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Blood test enhances early detection of pancreatic cancer

July 12, 2017 By Sarah Faulkner

pancreatic cancer

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have devised a biomarker panel that could enable earlier diagnosis and better treatment for patients with pancreatic cancer, according to a study published in Science Translational Medicine. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., the team reported, and often patients are not diagnosed until […]

Filed Under: Diagnostics, Featured, Oncology, Research & Development Tagged With: University of Pennsylvania

Do patient advocacy organizations have a conflict of interest?

March 22, 2017 By Chris Newmarker

money conflict of interest

At least 83% of U.S. patient advocacy organizations receive financial support from medical device, drug and biotechnology companies, according to new research out of the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy. The Penn research team – which included Matthew McCoy, Harald Schmidt and Ezekiel Emanuel – examined websites and annual reports for 104 organizations […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Legal News, Patient Monitoring, Preclinical Trials, Research & Development Tagged With: conflict of interest, medtech, National Health Council, patient advocacy organizations, University of Pennsylvania

Acuitas touts lipid-nanoparticle delivery of mRNA vaccine for Zika

February 3, 2017 By Sarah Faulkner

Acuitas Therapeutics touted preliminary data that evaluated its messenger RNA vaccine for the Zika virus. The company uses a lipid-nanoparticle delivery system to introduce its mRNA vaccine into cells. The team’s work, which was published in Nature, showed that a single low-dose immunization with its vaccine triggered an immune response in animals and protected them from infection at […]

Filed Under: Featured, Nanoparticles, Preclinical Trials, Research & Development Tagged With: Acuitas Therapeutics, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, University of Pennsylvania

Researchers show drug, catheter combo speeds up labor delivery

December 5, 2016 By Sarah Faulkner

Using the drug misoprostol in combination with a Foley balloon catheter to induce labor can lead to a speedier delivery, with women delivering several hours earlier than either method alone, according to research from the University of Pennsylvania. The team’s work was published in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Nearly 1 million women who deliver in the U.S. […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Hospital Care, Research & Development, Women's Health Tagged With: University of Pennsylvania

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