Novartis unveiled today new data on its promising pipeline amid plans for multiple new product approvals and launches over the next two years. Many of these anticipated approvals are for potentially best-in-class medicines that would advance treatment standards for patients with hypertension, diabetes, cancer and other diseases.
Inactive enzymes entombed in tiny honeycomb-shaped holes in silica — nano-chambers that mimic conditions in living cells — can spring to life, scientists discovered while attempting salvaging enzymes that had been in a refrigerator long past their expiration date. The finding opens up new possibilities for exploiting these enzyme traps in food processing, decontamination, biosensor design and any other pursuit that requires controlling catalysts and sustaining their activity.
Implanting a small spacer between lumbar vertebrae during a procedure called interspinous process decompression may be an effective and minimally invasive way to treat spinal stenosis, according to a new report.
Researchers investigate the evolution of the bacterium Salmonella typhi and warn of an increased spread of resistant strains.
A natural, edible coating could help keep deadly E. coli bacteria and other nasty bugs away from fresh produce, U.S. government scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported in Journal of Food and Agricultural Chemistry.
FDA’s approval of silicone breast implants doesn’t mean they are risk-free. US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials have this month approved the sales of silicone breast implants for the first time in 14 years. Revelations that have led to widespread scepticism as to whether it is too soon for silicone to be back on the cosmetic market.
“The holiday season is clearly one of the worst times of the year for patients with GERD,” gastroenterologist Dr. William Chey, of the University of Michigan Health System, said in a prepared statement.
HoneyBaked Foods Inc., a Holland, Ohio, firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 46,941 pounds of cooked ham and turkey products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.
Families from low income households across the England will benefit from a new scheme from Monday 27 November, giving free milk and fresh fruit and vegetables to children and mums-to-be, as Healthy Start – first piloted in Devon and Cornwall – extends to the rest of the country.
The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved first generic versions of Zofran (Ondansetron) Injection and Zofran (Ondansetron) Injection Premixed.