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Volpara Solutions, the leading provider of automated breast density assessment and quantitative breast imaging tools, announced  that it has received a new 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for Volpara Density Maps, a new solution designed to help radiologists address the requirement in the BI-RADS 5th Edition Atlas to provide “an overall assessment of the volume of attenuating tissues in the breast, to help indicate the relative possibility that a lesion could be obscured.”

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Pluristem Therapeutics Inc, a leading developer of placenta-based cell therapy products, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the Company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application to begin its Phase I trial of PLX-R18 cells to treat incomplete hematopoietic recovery following Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT). The clinical trial is expected to begin in the first half of 2016.

Researchers are likely to have uncovered a novel mechanism behind the ability of the common diabetes drug - metformin -- to inhibit the progression of pancreatic cancer.

Bone marrow lesions (BMLs) are likely to help predict a swiftly progressing joint disease, says a study.

Researchers have found a way to make an existing drug used to treat breast, lung and pancreatic cancers effective in small dosage, thereby reducing its usage and associated side effects in course of the treatment.

The risk of developing colorectal cancer in obese people is about 50 percent greater compared to the risk in lean people, says new research.

Obesity has an association with the formation of blood clots in the veins of children and adolescents, says a new study.

The National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), a premier institute under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), is in talks with the West Bengal government to introduce a cholera vaccine ahead of the peak season as a preventive measure.

The National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) here on Friday inked a deal with the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) to undertake cutting-edge research on enteric diseases including hepatitis C, and see through translation of research outputs for community outreach.

The Zika virus, spread by a day-biting mosquito and possibly linked to serious birth defects in Brazil, has the potential to spread within the Americas, including parts of the US, researchers have warned. The Zika virus, native to parts of Africa and Asia, has for the first time been introduced into the Americas where it is spreading locally among people who have not travelled abroad.