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Researchers show aspirin added to cancer drug improves effectiveness

Adding aspirin to some existing cancer drugs could increase their effectiveness against a group of tumours resistant to treatment, new research has shown.
- Source: medicalxpress
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- December 5, 2017
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HeartFlow’s estimated $150m Series E would make it medtech’s latest unicorn

A reported Series E round for HeartFlow, estimated at $150 million, would value the company at more than $1 billion, vaulting it into unicorn territory.
- Source: Massdevice
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- December 5, 2017
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Astellas Takes Out Massachusetts’ Biotech Mitobridge in $390M Deal

Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma is buying Cambridge, Mass.-based Mitobridge for a total of $390 million. Astellas is pulling the trigger on an acquisition option from a partnership deal the two companies formed in 2013. Under that deal, the two companies collaborated on discovering and developing drugs that target mitochondrial function. The most advanced program from the collaboration is MA-0211, which is presently in Phase I clinical trials for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Astellas is an equity investor in Mitobridge already, and is paying $165.5 million in cash in addition to the $60 million in equity it already owns. There is also an additional $225 million in potential milestone payments. John Carroll, with Endpoints News, writes, “For years now, Salk’s Ron Evans—a celebrated serial entrepreneur in scientific circles—has been concentrating on the potential of a new pathway for turning your average couch potato rodent into Mighty Mouse—without exercise…. A couple of ...
- Source: biospace
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- December 5, 2017
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Woman becomes first in US to give birth after uterus transplant, Health News

For the first time in the United States, a woman with a transplanted uterus gave birth, officials at a Dallas hospital said on Friday.
- Source: visionaryaline
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- December 4, 2017
Researches uterus transplantation
Is Mepolizumab an Effective Treatment for Asthma?

Researchers investigated whether mepolizumab is safer and more effective than triple-inhaled treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Source: medicalnewsbulletin
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- December 4, 2017
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Gottlieb Says Faster Cancer Drug Approvals Coming for Secondary Indications

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and NIH Director Francis Collins testified on Thursday before the House Energy & Commerce Committee on how their agencies have worked to implement provisions from the 21st Century Cures Act passed and signed by President Barack Obama a month before he left office.
- Source: raps.org
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- December 4, 2017
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When PSA Is 4-10, phi Test Helps With Biopsy Decision

The Prostate Health Index (phi) (Beckman Coulter) significantly changes urologists' opinions about whether men with certain results on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening should or should not undergo a prostate biopsy to assess for cancer, according to new observational research.
- Source: medscape
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- December 1, 2017
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metaLinear Secures 255K Pound Seed Investment for Targeted Antibacterial Research

MetaLinear is a start-up biotechnology company founded in 2017, focused on the identification and validation of new drug targets for difficult to treat bacterial infections. The new investment was secured from the BioCity Group Ltd, who manage the Alderley Park Ventures (APV) fund and Catapult Ventures, who manage the Greater Manchester and Cheshire (GM&C) Life Sciences Fund. Both funds look to back innovative, high-technology companies providing much needed early stage finance.
- Source: biocity.co.uk;
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- December 1, 2017
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New technique to model transplantation of the human liver

Novel model for ex situ reperfusion of the human liver following subnormothermic machine perfusion.
- Source: World Scientific
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- November 30, 2017
liver transplantation Researches
Combination HIV prevention reduces new infections by 42 percent in Ugandan district

A study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine provides real-world evidence that implementing a combination of proven HIV prevention measures across communities can substantially reduce new HIV infections in a population.
- Source: medicalxpress
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- November 30, 2017
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