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');document.write('Cellceutix Corporation Selects Destum Partners To Partner Psoriasis Compound
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Cellceutix Corporation (OTCBB: CTIX) is pleased to announce that it has selected Destum Partners to assist in finding a development partner for its psoriasis compound, KM-133. Cellceutix management has carefully evaluated which direction to take in the development of KM-133 and has concluded that this is the best way to create shareholder value...
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');document.write('Key Enzyme Repairs Sun-Damaged DNA
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Researchers have long known that humans lack a key enzyme -- one possessed by most of the animal kingdom and even plants -- that reverses severe sun damage. For the first time, researchers have witnessed how this enzyme works at the atomic level to repair sun-damaged DNA. The discovery holds promise for future sunburn remedies and skin cancer prevention...
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');document.write('European Medicines Agency Confirms Positive Benefit-Risk Balance Of Topical Formulations Of Ketoprofen
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Following a review of topical formulations of ketoprofen, the European Medicines Agency\'s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has concluded that the benefit-risk balance of these medicines continues to be positive...
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');document.write('Better Bandages, Food Packaging, Fresher Shoes, Thanks To New Antibacterial Material
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A new form of paper with the built-in ability to fight disease-causing bacteria could have applications that range from anti-bacterial bandages to food packaging that keeps food fresher longer to shoes that ward off foot odor. A report about the new material, which consists of the thinnest possible sheets of carbon, appears in ACS Nano, a monthly journal...
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');document.write('PsoriasisDX Genetic Test For Psoriatic Arthritis Now Available In Europe As A CE Marked In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device
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Molecular dermatology research and development innovator DermaGenoma, Inc. today announced that the PsoriasisDX Genetic Test for Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) is now available as a CE Marked product under the European In Vitro Diagnostic Directive. CE Marking is required for certain product groups to indicate conformity with the essential requirements set out in European Directives...
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');document.write('Warning: Beach Umbrellas Do Not Block Out All Solar Radiation
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A team of researchers from the University of Valencia (UV) has proven that 34% of ultraviolet radiation filters through under beach umbrellas. According to what is published in the journal Photochemistry and Photobiology, umbrellas intercept the full direct flow that comes from the Sun, but not the diffused radiation that penetrates through from the sides...
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');document.write('Join Neutrogena\'s Wave For Change And Help Raise Up To $200,000 For Disaster Relief, Education And Environmental Charities
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Understanding teens\' determination and passion for change, Neutrogena, the #1 dermatologist-recommended skin care brand, is launching Wave for Change, a charitable campaign that makes it easy for teens everywhere to not only give back, but to choose how Neutrogena will support communities in need...
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');document.write('Nanoparticles In Ivy May Hold The Key To Making Sunscreen Safer And More Effective
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When Mingjun Zhang was watching his son play in the yard, he was hit with a burning question: \"What makes the ivy in his backyard cling to the fence so tightly?\" That simple question has led to a pioneering discovery that the tiny particles secreted from ivy rootlets can be used in many breakthrough applications in items such as military technologies, medical adhesives and d...
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');document.write('N.Y. Health Officials Increase Tanning Regulations; Colo. Extends Review Of Premium Increases; Some Small Mass. Businesses Dropping Coverage
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The Associated Press: \"New York health officials are ramping up their regulation of more than 2,000 tanning salons and gyms offering indoor ultraviolet rays even as health advocates push for a law banning exposure by anyone under 18. ...
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');document.write('Gene-Silencing Nanoparticles May Put An End To Pesky Summer Pest
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Summer just wouldn\'t be complete without mosquitoes nipping at exposed skin. Or would it? Research conducted by a Kansas State University team may help solve a problem that scientists and pest controllers have been itching to do for years...
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');document.write('Physicists Find Clues To The Origin And Evolution Of Wrinkles
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As a sign of aging or in a suit, wrinkles are almost never welcome, but two papers in the current issue of Physical Review Letters offer some perspective on what determines their size and shape in soft materials. Jiangshui Huang and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst explore how wrinkles in a sheet adapt to an edge that prefers to be flat...
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');document.write('Nitric BioTherapeutics Initiates Phase II Onychomycosis Study
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Nitric BioTherapeutics, Inc. (Nitric Bio) announced the initiation of a Phase II clinical trial of the company\'s proprietary drug/device combination, which delivers terbinafine via the process of iontophoresis for the treatment of onychomycosis. Onychomycosis is commonly known as toenail fungus...
