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Top court rules against two diagnostic patents | Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court rejected two patents on a method for monitoring a patient's blood to... Read More »

Aspirin may soon have a new role. Scientists from The City College of New York have developed a new aspirin compound that has great promise to be an extremely potent... Read More »

SanBio Inc. today announced that the first 6 patients, of a total of 18, have been successfully administered SB623, a new allogeneic stem cell therapy product, in the ... Read More »

"A really nasty hangover" is how Grant Lipman, a clinical assistant professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, describes the feeling of acute... Read More »

Top scientific experts have published a global plan of action for developing critical vaccines to eliminate tuberculosis (TB). Published in a special issue of the... Read More »

Undiagnosed anemia, and subsequent hemorrhaging, is a major -- but completely preventable -- cause of death in childbirth around the world. In this inspiring TED talk, ... Read More »

By analyzing the hundreds of metabolic products present in the liver, researchers have discovered that circadian rhythms greatly control the production of key... Read More »

Researchers have discovered a method to identify chromosomal translocations -- cancer-causing rearrangements of genetic material -- quickly, accurately and... Read More »

The minimally invasive hernia repair procedure known as total extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasty (TEP) was associated with higher patient satisfaction, less... Read More »

Pancreas cancer tumors spread quickly and are resistant to treatment, making them very deadly. Their resistance to chemotherapy stems in part from a unique biological ... Read More »

Dr. Ruth Litovsky and her team at the University of Wisconsin's Waisman Center work with kids and their families to improve their children’s use of cochlear... Read More »

There are many differences between health care in Canada and the United States. Canada has a universal system and spends about sixty percent of what the US spends per... Read More »

Nanoparticles containing chitosan have been shown to have effective antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus saprophyticus and Escherichia coli. The materials... Read More »

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have identified a cell-signaling pathway that plays a key role in increasing insulin secretion during pregnancy and, when... Read More »

Sharing Patents with Competitors may Encourage Innovation as Probability for Market Success Increases, UB Study Suggests - UB NewsCenter

Oral cancer drugs that target key enzymes in tumor cells have made significant contributions to oncology care, freeing many patients from spending long hours at... Read More »

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona researchers have developed a new vehicle to release proteins with therapeutic effects. The vehicles are known as ‘bacteria... Read More »

Researchers from Clemson University have found a way to print live cells and create temporary holes in their membranes using a standard inkjet printer. "We first ... Read More »

A team of researchers in Ottawa has been awarded grants to lead the first clinical trial in the world of a stem cell therapy for septic shock. This deadly condition... Read More »

Here's your weekly summary of the top medical news of the week! CellTex scandal breakdown: Stem cells, Rick Perry and the FDA There has been an explosion... Read More »