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Bionovo To Advance Menerba To Phase 3 Clinical Testing In Europe
Bionovo, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNVI) announced that it has received final guidance from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in order to advance Menerba, the company's lead drug candidate for menopausal symptoms, to Phase 3 clinical trials in Europe. The guidance defines the clinical and regulatory pathway to a European marketing authorization for Menerba...

Hormonal Birth Control Alters Scent Communication In Primates
Hormonal contraceptives change the ways captive ring-tailed lemurs relate to one another both socially and sexually, according to a Duke University study that combined analyses of hormones, genes, scent chemicals and behavior. Contraception alters the chemical cues these scent-reliant animals use to determine genetic fitness, relatedness and individuality...

The Endocrine Society Appoints Patricia S. Green Director Of The Hormone Foundation
The Endocrine Society has named Patricia S. Green the director of its public education affiliate, The Hormone Foundation. Green leads the Foundation in its mission to serve as a key informational resource for the public in the prevention, treatment and cure of hormone-related conditions...

Bone Plays Key Role In Insulin Regulation
New US research on mice suggests that bone plays a key role in insulin regulation and helps cells of the body take up glucose; as both these processes are impaired in people with type 2 diabetes the researchers suggest this discovery could lead to new diabetes drugs...

NPS Pharmaceuticals Announces Completion Of Patient Randomization In Phase 3 STEPS Study Of GATTEX(R) In Short Bowel Syndrome
NPS Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics for rare gastrointestinal and endocrine disorders, announced the completion of patient randomization in its Phase 3 registration study of GATTEX® (teduglutide)...

Study Suggests Link Between Metabolic Disease, Bone Mass In Mice
A new study by Johns Hopkins researchers has found that insulin, the sugar-regulating hormone, is required for normal bone development and that it may provide a link between bone health and metabolic disease, such as diabetes. The study, headed by Thomas Clemens, Ph.D...

Oil Dispersants Used On Deepwater Horizon Spill Unlikely To Be Endocrine Disruptors And Have Relatively Low Cell Toxicity
Government scientists are reporting that eight of the most commonly used oil dispersants used to fight oil spills, such as the massive episode in the Gulf of Mexico, appear unlikely to act as endocrine disruptors - hormone-like substances that can interfere with reproduction, development, and other biological processes...

Subtle Thyroid Problem Triples The Risk Of Placental Separation In Birth
Pregnant women with antibodies that can indicate early thyroid disease are three times as likely to have placental separation during labor, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in a study of more than 17,000 women. The findings, however, do not indicate that there would be any benefit from routinely screening pregnant women for thyroid problems, the researchers said...

KAI Pharmaceuticals Announces Phase 1 Results Of KAI-4169 For The Treatment Of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism (SHPT)
KAI Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held drug discovery and development company, today announced the Company has completed enrollment in a Phase 1 study of KAI-4169, a novel pharmaceutical agent for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT), which is a frequent complication of end stage renal disease (ESRD)...

PROLOR Biotech Initiates Phase II Clinical Trial Of Its Longer-Acting Version Of Human Growth Hormone
PROLOR Biotech, Inc. (NYSE Amex: PBTH), a company developing next generation biobetter therapeutic proteins, announced initiation of a Phase II clinical trial of hGH-CTP, the company's proprietary biobetter version of human growth hormone (hGH)...

Protein Crucial In Diabetes May Be Central Player In Other Diseases Too
Studying a protein already known to play an important role in type 2 diabetes and cancer, genomics researchers have discovered that it may have an even broader role in disease, particularly in other metabolic disorders and heart disease. In finding unsuspected links to other disease-related genes, the scientists may have identified future targets for drug treatments...

Increases In Leptin May Promote Colorectal Cancer
While researchers have known that obesity increases the risk for the development of colon cancer, the underlying molecular mechanisms have remained unclear...

Divigel(R) (Estradiol Gel) 0.1% Is One Of A Newer Generation Of Bioidentical Estrogens That Is FDA-Approved For Relief Of Hot Flashes
Women looking for the best method to manage common symptoms of menopause, like hot flashes and night sweats, may not have access to credible information, especially when it comes to understanding their estrogen therapy options...

Potential Link Between Household Cleaning Products And Breast Cancer Should Be Investigated Say Researchers
US researchers found that women who reported high use of cleaning products, air fresheners and insect repellents had a higher risk of breast cancer compared with women who reported using them sparingly: however they cautioned that because the study relied on women's recall of product use, and their beliefs about how such products might contribute to cancer development...

Researchers Block Pathway That Performs Key Function In End-Stage Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer advances when tumors become resistant to hormone therapy, which is the standard treatment for patients, and begin producing their own androgens. Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that blocking one of the enzymatic steps that allow the tumor to produce androgens could be the key in halting a tumor's growth...