MIL-OSI USA: States Take the Lead in Creating More Health Protective Drinking Water Guidelines
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 3 Study reveals efforts to address widespread PFAS contamination affecting millions of Americans A new analysis shows variation in the way state and federal regulators manage PFAS contaminants in drinking water, with some states adopting guideline levels that are more health protective than the non-enforceable levels […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: NIH researchers rescue photoreceptors, prevent blindness in animal models of retinal degeneration
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 2 News Release Wednesday, January 16, 2019 Findings set stage for first clinical trial of stem cell-based therapeutic approach for AMD. Using a novel patient-specific stem cell-based therapy, researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) prevented blindness in animal models of geographic atrophy, the advanced “dry” […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. and Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research on new policies to advance development of safe and effective cell and gene therapies
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 3 The FDA is witnessing a surge of cell and gene therapy products entering early development, evidenced by a large upswing in the number of investigational new drug (IND) applications. Based on this activity, we anticipate that the number of product approvals for cell and gene […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Scientists closer to finding inherited traits in addiction
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services A computer-generated strand of DNA on a black background. Courtesy of ©Shutterstock. Scientists have concluded that the risk of addiction is a complex combination of both genes and environmental influences. Despite advances in the science of genetics, it has been extremely difficult to identify the possible genetic […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Gut microbes from healthy infants block milk allergy development in mice
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 2 Media Advisory Monday, January 14, 2019 NIH-funded study links gut microbiome to food allergy. WHAT: New research suggests that the gut microbiome may help prevent the development of cow’s milk allergy. Scientists at the University of Chicago found that gut microbes from healthy human infant […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Clinical Trial Testing Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Recurrent Diarrheal Disease Begins
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 2 News Release Monday, January 14, 2019 A research consortium recently began enrolling patients in a clinical trial examining whether fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) by enema—putting stool from a healthy donor in the colon of a recipient—is safe and can prevent recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD), […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: The science is clear: with HIV, undetectable equals untransmittable
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 2 Media Advisory Thursday, January 10, 2019 NIH officials discuss scientific evidence and principles underlying the U=U concept. WHAT: In recent years, an overwhelming body of clinical evidence has firmly established the HIV Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) concept as scientifically sound, say officials from the National […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: AI approach outperformed human experts in identifying cervical precancer
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 2 News Release Thursday, January 10, 2019 Algorithm could revolutionize cervical cancer screening, especially in low-resource settings A research team led by investigators from the National Institutes of Health and Global Good has developed a computer algorithm that can analyze digital images of a woman’s cervix […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: BRCA Exchange aggregates data on thousands of BRCA variants to inform understanding of cancer risk
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 2 News Release Wednesday, January 9, 2019 A global resource that includes data on thousands of inherited variants in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes is available to the public. The BRCA Exchange was created through the BRCA Challenge, a long-term demonstration project initiated by the Global […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Substances in Coffee May Protect Against Parkinson’s Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies, a New Animal Study Suggests
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 2 Two substances from coffee, acting together, may protect against nerve cell damage and improve behavior in animal models of Parkinson’s disease and a related disease called dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), according to a new study funded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative […]
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