Clinical Research

Cholesterol-lowering statins have transformed the treatment of heart disease. But while the decision to use the drugs in patients with a history of heart attacks and strokes is mostly clear-cut, that choice can be a far trickier proposition for the tens o ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2015 - 2:24am

Low T In Females

Testosterone replacement therapies are controversial in males so extending it to females will likely be even more so. But research involving mice suggests an association between low levels of androgens (which includes testosterone) and atherosclerosis and ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2015 - 4:30pm

Muscle Regeneration After Traumatic Injury- No Donor Tissue Needed

Loss of muscle volume is a common debilitating outcome of traumatic orthopedic injury, resulting in muscle weakness and loss of limb function. The current best solution is muscle graft but a new therapeutic approach uses small pieces of autologous muscle ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2015 - 10:00am

How To Conduct A Personalized Pancreas Cancer Clinical Trial

After performing thousands of unsuccessful experiments in his attempt to perfect the light bulb, Thomas Edison famously remarked: "I have not failed, not once. I've discovered ten thousand ways that don't work." Australian leaders of a ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 26 2015 - 9:16am

Putting The Lab In The Patient- New Device Helps Tailor Personalized Cancer Treatment

More than 100 drugs have been approved to treat cancer but predicting which ones will help a particular patient hasn't really been possible. A new device may change that. It is an implantable device, about the size of the grain of rice, and can carry ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 24 2015 - 2:00am

'Excellent Clinical Outcomes' For Brain Blood Vessel Malformation Surgery

Interventional treatments such as surgery provide good functional outcomes and a high cure rate for patients with lower-grade arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the brain, according to a new study. These findings contrast with a recent trial reporting ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2015 - 4:50pm

Bone Tissue Regeneration Using Proteins Secreted By Stem Cells

Scientists have discovered a way to regrow bone tissue using the protein signals produced by stem cells, which improves on older therapies by providing a sustainable source for fresh tissue and reducing the risk of tumor formation that can arise with stem ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2015 - 11:00am

Damaged Hearts Repaired With Pig Parts

By Marsha Lewis, Inside Science – The statistics are shocking. Almost half of all Americans live with one or more risk factors for a heart attack. Now, bioengineers at the Christman Lab at the University of California, San Diego have created a material t ...

Article - Inside Science - May 19 2015 - 9:01am

Clinical Trial Demonstrates Non-Invasive Expulsion Of Kidney Stones

At the 2015 American Urological Association annual meeting in New Orleans, Dr. Jonathan Harper will present the findings of an FDA-registered "first in humans" trial to non-surgically propel and expel kidney stones from the body. Harper and colle ...

Article - News Staff - May 19 2015 - 3:07pm

Mystery Of Morgellons- Disease Or Delusion- Scientific Hypothesis Of Connection With Lyme Disease

One day you feel a strange stinging, biting or crawling sensation beneath your skin, which just won't go away. Then fibres begin to protrude from the skin or you may see red or blue lines below the surface of your skin. Eventually sores erupt all ove ...

Article - Robert Walker - Nov 4 2016 - 11:29am