http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Today, The Lewin Group, a national health care consulting firm, issued recommendations on ways to overcome the barriers that have obstructed lupus drug development resulting in no new drug approval for this disease in more than 50 years - since the Eisenhower Administration. The recommendations are included in the report, "Overcoming Barriers to Drug Development in Lupus," which is the outcome of a 9-month study commissioned by the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. (LFA). The recommendations highlight the need for a national collaborative and coordinated effort among key stakeholders, including the FDA, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers and scientists from academia, the LFA, and industry, to implement a range of initiatives that would create a path forward to develop a robust arsenal of safe, effective, and more tolerable treatments for this difficult to treat and devastating disease. http://www.physorg.com/news173941754.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:40:02 EST news173941754 (AP) -- Texas gave birth to the modern oil industry, invented the handheld calculator and sent man to the moon. But can the Lone Star State cure cancer? http://www.physorg.com/news173724804.html Medicine & Health Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:40:01 EST news173724804 A group of scientists from Hamburg may have taken a big step towards more effective cancer drug development, Europe's largest cancer congress, ECCO 15 - ESMO 34, heard today. Dr Ilona Schonn, Director of Cell Culture Research at Indivumed GmbH, told the conference that they had developed a preclinical drug test platform that would enable researchers to analyse tumour tissue for individual patient drug responses on the molecular level. http://www.physorg.com/news172908833.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:14:29 EST news172908833 Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that understanding the precise timing of communication between cells that coordinate the body's response to disease could be key to new drug developments. http://www.physorg.com/news158506507.html Medicine & Health Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:37:51 EST news158506507 While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Drug has quickened review and approval of new medicines, the complex nature of diseases for which new therapeutics are being developed has resulted in longer clinical development times, according to the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development. http://www.physorg.com/news150647377.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:29:37 EST news150647377 Better design of rodent trials could reduce the cost and time required for cancer drug development, according to a commentary in the October 28 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news144431680.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:54:40 EST news144431680 (PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists at Oregon State University have developed a new `organocatalyst` that will play a major role in new drug development, greatly reducing costs while making the process more efficient, effective and environmentally friendly. http://www.physorg.com/news142260423.html Chemistry Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:47:03 EST news142260423 SCIENTISTS have designed, developed and tested new molecular tools for stem cell research to direct the formation of certain tissue types for use in drug development programmes. http://www.physorg.com/news139636171.html Chemistry Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:49:31 EST news139636171 Ensuring the involvement of children in the evaluation of tuberculosis treatment is critical as we move forward in developing effective responses to active and drug-susceptible tuberculosis (TB), argues a new essay in this week's PLoS Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news138338562.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:22:42 EST news138338562 Carbon offsets increasingly are becoming a major component in the arsenal for reducing global warming. Even Bon Jovi, the Rolling Stones and the Dave Matthews Band are doing it: acquiring carbon offsets to reduce the carbon footprint of their tours. As more organizations and businesses start trading in carbon offsets, the need for accurate measurements of carbon emissions also is becoming critically important for fair and exact exchanges. http://www.physorg.com/news134141720.html Chemistry Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:35:20 EST news134141720