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IBM and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) are building a state-of-the-art integrated information management system to improve the ability of clinicians and researchers to study long-term cancer-related illnesses,

Although medical advances in perinatal care mean many more premature babies are saved each year, those who survive are often at risk of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a chronic

The findings, which showed that participants benefited from the antibiotic rifaximin (Xifaxan) even after the course of treatment ended, support previously published research identifying small intestine bacterial overgrowth

Metabolex and Astellas Pharma initiated a multi-year research and drug discovery collaboration in late March 2002 and extended the agreement for one year in March 2005. Focused on

The safety monitoring board, which includes experts in neurology, cardiology and clinical pharmacology, reviewed the safety data of the first 62 subjects enrolled into the study, and has

The vaccine uses plasmid DNA encoding human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). The phase I trial will evaluate the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity

ALGRX 3268 is a fast-acting local anesthetic and aimed at reducing pain associated with venipunctures and intravenous line placements. Treatment with ALGRX 3268 demonstrated statistically significantly less pain

Acute peripheral arterial occlusion (PAO), is the blocking of arterial blood flow to a lower limb by a blood clot. Affecting more than 100,000 people in the US

The phase I/II clinical trial, the European arm of which is already ongoing in Denmark, the UK and France, is a multi-center study of SPC2996 in patients with