Posts Tagged ‘lesions’

Immunohistochemical assessment of cell cycle proteins may help distinguish normal and benign conditions of the cervix from precursor lesions of cervical carcinoma. American Journal of Clinical Pathology (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines) Go to Source Full story

Riemerella anatipestifer (RA) is the causative agent of septicaemic and exudative diseases in a variety of bird species. Despite numerous outbreaks, little is known about the pathogenicity of RA for turkeys. We investigated the development of RA-induced disease in commercial turkey poults following RA inoculation via different respiratory routes. Inoculation by aerosol or injection into the abdominal air sac led to systemic infection and mild ... Full story

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced the completion of patient enrollment in the Small Vessel and Long Lesion trials of its PLATINUM clinical program. The trials are designed to compare the platinum chromium PROMUS® Element™ Everolimus-Eluting Stent System to matched historical control groups of patients treated with the TAXUS® Express2™ Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent System. The Small Vessel trial enrolled 94 patients with de novo ... Full story

Specialty pharmaceutical company LEO Pharma announced that findings from a Phase III study evaluating PEP005 (ingenol mebutate) Gel 0.05% to treat actinic keratosis (AK), a common pre-cursor to skin cancer, were presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) (Scientific Session Poster Discussion: P105). Results from REGION-I demonstrated treatment with PEP005 Gel once daily for 2 consecutive days (n=117) ... Full story

To evaluate efficacy of Calculus Bovis compound preparation (ICCBco) in the treatment of lung lesions in portal hypertensive rabbits with schistosomiasis as the experimental animal model, a research group in China performed a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial to observe pathological changes and pathological effect mechanism of expression of fibronectin and laminin in the lung tissue of portal hypertensive rabbits with schistosomiasis... ... Full story

Office-based, surgeon-performed, ultrasound-guided, fine needle aspiration (FNA) of head and neck lesions yields a statistically significant higher diagnostic rate compared to the standard palpation technique, indicates new research in the March 2010 issue of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. FNA is a diagnostic procedure used to investigate superficial lumps or masses. In this technique, a thin, hollow needle is inserted into a mass to ... Full story

Initial treatment with twice weekly etanercept (Enbrel), a tumour necrosis factor antagonist, achieves more rapid clearance of skin lesions than once weekly treatment in patients with active psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, according to results from the PRESTA study reported recently in the British Medical Journal. The international study randomised 752 patients with both psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis to etanercept 50mg twice weekly or 50mg ... Full story

Medical device pioneer Stentys announced today that the complete 'OPEN-I' clinical study was presented by Stefan Verheye, M.D., Ph.D., at the Joint Interventional Meeting ("JIM") 2010 in Rome, demonstrating superior results in 60 patients (27 Stentys drug-eluting stents and 33 Stentys bare-metal stents) who were followed - up angiographically after six months. "These clinical results suggest very promising benefits for patients," said Stefan ... Full story

Five QX-like infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) strains, isolated from different field outbreaks and two reference IBV strains of known serotypes (M41 and 793/B), were used in the present study to investigate and compare their pathogenicity for 1-day-old specific pathogen free chickens. The ability of the strains to inhibit trachea epithelium ciliary activity, to induce immune response, to replicate and to cause histopathological lesions in designated ... Full story

Conclusions Senning/arterial switch operations can be performed with excellent intermediate-term outcomes in patients with lesions previously thought to confer higher risk. Candidates for Senning/Rastelli procedures may be at increased risk for postoperative morbidity and mortality. More data are necessary to determine factors influencing outcome after anatomic repair. (Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery) Go to Source Full story