The little Mermaid- Now reaches inside your Body!!

Well, Dont be shocked by this title, as the Mermaid is definitley going to swim inside your body and take photographs of your entire digestive Tract!! Awestruck? Well, Mermaid is the name given to a self-propelled remote-controlled endoscopic capsule that that can examine the human stomach and colon. The device is just 1.7 inch long...

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"Can we grow organs instead of transplanting them?" | Video on TED.com

Anthony Atala's state-of-the-art lab grows human organs -- from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, and more. At TEDMED, he shows footage of his bio-engineers working with some of its sci-fi gizmos, including an oven-like bioreactor (preheat to 98.6 F) and a machine that "prints" human tissue. Anthony Atala is the director of the...

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FDA’s “Spotlight on Drug Innovation”-An ongoing update of novel new drug approvals in 2011

As an ongoing update, FDA has brought out a list of new molecular entities approved in 2011 under the project titled: "Spotlight on Drug Innovation". So far in 2011, FDA has approved more than 150 new brand name and generic drug products. Many are duplicate therapies that will compete in the marketplace with the same kind of products already...

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Nulojix (Belatacept) approved by FDA, BMS on a roll after back to back success!!

A  little more than a year after the FDA decided to take a wait-and-see approach on Bristol-Myers Squibb's Nulojix (belatacept), federal regulators have finally blessed the marketing application for the drug, which is expected to offer a better way to prevent the rejection of newly transplanted kidneys. That represents another solid regulatory win for BMS, which recently won federal approval of Yervoy (ipilimumab) for skin cancer. With an R&D budget last year of little more than $3.5 billion, BMS has...

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Daniel Kraft: Medicine's future? There's an app for that | Video on TED.com

Daniel Kraft offers a fast-paced look at the next few years of innovations in medicine, powered by new tools, tests and apps that bring diagnostic information right to the patient's bedside. A Must Watch!! ...

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Potiga (ezogabine) Receives FDA Approval

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.(Meda’s partner for ezogabine - known as retigabine outside of the U.S.) has received approval from the U.S.FDA for Potiga(ezogabine). Potiga is approved for adjunctive treatment for adults with partial-onset seizures. It is the first approved potassium channel opener for this indication. ...

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Teva beats Valeant to grab Cephalon

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has swooped in to grab Cephalon away from prospective buyer Valeant Pharmaceuticals. The Israel-based generics giant has agreed to pay $6.8 billion  for Cephalon, best known for its sleep-disorder drugs Provigil and Nuvigil. The $81.50-per-share offer beats Valeant's $73 hostile bid by almost 12 percent. Cephalon's...

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NIPER JEE 2011 - Important updates

New Update: Get your Admit Card from here: http://119.226.214.30/NIPER/NIPER-HALLTICKETS-JULY2011/ If it is not accesible, try this: http://www.niper.nic.in/niperjee2011.html General Instructions: Details of eligibility, qualifications, availability of programmes, admission  procedure and other relevant information is available in the...

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NIPER JEE 2011 - IMPORTANT DATES

ParticularsDates Notification of admission15th April, 2011 Date of commencement of online registration                                   1st June 2011 Last date for online registration15th...

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