Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA articles from January 2004

Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA archives from January 2004

Early promise for treatment of Ebola.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Preliminary findings of an animal study suggest that scientists have taken an important step toward a possible treatment strategy for the deadly Ebola virus. Hemorrhagic fever from the Ebola virus...

Advisory recommends strengthening supply of routine vaccines.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an effort to enhance the supply of necessary childhood vaccines without the shortages seen in recent years, the U.S. National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) has issued a list of recommendations....

Cruciferous vegetables seem to be protective of cancer.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The antioxidant responsive element (ARE) may explain the protective effects of cruciferous vegetables on cancer, researchers say. According to a study from the United States, "Research supports the...

Ebola virus-like particles prevent lethal infection in mice.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have successfully immunized mice against Ebola virus using hollow virus-like particles, or VLPs, which are noninfectious but capable of provoking a robust immune response. These Ebola VLPs...

Air quality data analysis system showcases asbestos lung cancer mortality data.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The most important problem in setting a ''safe'' concentration for each carcinogenic hazardous air pollutants (HAP) is to determine the correct nonlinear extrapolation to use for each HAP, researchers...

Standard helps control quality of joint replacements.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ionizing radiation isn't generally thought of as good for you, but it's good for artificial hips. A new reference material from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will help...

Company launches primate studies in validation of viral immunotherapy platform.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lipid Sciences, Inc., (LIPD) announced that with the recent completion of successful studies in a mouse animal model, it has achieved an important development milestone. Therefore, the company has...

Pharmaceutical firm commits to funding pediatric HIV/AIDS center in Africa.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) chairman and CEO Peter R. Dolan committed to fund a second center to care for children with HIV/AIDS in Africa. He joined Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G....

Nonablative laser receives FDA approval for the treatment of acne.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Quantel Medical has received U.S. Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) approval to market the non-ablative Aramis Er:Glass 1.54 nm Dermatology Laser for its use to treat acne on the back. Already...

U.S. frames bullying as health issue.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. government is planning a $3.4 million campaign to combat bullying, drawing support from more than 70 education, law enforcement, civic and religious groups. With an expected start next year,...

Company discontinues development of Soltara brand allergic rhinitis treatment.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sepracor Inc. (SEPR) has discontinued clinical development of Soltara brand tecastemizole for the treatment of allergic rhinitis. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a "not...

RODS surveillance system effective at 2002 Winter Olympics.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The hastily designed RODS infectious disease surveillance system was effective during its debut at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. "The 2002 Olympic Winter Games were held in Utah from...

FDA approves Risperdal as monotherapy or in combination with lithium, valproate.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Risperdal (risperidone) as monotherapy (alone) or in combination with lithium or valproate for the short-term treatment of acute manic or mixed...

Xcytrin receives FDA fast track status.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmacyclics, Inc., (PCYC) announced that the company has been granted fast track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its investigational drug Xcytrin (motexafin gadolinium)...

Company presents data for the en-bloc breast biopsy system at RSNA.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neothermia Corp., an emerging company focused on the development and marketing of minimally invasive systems for the diagnosis of cancer, announced the first clinical presentation of data for its...

FDA approves computer-aided detection for digital mammography.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fischer Imaging Corporation (FIMG) and R2 Technology, Inc., announced that approval has been granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of R2's proprietary mammography CAD...

Performance audit praises state's oversight of mammography facilities.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pennsylvania women can be assured that the Commonwealth is inspecting its mammography facilities regularly to verify that they comply with stringent federal quality standards and safety requirements,...

Study evaluates recurrence in those switched from adjuvant tamoxifen to Arimidex.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study results were presented that evaluated breast cancer recurrence rates in postmenopausal women who had been treated for 2-3 years with adjuvant tamoxifen and then switched to Arimidex (anastrozole)...

Gel-filled breast implants approved as class III medical devices in the E.U.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inamed Corp. (IMDC), a global healthcare company, announced the single lumen models of its silicone gel-filled breast implants have been certified as satisfying the European Union's (E.U.) safety and...

Study: HPV test is more effective than Pap smear for cervical cancer screening.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study concludes that in women 30 and older, the HPV (human papillomavirus) DNA test is more effective than the Pap smear alone in identifying women with cervical cancer or its precursors. ...

ILEX, collaborator, complete development of an oral clofarabine formulation.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ILEX Oncology, Inc., (ILXO) and Bioenvision, Inc., (BIV) announced that development of an oral formulation of clofarabine has been completed. The safety and tolerability of oral clofarabine will be...