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');document.write('AmStem Reports Positive Early Results From SteMixxTM Consumer Study
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AmStem Corporation (OTCBB: AMST), a leading provider of biotherapeutic and cosmetic stem cell products, stem cell collection and storage expertise and access to nanotechnology vital to stem cell research, announced positive early results from its preliminary consumer study of SteMixx?. David Stark, President of AmStem International, Inc...
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');document.write('ConvaTec Supports Development Of Guidelines For Appropriate Use Of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy In Spectrum Of Wound Healing
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ConvaTec, a world-leading developer and marketer of innovative medical technologies for community and hospital care, announced that it has provided support for the development of guidelines for the appropriate use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in the spectrum of wound healing...
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');document.write('The Cause Of Parkinson\'s Disease May Be Revealed With The Help Of Skin Cells
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Researchers are applying new stem cell technology to use skin samples to grow the brain cells thought to be responsible for the onset of Parkinson\'s disease, the UK National Stem Cell Network (UKNSCN) annual science meeting heard...
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');document.write('NHS Choices: Five Things You Need To Know About Skin Health
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Your skin protects you, heals itself and lasts a lifetime. Find how to give it some skin care in return, to help keep it looking and feeling its best. Acne doesn\'t just happen to teenagers There are lots of myths around acne, including the idea that it only happens to teenage skin. This is not true - acne can develop in adults too...
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');document.write('Successful Drug Trial Results For Light Intolerant \'Shadow Jumpers\'
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A new Australian drug has been shown to assist in protecting patients with a rare genetic disorder that makes their skin toxic to light and UV, and previously forced them to live in the shadows...
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');document.write('New Way To Discover Drugs That Aid Regenerative Medicine
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Professor Fiona Watt gave the Anne McLaren Memorial Lecture at the UK National Stem Cell Network annual science meeting and detailed a new approach to screening for drugs that target stem cells. To begin with, this is being developed for adult skin stem cells, giving hope for new drugs to promote wound healing and aid the use of stem cells to, for example, treat severe burns...
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');document.write('Fibrocell Science, Inc. Completes Enrollment And First Treatment Visits For Histology Study Of Azficel-T
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Fibrocell Science, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FCSC), a biotechnology company focused on the development of autologous cell therapies for aesthetic, medical and scientific applications, announced the completion of enrollment of and first treatment visits for participants in its histology study (IT-H-001) of azficel-T. An autologous cell therapy, azficel-T is currently under review by the U.S...
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');document.write('Study Suggests Link Between Scleroderma, Cancer In Certain Patients
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Patients with a certain type of scleroderma may get cancer and scleroderma simultaneously, Johns Hopkins researchers have found, suggesting that in some diseases, autoimmunity and cancer may be linked...
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');document.write('Study Shows Once-Daily Morning Retinoid Acne Regimen Simplifies Treatment Without Sacrificing Results
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From the minute they wake until the minute they sleep, today\'s teenagers have busy, demanding schedules. Life may be hectic, but an acne care routine doesn\'t have to get in the way, according to a new study published in the July 2010 issue of Journal of Drugs in Dermatology...
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');document.write('Canadians Confused And Conflicted Over Sun Protection Products
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While most Canadians know that sun exposure can cause skin cancer, many are confused over other damage the sun, and potentially sunscreens, can do to their bodies...
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');document.write('White Phosphorus Burns On An 18-Year Old Civilian Injured During Israeli Attack
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A Case Report in the Lancet details the horrific burns suffered by an 18-year-old male civilian during the Israeli attack on the occupied Palestinian territory during January 2009. The report is by Dr Loai Nabil Al Barqouni, Al Quds University, Abu-Deis, Jerusalem, oPt, and colleagues...
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');document.write('Aeolus Pharmaceuticals\' AEOL 10150 Protects Lungs Against Mustard Gas Exposure In Animal Studies
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Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: AOLS) reported that researchers from National Jewish Health and Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute have completed a second study confirming that AEOL 10150 protects lungs from whole mustard gas exposure in rats. Data were presented at the 4th Annual CounterACT Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats Network Research Symposium in San Francisco...
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');document.write('\'Geographic Signatures\' Found In Beverages Enable The Tracking Of A Person\'s Movements
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The bottled water, soda pop, or micro brew-beer that you drank in Pittsburgh, Dallas, Denver or 30 other American cities contains a natural chemical imprint related to geographic location. When you consume these beverage you may leave a chemical imprint in your hair that could be used to track your travels over time, a new study suggests...
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