Auckland Professor Wins 2012 Rutherford Medal for Medical Research

Auckland professor wins 2012 Rutherford Medal for medical research

Filed under: drug treatment news 2011

“Margaret's work in the medical field has wide-ranging applications, from fighting cancer and treating Alzheimer's, to the development of a new drug for traumatic brain injury funded by the US Army. “She is widely … Professor Brimble has been the …
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Healthcare Review: Support.com, VIVUS, Sequenom, St. Jude Medical

Filed under: drug treatment news 2011

Following are the notable movers at mid day on Wednesday:Medgenics Inc. (NYSEAMEX:MDGN) gets a pop today and rose 12% after beinggranted a patent by the USPTO protecting the use of the company's Epodure Biopump technology for the treatment of anemia …
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Research dogs shipped to India under airline's radar

Filed under: drug treatment news 2011

Animal activists have known for some time that beagle puppies bred in China are regularly shipped to Indian contract research organizations like Bangalore-based Advinus, which uses them for drug toxicity studies, after which the animals are euthanized …
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