Genomics-derived (Lp-PLA2) inhibitor to advance to phase III trials.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human Genome Sciences, Inc., (HGSI) confirmed that its partner, GlaxoSmithKline, presented phase II clinical trial results and discussed its development plan for 480848, a lipoprotein-associated...

A penny a month could bolster kids' immunization practices.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Improving childhood immunization practices would cost slightly more than a penny per child per month, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of California at San Diego, writing...

Parents show increased concern about vaccine safety.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Four out of five doctors surveyed in 2000 reported at least one instance of parents refusing to have a child vaccinated during the previous year, according to a new study. More than two-thirds of...

Premarket approval application filed for continuous glucose monitor.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TheraSense, Inc., (THER) announced that it has submitted a Premarket Approval (PMA) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitor....

Bar codes on medications aim to reduce errors.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inside hospital pharmacies, tiny bar codes just an eighth of an inch tall adorn the blister packs that hold single-pill doses of certain drugs, like Dilantin for seizures and Lipitor for cholesterol....

Hair drug analysis provider supports recent FDA actions on drug testing.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Psychemedics Corporation (PMD) stated that it strongly supports the recent actions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerning drug-screening tests. In a recent press release, FDA...

Variations in state laws affect documentation of cases.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although all states have laws and services in place to detect domestic elder abuse, a 1996 study indicated that only about one in five actual cases of domestic elder abuse is reported and substantiated....

Study will explore link between air pollution and the severity of heart disease.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A University of California Irvine epidemiologist will lead the nation's first public health study to understand how ultrafine particles in urban air pollution contribute to coronary heart disease in the...

Safe, friendly neighborhoods may encourage exercise.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The better residents feel about their neighborhood, the more likely they may be to get enough exercise, according to a new report. Using a scale designed to measure favorable neighborhood...

Mycotic osteomyelitis by Scedosporium apiospermum tends to escape culture.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mycotic osteomyelitis by Scedosporium apiospermum tends to escape culture, biopsy may be life-saving. According to recent research from the United States, "mycotic osteomyelitis is rare and occurs...

FDA approves third-generation GlucoWatch Biographer.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cygnus, Inc., (CYGN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Cygnus' premarket approval (PMA) application supplement for the company's third-generation GlucoWatch Biographer....

One of four companies linked to U.S. outbreak violated hygiene standards.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. inspectors visiting green-onion producers in northwestern Mexico found that one of the four companies linked to a deadly U.S. hepatitis outbreak failed to meet hygiene standards, Mexican officials...

Ranbaxy markets amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium tablets.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. (RPI) has received tentative approval from the Office of Generic Drugs of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to manufacture and market Amoxicillin and Clavulanate...

Lyophilized S. cerevisiae responsible for ICU outbreak.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A probiotic therapeutic formulation of a pathogenic fungus was responsible for a small nosocomial outbreak. Scientists in Italy reported "an outbreak of Saccharomyces cerevisiae subtype boulardii...

CDC to monitor children's flu complications.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. health officials are closely monitoring children with flu for complications such as brain damage and a drug-resistant staph infection that are complicating efforts to treat children with the flu....

Last bad flu season killed nearly 65,000; will this season be worse?
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The last time there was a flu strain mutation similar to the one sickening thousands of Americans this year, nearly 65,000 died. And that was only 5 years ago. Flu experts say it's clear this...

Nasal spray vaccine may give more protection against "drifted" strains.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New data suggest that a nasal spray vaccine known as FluMist, which uses a live but weakened form of the influenza virus to induce immunity, may do a better job of protecting against drifted strains of...

NIH consensus panel confirms effectiveness of total knee replacement.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A panel charged with reviewing all of the available evidence on total knee replacement (TKR) found that for people suffering from intractable and persistent knee pain and disability, TKR surgery is a...

FDA grants fast track designation for non-small cell lung cancer therapy.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Telik, Inc., (TELK) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation for Telcyta (TLK286) for third line therapy for locally advanced or metastatic non-small...

Company submits CMC section of new drug application for Onco TCS.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inex Pharmaceuticals Corp. (IEX) has submitted the chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) section as the second of three major sections in its "rolling submission" of a new drug application (NDA)...

FDA under fire for mercury in fish advice.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Consumer advocates are again urging the government to advise pregnant women to limit tuna consumption, arguing that some varieties contain more potentially harmful mercury than others. But the U.S....

