COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Researchers have created DNA "wires" that may ultimately be used to merge the biological blueprints with medical devices.
MORRIS PLAINS, N.J., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Immunomedics said Thursday its preclinical study of antibody fusion protein CD74-RNase kills human lymphoma and myeloma cells.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Santas stuffing Christmas stockings should check their lists twice for toy safety and age-appropriateness, experts urge.
BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A panel of Food and Drug Administration experts on Wednesday voted unanimously to recommend approval of Merck & Co.'s RotaTeq, a rotavirus vaccine.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Strategic alliances between pharmaceutical and biotech companies will become increasingly necessary and the deals could garner the companies billions of dollars, according to a new report from an analyst firm.
This was the year Big Media pitted parents against experts over whether vaccines cause autism -- and decided the experts are right. But they may have forgotten
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A House bill that preserves Medicare/Medicaid coverage for impotence drugs like Viagra and Cialis narrowly passed a floor vote Wednesday.
ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Small hospitals -- or those with fewer than 100 beds, and thus fewer resources -- say they are worried whether they'll be able to comply with new federal rules on electronic tranmission of health data aimed at meeting the dual threat of bioterrorism and b
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- CostRx is a UPI column that looks at the rising cost of healthcare, various factors that are contributing to the high cost and possible solutions.
The first installment of CostRx features an interview with Washington, D.C.-based neurosurgeon David Cur
SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- SciClone/Sigma-Tau Wednesday said interim Phase 2 findings for their advanced malignant melanoma drug look promising.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Republican lawmakers negotiating a pandemic flu preparedness plan are pushing to provide only half the money this year that President Bush has asked for to fund the plan, aides and industry representatives said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it required more data before deciding whether Merck's oral vaccine against rotavirus, RotaTeq, should be approved.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Patient deaths at the University of Pittsburgh Children's Hospital blamed on a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system point to the troubling possibility that electronic health care systems designed to save lives are, in some cases, having the o
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Big Pharma is likely to increasingly turn to creative licensing deals in the coming years in order to overcome poor growth outlooks, analysts said Tuesday.
Surfers ride the waves at Fort Point by the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on May 24, 2012. The bridge is set for its 75th anniversary celebration on May 27. UPI/Terry Schmitt
