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Corticosteroid drugs that are given by inhalers to children with asthma may suppress their growth, evidence suggests. Two new systematic reviews published in The Cochrane Library focus on the effects of inhaled corticosteroid drugs (ICS) on growth rates. The authors found children’s growth slowed in the first year of treatment, although the effects were minimised by using lower...

New company alliance with a leading international role in active compounds for health and nutrition

(PresseBox) (Zwingenberg and Potsdam, 03.07.2014 ) Biotechnology company BRAIN and natural product specialist AnalytiCon Discovery GmbH have formed a unique partnership in the rapidly growing health and nutrition sector. Through its acquisition of the majority of AnalytiCon shares, BRAIN has...

(PresseBox) (Germany, Munich, 26.06.2014 ) German biotechnology company, ibidi GmbH, offers an introductory discount on Fuse-It reagents, a new alternative to gene transfection. This novel product line uses membrane fusion as a highly superior method of transferring various molecules and particles into living cells. The speed and efficiency of this technique cuts down experiment times from...

People are often told to reduce their cholesterol to improve their heart health, but new research suggests that low cholesterol may increase kidney cancer patients’ risk of dying from their disease. The findings, which are published in BJU International, indicate that cholesterol testing may help doctors as they monitor and treat patients with kidney cancer.

Increasing evidence suggests...

Circumcision is performed for various reasons, including those that are based on religion, aesthetics, or health. New research indicates that the procedure may help prevent prostate cancer in some men. The findings, which are published in BJU International, add to a growing list of advantages to circumcision.

Besides advanced age, African ancestry, and family history of prostate cancer, no...

LONDON, UK (GlobalData), 20 May 2014 - As one of the fastest emerging areas of in vitro diagnostic devices, the companion diagnostics testing market value will increase from $421 million in 2013 to $669.7 million by 2020, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 6.85%, says research and consulting firm GlobalData.

According to the company’s latest report*, the major feature of the...

HEIDELBERG, 13 May 2014 – More than 60 years ago Otto Warburg recognized that cancer cells differ from normal cells in the metabolic pathway they use for the oxidation of sugar. Rather than the typical series of oxidative steps that take place in the citric acid cycle, cancer cells metabolize sugar via the glycolytic pathway irrespective of whether oxygen is present or not. In The EMBO...

Researchers from Italy confirm that urinary ethyl glucuronide (uEtG) accurately detects alcohol consumption in liver transplant candidates and recipients. The study published in Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, suggests that a combination of uEtG and the Alcohol Use...

Rheumatology Research Highlights provides members of the media with important medical evidence that focuses on rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, juvenile arthritis, and fibromyalgia.

In addition to Highlights, Arthritis & Rheumatology and Arthritis Care & Research provide news releases about important research under embargo....

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