Pregnant women are at high-risk for flu.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Influenza cases among young pregnant women surged at a large public hospital in Dallas, Texas, calling attention to yet another group at serious risk of the flu. About 80 expectant mothers have been...

Patent issued for cryopreservation process.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ortec International, Inc., (ORTN) has been issued U.S. Patent No. 6,638,709 covering the freezing process for OrCel, its tissue engineered product. A patent application was filed by Ortec in...

Patents cover methods of preparing substituted tetracyclines.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced the issuance of three U.S. patents covering techniques of preparing novel substituted compounds of the tetracycline family and include pharmaceutical...

ID Biomedical announces additional contract related to a subunit plague vaccine.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ID Biomedical announced that it has received additional funding from Dynport Vaccine Co., LLC, (DVC) relating to the development of a second-generation, subunit plague vaccine. The additional...

Canadian drug companies pitch sales to state representatives in U.S.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- About a dozen states said on December 11, 2003, that they are exploring ways to buy cheap prescription drugs from Canada and make them widely available to Americans, even though importing the medicines...

Practice parameters are being developed for managing pediatric allergy, asthma.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Practice parameters are being developed in the U.S.A. for managing pediatric allergy and asthma. "The primary role of practice parameter/guidelines and other boundaries developed for the field of...

SARS coronavirus protease characterized.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The main protease from SARS-CoV has been characterized. "A newly identified severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), is the etiological agent responsible for the outbreak of SARS,"...

510(k) clearance issued for OptiMesh System for spinal applications.
January 4, 2004... 2004 JAN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Spineology Inc. received notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of 510(k) clearance for their OptiMesh bone graft containment and reinforcement system for use in vertebral body...

High-level vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Investigators have isolated a high-level vancomycin-resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus. According to published research from the United States, "Vancomycin is usually reserved for treatment...

M protein gene subtypes from invasive group A streptococcus recovered.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have recovered an array of M protein gene subtypes in invasive group A streptococcus isolates recovered from the active bacterial core surveillance. According to recent research...

Therapy of intestinal protozoa outlined.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A researcher has outlined the treatment of intestinal protozoa in a recent issue of Trends in Parasitology. According to published research from the United States, "Protozoa that parasitize the...

Daptomyclin effective for treating resistant Gram-positive infections.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Daptomyclin is a novel lipopeptide antibiotic for the treatment of resistant Gram-positive infections. According to recent research from the United States, "The continuing rise of resistance rates...

Outbreak of botulism linked to food sold at salvage store in Texas.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An outbreak of food-borne botulism has been associated with food sold at a salvage store in Texas. According to a study from the United States, "Food-borne botulism is caused by potent neurotoxins...

bvgR expression in Bordetella pertussis analyzed.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists report the analysis of bvgR expression in Bordetella pertussis in a recent issue of the Journal of Bacteriology. According to recent research from the United States, "Bordetella...

Basis of methamphetamine-induced neuronal apoptosis reviewed.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review the cellular and molecular bases of methamphetamine-induced nerve terminal degeneration and neuronal apoptosis in a recent issue of the FASEB Journal. "Methamphetamine (METH) is...

Life priorities of HIV-seropositive injection drug users revealed.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Findings from a community-based sample reveal the life priorities of HIV-seropositive injection drug users. According to recent research published in the journal AIDS and Behavior, "Using...

Guinea pig assays not effective for drug hypersensitivity testing.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Standard guinea pig assays have limited usefulness in the determination of systemic drug hypersensitivity. "The most commonly used assays designed to detect either skin or systemic immune-based...

Attenuated adenovirus induces thrombocytopenia in rhesus monkeys.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Intravenous administration of replication-incompetent adenovirus to rhesus monkeys induces thrombocytopenia by increasing in vivo platelet clearance. "A replication-incompetent adenovirus vector...

U.K. company to work with U.S. Naval Medical Research Center on oral anthrax vaccine.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.K.-based biotechnology company Microscience has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC). The collaboration will...

Human antibodies from immunized donors protect against anthrax.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human antibodies from immunized donors are protective against anthrax toxin in vivo. "A panel of Fabs that neutralize anthrax toxin in vitro was selected from libraries generated from human donors...

Lymphocytic vasculitis associated with anthrax vaccine.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lymphocytic vasculitis has been associated with the anthrax vaccine. According to published research from the United States, "Anthrax is caused by the spore-forming bacteria Bacillus anthracis. It...

