Researchers have begun to identify which mutations and pathway changes lead to lung cancer in never-smokers - a first step in developing potential therapeutic targets. Never-smokers (defined as an individual who smoked fewer than 100 cigarettes in his or her lifetime) are estimated to account...
Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) announced that it will present data from several Prolia® (denosumab) studies, including eight year efficacy and safety data from a Phase 2 extension study in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis with low bone mineral density (BMD), at the 2011 American Society for Bone and...
As part of its commitment to furthering the quality of education in the field of multiple sclerosis (MS), Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) is proud to announce that it provided grants to twelve prestigious universities and medical centers across the country for the 2010-2011 academic year. The grants...
The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission (Commission) will host the Third Annual Maryland Stem Cell Research Symposium in partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. The symposium...
Few medical differences exist between children conceived using assisted reproductive technology and those who were naturally conceived, researchers reported on Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the AP/Chicago Tribune reports. More than three...