Almost 128,000 bottles of Tylenol eight-hour caplets have been recalled on Monday after many consumers complained of the moldy odor from the bottle. The painkillers have been recalled throughout the day and consumers are asked to stop using Tylenol as a precaution. Johnson & Johnson, the maker of Tylenol painkillers released a statement saying that [...]
After a decade of remarkable growth, total annual funding for biomedical research in the U.S. has decelerated and may have even fallen when adjusted for inflation. That is the conclusion of a study today published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. “The era of rapid expansion in biomedical research funding that began in [...]
For more than 400 years, scientists have studied the amazing regenerative power of salamanders, trying to understand how these creatures routinely repair injuries that would usually leave humans and other mammals paralyzed — or worse. Now, fueled by a highly competitive National Institutes of Health Grand Opportunity grant of $2.4 million, a multi-institutional team of [...]
Parents Unaware that Integrative Treatment May Reduce their Child’s Dependence on Drugs and Improve Quality of Life A new nationwide survey released today reveals that just 12 percent of parents with children under the age of 18 have spoken to their child’s doctor about complementary and integrative approaches to medicine, yet nearly 90 percent say [...]
Molecular biologist Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, 60, of the University of California, San Francisco, was named to receive the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Blackburn shares the award with Carol W. Greider of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Jack W. Szostak of Harvard Medical School. The scientists discovered an enzyme that [...]
AVAC Report Assesses Progress in AIDS Vaccine, Microbicide and PrEP Research and Calls for Urgent Coordination and Leadership in Advance of Upcoming Results “It’s an exciting time in HIV prevention research. We will see results from a number of critically important HIV prevention research trials this year, as well as see the start of new [...]
Data shows 82% of patients have neuropathy onset during their 30s-60s A new national Neuropathy Association poll of peripheral neuropathy patients finds that the majority of respondents had their neurological disease begin during their prime adult years, with 82% experiencing neuropathy’s onset between the ages of 30-69. “Peripheral neuropathy does not discriminate: it affects all [...]
Combination of R7227, protease inhibitor, and R7128, nucleoside polymerase inhibitor, shows significant potency in reducing viral load in patients with hepatitis C Roche, InterMune, Inc. and Pharmasset announced the first results from their innovative, interferon-free regimen of direct acting antiviral (DAA) combination therapy for the treatment of patients chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus [...]
Jiangsu government’s China Medical City (CMC) and Shenzhen Beike Biotechnology Co. Ltd. broke ground on the 20,000 square-meter Stem Cell Regenerative Medicine Industrial Project of National Bio-Industry Base (NBPD). This facility will house China’s first comprehensive regenerative medicine technology center and its largest international stem cell bank. The NBPD facility is part of multi-stage project [...]
Study Suggests Genetic Approach to Personalized Screening of Anti-Rejection Drug Dosing Screening for mutations in a gene that helps the body metabolize a kidney transplant anti-rejection drug may predict which children are at higher risk for side effects, including compromised white blood cell count or organ rejection, according to new research. Published online Feb. 18 [...]