or the “Companyâ€�) announced today that it has completed a $1.0 million financing with two existing institutional shareholders, both of which are affiliates of Xmark Opportunity Partners, LLC. Under the terms of the financing, Aeolus received $1.0 million in gross proceeds ...
  • Aeolus Pharmaceuticals Completes $1.0 Million Financing and Receives an Option to Raise Additional $1.0 Million Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 2:22PMMISSION VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: AOLS) (“Aeolus Pharmaceuticals” or the “Company”) announced today that it has completed a $1.0 million financing with two existing institutional shareholders, both of which are affiliates of Xmark Opportunity Partners, LLC. Under the terms of the financing, Aeolus received $1.0 million in gross proceeds in exchange for ...
  • Aeolus Pharmaceuticals Completes $1.0 Million Financing and Receives an Option to Raise Additional $1.0 Million Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 2:11PMMISSION VIEJO, Calif.----Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has completed a $1.0 million financing with two existing institutional shareholders, both of which are affiliates of Xmark Opportunity Partners, LLC.
  • Scientists awarded $348,037 to study causes, effects of hypoxia in Green Bay Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 7:04AMScientists researching the causes and effects of hypoxia in Green Bay, part of Lake Michigan, Wisc., have been awarded $348,037 for the first year of an anticipated four-year $1,367,300 project through NOAA's Coastal Hypoxia Research Program. Hypoxia within Green Bay has been a problem for decades, and recent evidence suggests that it may be worsening, with the potential for "dead zones" and ...
  • Heat shock protein can restore nerve damage in diabetic mice Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 6:30AMResearchers have been able to use a common chaperone protein, Hsp70, to reverse the loss of function in the nerves of mice with diabetes.
  • Researchers suggest Hsp70 can reverse Diabetic peripheral neuropathy Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 5:20AMResearchers have been able to use a common chaperone protein, Hsp70, to reverse the loss of function in the nerves of mice with diabetes.Writing in ASN NEURO, Michael J. Urban and colleagues at the University of Kansas suggest that Hsp70 could be used in the future to cure the loss of feeling in the limbs that afflicts many diabetics.
  • Funds OKd for bay of Green Bay oxygen study Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 4:11AMScientists studying oxygen levels in the bay of Green Bay were awarded $348,037 from the federal government for the first year of an anticipated four-year $1.37 million project.
  • Gulf of Mexico’s ‘Dead Zone’ Grows as Spill Impact Is Studied Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 11:50PMThe Gulf of Mexico faces a renewed and enlarged threat to marine life: a low-oxygen “dead zone” about the size of Massachusetts, caused by chemical runoff into the Mississippi River that flows into the sea.
  • Scientists argue Texas ocean 'dead' zone Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 2:26PMHOUSTON, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A Texas researcher says claims by Louisiana scientists of a record-size ocean "dead zone" in his state's Gulf of Mexico waters may be overstated. Louisiana - Gulf of Mexico - Texas - Dead zone - United States
  • Oceanography: Dead in the water Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 12:21PMEvery summer for the past nine years, water with lethally low concentrations of oxygen has appeared off the Oregon coast. The hypoxia may be a sign of things to come elsewhere, finds Virginia Gewin.
  • NOAA awards grant to investigate impacts of land use and climate change on hypoxia in Green Bay Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 7:52AM( NOAA Headquarters ) Scientists researching the causes and effects of hypoxia in Green Bay, part of Lake Michigan, Wisc., have been awarded $348,037 for the first year of an anticipated four-year $1,367,300 project through NOAA's Coastal Hypoxia Research Program.
  • Scientists square off over the extent of Texas' dead zone Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 7:33AMA Texas scientist says claims of a record-sized dead zone off the state's coast may be overblown.
  • America's Gulf: A Toxic Crime Scene Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 6:21AM"The vast majority of the oil from the BP oil spill has either evaporated or been burned, skimmed, recovered from the wellhead or dispersed, much of which is in the process of being degraded....this is the direct result of the robust federal response efforts."
  • Gulf of Mexico soiled by pollution for decades Saturday, August 7, 2010 @ 12:20PMGulf of Mexico soiled by pollution for decades
  • Scientists say oil could play a role in recent fish kills Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 5:27PMThis will always be known as the year of the great oil spill.  But it also might go down as the year of the fish kill as well. Are fish dying from the oil, or other reasons.  Doug Walker spent the day at the Gulf Coast Research Lab looking for answers.