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Company Aims to Integrate Existing Molecular Knowledge of COPD to Aid Its Development of Its Stem Cell / Photoceutical Therapy for COPD SAN DIEGO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/15/10 -- Entest BioMedical Inc. (OTCBB: ENTB) announced today It is creating a bioinformatics-based program combining advances in molecular knowledge of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) with computer-powered search tools to integrate existing and newly generated data for this condition. Bioinformatics is defined as the co

By assembling everything known in the literature regarding COPD at a molecular level, our scientists will have an overall understanding of this terrible disease   -David R Koos

 

The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) are applauding the efforts of Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) patients and family members for their work to convey to the FDA and an FDA Advisory Committee the sense of urgency and desperation regarding the disease and the lack of treatment options. The committee voted 9 to 3 to recommend approval for the drug by the FDA. If approved, the therapy, Pirfenidone, would be the first FDA approved drug for PF.  

This clip is from the unusual 1940 15 minutes educational film, Goodbye Mr. Germ, produced by the National Tuberculosis Association (now the American Lung Association). TB is a contagious and potentially life-threatening infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB has been present in the human population since antiquity - fragments of the spinal column from Egyptian mummies from 2400 BCE show definite signs of tuberculosis.  

Japan. It is under regulatory review for approval in the US and the EU. The expected increase in sales is due to the expected approval of Pirespa in the US and the EU and also the expected launch of Tracleer and Letiaris.  

T he re-emergence of tuberculosis in aboriginal communities is a sign of other endemic problems, including overcrowding, mouldy housing and high rates of smoking. Although the federal government needs to tackle all of these social ills, it need not be so ambitious to stamp out TB, an infectious disease that is spread through the air and settles in the lungs. There needs to be a national effort to emulate the success in the Northwest Territories, where the rates of TB among First Nations and Inuit have b

Anyone we find with TB, whether it is active or dormant, we treat   -Wanda White

 

West Coast Clinical Trials, a private minority-owned independent Phase I-IV clinical research organisation located in Southern California, has opened a second facility in Costa Mesa, California. West Coast Clinical Trials said that the new unit is expected to enable it to house additional clinical research participants and expand its base of operations. Tom Pillsworth, vice president of business development at West Coast Clinical Trials, said: "The new unit has been designed specifically for the conti  

A person can live with one collapsed lung. The condition is called a pneumothorax (NEW-moe-THOR-ax). A delicate lung bleb -- often present from birth -- breaks, and air rushes into the chest cavity.  

Police yesterday obtained a remand order to hold a 33-year-old woman until March 20 in connection with the murder of her alleged lesbian lover on March 3. Kota Star police chief Assistant Commissioner Abd Ghafar Rajab said the woman, from Seberang Nyonya, was detained after she was discharged from the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital at 1.30pm on Saturday. In the incident, Suhana Mohd Shariff, 26, succumbed to 12 stab wounds in the abdomen and chest after an heated argument with the suspect.  

The votes are in for the Third Annual Dogs of Valor Awards by the Humane Society of the United States, and Porkchop is not among the top dogs. The beagle-dachshund mix, owned by the Argenti family of Saratoga Springs, was one of 10 finalists for the award. Nicholas Argenti, a 71-year-old Navy veteran with severe lung problems, collapsed in his backyard in July. An oxygen tube disconnected, and he fell unconscious.  

Kansas officials say they have no records about the removal of asbestos-contaminated material at the state's prison for women. The Topeka Capital-Journal filed an open records request with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The agency released documents related to contracts for professional asbestos abatement at the prison in 2007, 2008 and 2009.