Sterilizing Devices With Plasma-In-A-Bag The practice of sterilizing medical tools and devices helped revolutionize health care in the 19th century because it dramatically reduced infections associated with surgery. Through the years, numerous ways of sterilization techniques have been developed, but the old mainstay remains a 130-year-old device called an autoclave, which is something like a pressure steamer.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNobel Laureate Claims The 2010 Herbert Tabor Lectureship Phillip A. Sharp, a world leader of research in molecular biology and biochemistry and an institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been named winner of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Herbert Tabor/Journal of Biological Chemistry Lectureship. Sharp will give his award lecture, titled "The Biology of small RNAs," at the 2010 annual meeting at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 24, in Anaheim, Calif.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFDA Approves New Drug For Rare Cancer Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma The US Food and Drug Administration (
FDA) has approved a new drug for treating patients with the rare white blood cell cancer Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma (CTCL); the drug Istodax (romidepsin) is injectable and is marketed by Gloucester Pharmaceuticals Inc of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Every year, about 1,500 Americans are newly diagnosed with CTCL, a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Study Challenges Established Ideas About Long And Short Term Memory Researchers in the UK are challenging the long-established idea that our brains use different mechanisms for making long and short term memories: they suggest that while some mechanisms are separate, other mechanisms are shared.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNIH Symposium To Mark Designation Of Genetic Code As National Historic Chemical Landmark WHAT: A day-long symposium will be held at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Thursday, November 12, to mark the American Chemical Society's designation of the deciphering of the genetic code as a National Historic Chemical Landmark. The symposium, Genes to Proteins: Decoding Genetic Information, will feature several prominent genomic researchers and will honor Marshall W. Nirenberg, Ph.D.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAssociation For Molecular Pathology's 15th Annual Meeting And Exhibits The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) announces its upcoming 2009 Annual Meeting and Exhibits, together with the latest advances in clinical molecular diagnostics. What: The four-day event will feature more than 100 corporate exhibits, as well as many cutting-edge lectures, workshops and plenary sessions. The keynote speaker is the distinguished recipient of the 2009 AMP Award for Excellence in Molecular Diagnostics, Kay E. Davies, Ph.D.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comADPH Asks Public To Be Aware Of Vitamin B12 Deficiency Individuals of any age should make sure they are not at risk for vitamin B12 deficiency. The Alabama Department of Public Health joins the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other organizations in urging awareness of this nutritional disorder. Low vitamin B12 levels occur among 1 in 31 adults 51 years of age and older. Vitamin B12 deficiency is simple to prevent and treat, but the signs and symptoms are easy to miss and are often overlooked.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDisease Progression And Survival Of Cervical Cancer Patients: Genetic Changes Are Important Indicators A study by Norwegian researchers published November 13 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics reports that cervical cancer patients with specific changes in the cancer genome have a three- or fourfold increased risk of relapse after standard treatment compared to patients without these changes.
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