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GenSpera preparing anti-cancer drug compound for Phase II study

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SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS JOURNAL http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2012/03/29/genspera-preparing-anti-cancer-drug.html GenSpera preparing anti-cancer drug compound for Phase II study San Antonio Business Journal by James Aldridge, Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012, 10:14am CDT GenSpera Inc. has completed the dose-escalation component of the company’s Phase I … Continue reading

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BioDirection aims to rapidly identify head injury severity

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NewCo on the Block BioDirection aims to rapidly identify head injury severity MONDAY, MARCH 26, 201 2 By AMANDA PEDERSEN Medical Device Daily Senior Staff Writer Every single day somebody somewhere hits their head. A child on the playground at … Continue reading

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LIFTING THE BLACK CLOUD

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Existing antidepressants leave a lot to be desired. They can take weeks to start working, and they fail many people. Researchers
are scouting for better options

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Running Against the Odds

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Sunday, March 4, a thousand men and women lined up to run the Annapolis Striders’ B&A Trail Marathon. Among them, 71-year-old Minnesotan Don Wright stood poised to begin his 63rd marathon in 44 states. Continue reading

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New antidepressant studied here

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ROOMALL, PA.; February 15, 2012 (WPVI) — There is new hope for people who suffer from depression. Final trials are underway on a new antidepressant. Continue reading

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Scientists Transform Deadly Plant Into Cancer Killing Smart Bomb

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Scientists Transform Deadly Plant Into Cancer Killing Smart Bomb By Kristen Philipkoski Feb 2, 2012 4:40 PM The ancient Greeks called the thapsia garganica plant “deadly carrot,” because their camels would eat it and quickly die. The Roman emperor Nero … Continue reading

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Celgene Buys Avila for $350M, Gaining Promising “Covalent” Drugs

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When Avila Therapeutics’ CEO Katrine Bosley spoke with Xconomy in December, she predicted the oncology world would show “a lot of excitement” for drugs that inhibit an enzyme called Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (Btk)—and in particular for Avila’s experimental compound in that category, AVL-292. Her words were prescient Continue reading

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Scientists Use Spectroscopy to Study Black Holes, Stars, and Now Cervixes

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Scientists Use Spectroscopy to Study Black Holes, Stars, and Now Cervixes Scientists use spectroscopy to examine the make-up of celestial objects. Now, they’re taking the technology in a decidedly different direction and using it to detect cervical cancer. Over the … Continue reading

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The Pill That Could Cure Depression by Growing Your Brain

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http://gizmodo.com/5874433/the-pill-that-could-cure-depression-by-growing-your-brain Kristen Philipkoski:  January 9, 2012 If you are depressed, or schizophrenic or have Alzheimer’s, scientists say you probably have a shrunken hippocampus. The good news: a drug that just entered human trials promises to re-grow that part of the … Continue reading

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Stem Cells: Plural Paths to Harnessing Pluripotency

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Stem Cells: Plural Paths to Harnessing Pluripotency By Anette Breindl Science Editor Monday, January 9, 2012 The most obvious way to use stem cells is to differentiate them in a petri dish and transplant the resulting cells into tissues or … Continue reading

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