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Medarex Inc. and the Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories of the University of Massachusetts Medical School today announced that a Phase 2 trial of an anti-C. difficile antibody combination treatment in patients with C. difficile associated diarrhea successfully met its primary objective. The top-line results from the recently completed multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial indicated a statistically significant reduction in recurrences of CDAD when compared with placebo.

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Using an insulin pump to manage diabetes is more convenient than managing the disease with daily insulin injections. That much, physicians already know. But the pump’s impact on the lives of diabetics and their primary caregivers is an important question that hasn’t been answered yet, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.

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The goal in treating patients with gout is to reduce acute attacks by lowering serum urate levels, which are usually high in this disease. At the same time, high serum urate levels have been shown to lower the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.

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Dr. Thomas Boswell, professor of the department of Geography and Regional Studies at the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences will present the figures and details of the changes of the Hispanic population in Miami and the analysis of the social, cultural and political implications of this process, during the “Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference,” on Nov. 5-8, in Miami.

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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine can now explain how the body determines whether there are enough mature B-cells in the blood stream at any one time.

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High blood pressure experienced during pregnancy could be a woman’s earliest warning that she is at risk of developing heart disease — the number one killer of Canadian women — says Queen’s University professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graeme Smith.

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Doctors use diagnostic sonography or ultrasound to visualize organs and other internal structures of the human body. Dutch researcher Koos Huijssen has developed a computer model that can predict the sound transmission of improved designs for ultrasound instruments. The computer model is capable of processing large quantities of data and can be run on both a PC and a parallel supercomputer. Erasmus University Medical Center and Oldelft Ultrasound are now using this program to design a new sonographic transducer.

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Imagine descending in a submarine to the ice-cold, ink-black depths of the ocean, 800 meters under the surface of the Atlantic. Here, the tops of the hills are covered in large coral reefs. NIOZ-researcher Furu Mienis studied the formation of these unknown cold-water relatives of the better-known tropical corals.

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Dutch-sponsored researcher Robin Gremaud has shown that an alloy of the metals magnesium, titanium and nickel is excellent at absorbing hydrogen. This light alloy brings us a step closer to the everyday use of hydrogen as a source of fuel for powering vehicles. In order to find the best alloy, Gremaud developed a method which enabled simultaneous testing of thousands of samples of different metals for their capacity to absorb hydrogen.

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In the near future, it will be possible to customize the food we eat to individual needs, based on the genetic profile of the individual. Dutch researcher Amber Ronteltap suggests that the consumer market is not yet ready for this so-called nutrigenomics. Ronteltap concludes that many obstacles must be overcome before products based on nutrigenomics become a reality.

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