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The cumbersome days of stressful, manual, wired monitoring of the unborn child in pregnant mothers will soon end - thanks to a new system unveiled at a hospital here. The Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, known as the Sion Hospital, has introduced system in order to monitor the fetal heart rate and condition of the baby in the uterus of a pregnant lady for the first time in India.
Results from the phase 1 clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine based on the current strain of the virus suggests it is safe to use and provokes an immune response in recipients, Chinese scientists say. Until now, all tested Ebola virus vaccines have been based on the virus strain from the Zaire outbreak in 1976.
In a world first, researchers have found that a naturally occurring chemical attracts pregnant malaria transmitting mosquitoes - a discovery which could boost malaria control efforts. The chemical, cedrol, found in mosquito breeding sites near Africa's Lake Victoria, could be used in traps that would 'attract and kill' the female mosquito, preventing reproduction before she lays hundreds of eggs.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the VenaSeal closure system, first device to permanently treat varicose veins of leg by sealing them with an adhesive agent. The VenaSeal Closure system is manufactured by Covidien LLC, based in Morrisville, North Carolina.
According to business intelligence provider GBI (GlobalBusinessIntelligence) Research In 2013, The US treatment market for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was $6.4 billion and which get rising to $9.3 billion by 2020, representing a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 5.5%. Resaon behind this sudden growth is US’ increasing prevalent population, which is reported to hit 1.68 million by 2020. Consequently, marketcurrently makes up the largest treatmentarea of the eight major pharmaceutical markets (the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Japan).
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Australian researchers have developed a new genome editing technology that can target and kill blood cancer cells with high accuracy. Using the technology, researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute were able to kill human lymphoma cells by locating and deleting an essential gene for cancer cell survival.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidelines to manufacturing industry which will help manufacturers develop abuse-deterrent opioid drugs.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to Savaysa (edoxaban tablets) as anticlotting drug. This drug is used to reduce dangerous blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
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