Uncategorized - March 19, 2015
BioInvent Focusing on Pediatric Cancer
Biotech company BioInvent plans to start clinical development of TB-403 for the treatment of pediatric cancer along with the Belgian biopharmabolaget Thrombogenics. A phase II/IIa program with TB-403 in patients with medulloblastoma is scheduled to start during the second half of the year 2015, BioInvent writes in a press release. BioInvent contributes half of the […]
Uncategorized - March 18, 2015
New Findings Could Help Hemophiliacs
An international research project has shown evidence that exposing embryos to medication to control bleeding from hemophilia reduces the chance of the immune system developing resistance to it later. “As a result, the immune system will ‘think’ later in life that the medicine is part of the body’s innate functionality and so it will continue […]
Uncategorized - March 17, 2015
Scientists Take Aim at HIV
A team of scientists from Denmark, America and Germany is hoping to wipe out the HIV virus by combining two types of medicine in a “super cocktail” that is extremely toxic to the resilient HIV virus. “It’s a very important step on the way to finding a cure for HIV,” says project leader Ole Søgaard, […]
Uncategorized - March 12, 2015
Too Much Vitamin D Poses Risk
A study done at the University of Copenhagen is the first in the world to show a connection between high levels of vitamin D in the blood and cardiovascular deaths. Higher levels of the vitamin were associated with an increased risk of dying from a stroke or a coronary. “If your vitamin D level is […]
Uncategorized - March 6, 2015
Teachers Who Keep Learning Stay Healthier
Educators who are involved in professional development and learning on the job tend to be healthier, according to a Swedish study. The study was based on interviews with 229 teachers at 20 schools in Sweden’s Vestre, Götaland County. Teachers were surveyed about their health, quality development and opportunities to learn during working hours. The research […]
Uncategorized - March 4, 2015
Method Sets Fluid Level for Sepsis Patients
A new procedure under development by Simon Tilma Vistisen, assistant professor at the Research Centre for Emergency Medicine at Finland’s Aarhus University, could help doctors more accurately monitor the amount of fluid a sepsis patient receives. “If this new monitoring method comes into use as early as in the emergency units, the doctors will be […]