Amphotericin B lipid complex used to treat invasive fungal infections.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amphotericin B lipid complex is useful in the treatment of invasive fungal infections. "Amphotericin B lipid complex (ABLC; Abelcet), Enzon Pharmaceuticals) has become the dominant marketed lipid...

CDC issues 2001 summary of ART trends and success rates.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than 40,000 babies were born in the United States as a result of assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures carried out in 2001, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

Secondhand smoke exposure increases adult asthma risk.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adults exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke are much more likely to develop asthma. A recent study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, is the first to establish a link between the...

FDA approves expanded use of INFUSE Bone Graft with fusion device.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medtronic, Inc., (MDT) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the expanded use of INFUSE Bone Graft with certain sizes of the INTER FIX and INTER FIX RP Threaded Fusion...

Company files FDA submission for breast implants.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mentor Corp. (MNT) announced the filing of the clinical module, the fifth and final module of its premarket approval application (PMA), seeking approval of Mentor Silicone Gel Filled Breast Implants...

Company reports on phase II meeting with FDA on Oravescent Fentanyl.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cima Labs, Inc., (CIMA) announced that it held its end of phase II meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the company's proprietary OraVescent Fentanyl transmucosal dosage...

Information interventions may help people make screening decisions.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Brochures and web-based information that individuals access independently may help them make appropriate decisions about cancer screening, says a report by the Task Force on Community Preventive...

Inhibiting DNA replication-initiation protein induces apoptosis.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inhibiting the expression of DNA replication-initiation proteins induces apoptosis in human cancer cells. According to a study from China, "DNA replication-initiation proteins are expressed in...

FDA 510k clearance granted for fluid removal system.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CHF Solutions, a private medical device manufacturer, has received 510(k) marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of central venous access with its System 100...

FDA grants clearance to NT-proBNP for prognosis of congestive heart failure.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In November 2002, Roche Diagnostics gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance on its Elecsys proBNP immunoassay, the first fully automated test used for detecting the level of the...

FDA advisory panel backs easier morning-after pill.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women may soon have an easier way to help prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex now that government advisers have supported over-the-counter sales of the so-called "morning-after pill." "It's...

Analysis of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae DtxR regulon reported.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An analysis of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae DtxR regulon has revealed a putative siderophore synthesis and transport system that is similar to the Yersinia high-pathogenicity island-encoded...

Cryptosporidium surveillance provides outbreak insights.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Molecular surveillance of Cryptosporidium species in raw wastewater in Milwaukee has provided insights into understanding outbreak occurrence and transmission dynamics. "Six Cryptosporidium...

Patch maker provides product development update.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NOVN) provided an update on the status of its MethyPatch and fentanyl transdermal patch products. Regarding MethyPatch, Noven's developmental methylphenidate...

NIH begins human Ebola vaccine trial using Biojector 2000.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bioject Medical Technologies, Inc., (BJCT), a developer of needle-free drug delivery systems, announced that the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...

2003 begins with SARS, ends with flu.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A dangerous respiratory illness that seemed to spring from nowhere and rapidly spread was the biggest medical news of 2003. No, it wasn't the flu. It was SARS. The end of 2003 saw hundreds of...

FDA announces comprehensive foods advisory on methylmercury.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Food Advisory Committee (FAC) met in December to receive an update regarding the recommendations made during the July 2002 FAC regarding fish consumption...

Amino acids of Cdc37 critical for protein kinase binding identified.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have characterized the domain structure of Cdc37 and identified the amino acid residues critical for protein kinase binding. According to a study from the United States, "Hsp90 and its...

Cardiothoracic device maker reports revenues up 108% in second quarter.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MedicalCV, Inc., (MDCVU), a Minnesota-based cardiothoracic surgery device manufacturer, reported that net sales for its fiscal second quarter ended October 31, 2003, rose 108% to $887,225 compared to...

U.S. agency launches $53 million cow genome project.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A $53 million project to map the genetic makeup of cattle was launched with the hope that it will boost human health by controlling animal disease. The U.S. Department of Agriculture launched the...

Company produces whole genome map of Francisella tularensis.
January 11, 2004... 2004 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- OpGen, Inc., has added a genome map of the Category "A" pathogen, Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia, to its genome map database. The organism poses a potential biothreat...