ArQule Announces Initiation By Kyowa Hakko Kirin Of Phase 2 Clinical Trial In Asia With ARQ 197 In Gastric Cancer
ArQule, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQL) announced the initiation of a Phase 2, single agent trial with ARQ 197 in gastric cancer by Kyowa Hakko Kirin, its exclusive licensee for the development and commercialization of ARQ 197 in the Asian territory consisting of Japan, China (including Hong Kong), South Korea and Taiwan...

It's Time: Bowel Cancer Screening Cannot Wait For A Fourth Election
Australia's next government must close a yawning gap in the nation's cancer control response by committing now to fully implementing the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program before more lives are lost unnecessarily, Cancer Council Australia said today...

NICE Recommends Two New Cancer Drugs This Month
In final guidance published today, NICE is pleased to be able to recommend two new treatments; for inoperable advanced gastric cancer and for non small cell lung cancer...

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)...

Extended Funding For Long-Standing Investigation Into Regulation Of Gastrointestinal Eosinophils
Marc E. Rothenberg, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Cincinnati Children's, has received an NIH MERIT Award to extend funding of his long-standing investigation into "Regulation of Gastrointestinal Eosinophils." Dr...

Celiacs Need Vitamins To Help Stave Off Bone Disease
Children with celiac disease need to include certain must-have vitamins in their diets to stave off weak bones and osteoporosis, say researchers at the University of Alberta. A study of 43 children and teens from three to 18 years of age diagnosed with celiac disease showed that they also tended to have low bone density, likely due to poor intake and absorption of vitamins and minerals...

Study Finds Structural Brain Alterations In Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome
A large academic study has demonstrated structural changes in specific brain regions in female patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a condition that causes pain and discomfort in the abdomen, along with diarrhea, constipation or both. A collaborative effort between UCLA and Canada's McGill University, the study appears in the July issue of the journal Gastroenterology...

European Medicines Agency Confirms Positive Benefit-Risk Balance Of Rotarix
Following a review of the oral vaccine Rotarix, the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has concluded that the vaccine continues to have a positive benefit-risk balance and that the presence of a very small amount of viral particles does not present a risk to public health...

Toxic Trio Identified As The Basis Of Celiac Disease
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have identified the three protein fragments that make gluten - the main protein in wheat, rye and barley - toxic to people with coeliac disease. Their discovery opens the way for a new generation of diagnostics, treatments, prevention strategies and food tests for the millions of people worldwide with coeliac disease...

Newly Published Data Demonstrate ASP EVOTECH(R) ECR Provides Cleaning That Is Superior To Manual Cleaning Of Flexible Endoscopes
Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) announced newly published data showing the ASP EVOTECH® Endoscope Cleaner and Reprocessor (ECR) provides an automated approach superior to the manual cleaning required when using traditional AERs. Published in the July 20th issue of Biomed Central, the combination clinical-use and simulated-use study was led by Michelle Alfa, Ph.D...

Biomerix Ventral Hernia Repair Mesh Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance
Biomerix Corporation announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) Clearance to market its Biomerix Ventral Hernia Repair Mesh, the latest addition to its innovative portfolio of soft tissue repair devices...

Caltech Researchers Discover That Gut Bacteria Affect Multiple Sclerosis
Biologists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have demonstrated a connection between multiple sclerosis (MS) - an autoimmune disorder that affects the brain and spinal cord - and gut bacteria. The work - led by Sarkis K...

Therapy Reduces Dangerous Side-Effects Of Cancer Treatment In Children
Children given a hormone growth factor alongside chemotherapy for the aggressive cancer neuroblastoma are less likely to suffer a potentially deadly side-effect, according to a major international study published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology*. The hormone, called granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF), was already known to boost production of white blood cells...

Safe Swallowing Is No Choke
That's the message of Drs. Roya Sayadi and Joel Herskowitz. They are a wife-husband team from Natick, Massachusetts, who are spreading the word that swallowing problems are everywhere - and they can be deadly. "Many people these days know about the dangers of falling in the elderly," said Sayadi, a speech-language pathologist with the Natick Visiting Nurse Association...

Detection Of Anisakis In Fish Prevents Human Infection
"This method is characterised by its high specificity for the Anisakis, Pseudoterranova, Contracaecum and Hysterothylacium genera and for its very high sensitivity, since the parasite can be detected even if it is present in very low quantities (0.05 pg) in the product analysed", Montserrat Espineira, co-author of the study explains to SINC...