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Copernicus Receives Milestone Payment From CFFT To Further Development Of Its Non-Viral Gene Therapy For Cystic Fibrosis

Posted by Sudhakar 394 days ago Category: Paediatrics

Copernicus Therapeutics, Inc. announced that it received a milestone payment from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc. (CFFT), a non-profit affiliate of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. This milestone payment is part of a research, development, and commercialization agreement between CFFT a read more »
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Bacteria In Cows' Milk May Cause Crohn's Disease

Posted by Sudhakar 395 days ago Category: Paediatrics

Crohn's is a condition that affects one in 800 people in the UK and causes chronic intestinal inflammation, leading to pain, bleeding and diarrhoea.The team found that a bacterium called Mycobacterium paratuberculosis releases a molecule that prevents a type of white blood cell from killing E.coli read more »
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Differing Physician And Patient Perceptions Regarding Impact Of UC Revealed by Nationwide Survey

Posted by Sudhakar 396 days ago Category: Paediatrics

Nearly three out of four patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) consider feeling unwell to be a normal part of life, while gastroenterologists estimate this to be true for only 37 percent of their UC patients, according to results from a nationwide series of surveys presented at the 2007 Crohn's & C read more »
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Callisto Announces Presentation On Guanilib At 2007 Crohn's And Colitis Foundation National Research And Clinical Conference

Posted by Sudhakar 401 days ago Category: Paediatrics

Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: KAL; FWB: CA4), a developer of new drug treatments in the fight against cancer and gastrointestinal diseases, announced that Dr. Kunwar Shailubhai, Sr. VP Discovery Research, will give an oral presentation covering preclinical data on Guanilib at the Crohn's an read more »
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Slow Reading In Dyslexia Tied To Disorganized Brain Tracts

Posted by Sudhakar 401 days ago Category: Paediatrics

Dyslexia marked by poor reading fluency -- slow and choppy reading -- may be caused by disorganized, meandering tracts of nerve fibers in the brain, according to researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). The study, using the latest imaging methods, read more »
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Brain Abnormalities Discovered In People Who Have Trouble Reading Fast

Posted by Sudhakar 402 days ago Category: Paediatrics

Some people who have problems reading quickly appear to have abnormalities in the white matter of their brains, according to research published in the December 4, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers say these findings provide a model to b read more »
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Ibuprofen Associated With Slower Lung Function Decline In Children With Cystic Fibrosis

Posted by Sudhakar 406 days ago Category: Paediatrics

Treatment with ibuprofen is associated with a significantly slower rate of decline in lung function in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis, according to a new study. Researchers found that patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) who took high doses of ibuprofen had a 29 percent reduction in lo read more »
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Drug Discovery Collaboration Announced By Galapagos And Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics

Posted by Sudhakar 406 days ago Category: Paediatrics

Galapagos NV (Euronext & LSE: GLPG) and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc. (CFFT), the non-profit affiliate of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, have announced a new collaboration aimed at discovering new treatments for cystic fibrosis. This new agreement between CFFT and Galapagos' BioFoc read more »
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Breathe Deep: Which Patients Could Benefit From Inhaled Steroids In Cystic Fibrosis?

Posted by Sudhakar 407 days ago Category: Paediatrics

A specific variation in the glucocorticoid receptor gene is associated with lung disease progression in cystic fibrosis, research published this week in the online open access journal Respiratory Research reveals. This finding adds weight to previous research suggesting that specific subgro read more »
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