MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cambridge'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:02:23 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182318&cid=t_119045_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FsjdNNNUnuXs%2F And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. To celebrate, we are rolling in the sidewalks very early to get a jump on the long holiday weekend. Our plans, though, are modest. We hope to take in some tennis with one of the short people and, otherwise, catch up on some reading. But what about you? Those of you affected by the storm, no doubt, can use a spot of rest. Elsewhere, this may be an opportunity to enjoy a day outside, spend time with someone special or simply count your blessings. Whatever you do, be safe and have fun. See you soon… FDA May Get Two More Months To Review Drugs (Reuters) Pfizer To Move Research Units To Leased MIT Space (Boston Globe) Lilly May Partner With Turkish Generic Drugmaker (Reuters) EU OKs Approval For Expanded Use Of Roche’s Tarceva ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5182318 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:31:57 +0100 5182318 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4821149&cid=t_119045_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FSDqAl15JK8k%2F Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone? And here is our regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Huron Consulting hired Mark Linver as a managing director in the life sciences practice to handle aggregate spend, merger integration requirements, contract management, government pricing and accrual analysis. Previously, Linver served as a sen... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4821149 Fri, 13 May 2011 12:19:00 +0100 4821149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4225249&cid=t_119045_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhelp-for-inhaling-medications%2F2010.12.03 Cambridge Consultants and India’s Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company (SPARC) have developed a new dry powder inhaler. According to the companies, the device delivers an even, consistent drug dose deep into the lungs regardless of how strong the inhalation is performed by the patient. From the press release: The device employs a novel de-agglomeration engine to separate the drug from the lactose ‘carrier’ particles. Based on a highly efficient airway design, the patented drug separation mechanism has successfully completed clinical trials and demonstrated that it is capable of delivering significantly more of the drug to the deep lung than traditional inhalers. In practice, this will minimise side effects from drug build-up in the back of the throat, reduce non-systemic ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4225249 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:00:30 +0100 4225249 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3737291&cid=t_119045_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FCxQV4dR3-Rw%2F Who says there is only depressing news out there? On the same day that Merck announces plans to close a Cambridge, Ma., R&D facility as part of an ongoing reorganization to save billions of dollars, Sanofi-Aventis is gearing up to hire some 300 people for a new cancer division, The Boston Globe writes. Sanofi already has nearly 400 workers in Massachusetts, including 160 in Cambridge, largely through its 2008 acquisition of Acambis, a vaccine maker based in England. Recently, though, the drugmaker began posting dozens of jobs related to the new division headquarters on its website, including for laboratory research, clinical trials, and marketing, the paper notes. Despite the move by Merck, the Sanofi hiring underscores how the Boston area remains a desirable spot for drugmakers and e... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3737291 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:29:59 +0100 3737291 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3714395&cid=t_119045_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F30%2Fshielded-ovarian-cancer-cells-may-survive-chemotherapy%2F Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered certain ovarian tumor cells that are resistant to chemotherapy can survive a first round of treatment and go on to “re-grow” the cancer. Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered certain ovarian tumor cells that are resistant to chemotherapy can survive a first round of treatment and go on to [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3714395 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:08:57 +0100 3714395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429264&cid=t_119045_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fsurvey-highlights-barriers-hit-progress While a recent survey indicates that HIT adoption is steadily growing among small physician practices, it also highlights the concerns and confusion that policymakers need to address in order to keep the sector moving forward. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429264 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:22:05 +0100 3429264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3193779&cid=t_119045_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F21%2Frunning-mice-suggests-brain-fitness%2F I’m not a big fan of reporting on animal studies, because the results are often not replicated with humans. Animal studies are like the small surveys conducted in undergraduate psychology classes — you can find interesting results that may mean nothing except to the subjects you studied (e.g., well-educated young adults, most of whom are still teens). In the case of mice, well, we can say the results generalize to mice. (If we wanted to be even more specific, one could argue that lab mice bred for laboratory experiments are different than mice bred and raised in the wild, but let’s leave that leaf unturned.) But in a 24/7 news cycle, even mice studies can get mainstream media pickup. Case in point, this article in the UK’s The Guardian. It starts off well enough, ma... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3193779 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:35:08 +0100 3193779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2883026&cid=t_119045_93_f&fid=35707&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHemodynamics%2F%7E3%2FiMQjCtCra8E%2Fmarching-bands-of-radical-left.html At a bit after noon today, I heard some kind of big drum beat outside, and remembered--today was the day of the Honk! festival in which a bunch of radical leftist marching bands march down Massachusetts Avenue. They go from Somerville to Cambridge's Oktoberfest, a street festival with no particular political approach. Our apartment, near Mass Ave, is equidistant between the two points, and therefore ideally suited to notice the arrival of the Honk! parade. What the Honk! festival lacks in polish--one band's website earnestly stated that it did not discriminate on the basis of musical ability, bless their hearts--it makes up for in enthusiasm and anarchic charm. As someone who grew up on the left, I was always viscerally bothered when people decided to go to protests and behave like a bunch... hemodynamics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2883026 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:43:00 +0100 2883026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2390260&cid=t_119045_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F06%2Fpattern-of-genetic-faults-could-predict-whether-an-ovarian-cancer-patient-will-respond-to-common-chemo-drugs%2F “… A pattern of genetic defects in tumours could indicate whether ovarian cancer patients will respond to common chemotherapy drugs before treatment starts, reveals a Cancer Research UK study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences … The researchers studied patterns of gene expression that indicate high levels of abnormal chromosomes or [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2390260 Thu, 07 May 2009 01:16:10 +0100 2390260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2296199&cid=t_119045_132_f&fid=35016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpeanutbutter.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F26%2Fthe-biosysbio-conference-2009%2F Image via Wikipedia The premise of the BioSysBio conference is to bring together the best young researchers working in Synthetic Biology, Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, providing a platform to hear and discuss the most recent and scientific advances and applications in these fascinating fields. This years BioSysBio 09 has just taken place in Cambridge, UK. The program was more slanted towards synthetic biology rather than more traditional systems biology, which I think reflects the growing momentum that synthetic biology has gained in the past year. I think this is a good progress and  I was secretley glad as I did not want to spend 3 days looking at massive network diagrams squashed onto power point slides. This was the first conference I had been to that the organisers actually ... peanutbutter blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2296199 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:00:41 +0100 2296199 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284768&cid=t_119045_93_f&fid=35707&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHemodynamics%2F%7E3%2FZ79oVe3L4aE%2Fif-your-car-gets-towed-and-nearby.html photo by Dr. Ms. Hemodynamics (Source: hemodynamics) hemodynamics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284768 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:56:00 +0100 2284768 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2201696&cid=t_119045_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F543532638%2F Last week, in this article's first part, we discussed the importance of actually teaching children how to get themselves into a physical state of being relaxed, explored several suggestions I hope you found useful. Let's continue. Teachers can help student overcome stress by teaching them to identify the impediments they might encounter in doing a certain task. The teacher can ask: What's going to get in the way of you doing this work? He or she may have to jump-start the students’ thinking by suggesting such things as: - competing events (family activities, friends call, IM-ing, new video game, etc.) - lack of adequate place to study - inadequate prior preparation or skills - a negative attitude (this is not necessary, I can't do math, I’ll never need to know this, etc). - health fac... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2201696 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:12:45 +0100 2201696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2177968&cid=t_119045_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F536996407%2F Teaching kids how to relax. Consider this vignette: -Roxanne: (agitated and loudly) “I can’t stand this freakin’ book!” -Teacher: “Roxanne, you need to take it easy. Just calm down! Try to relax.You need to finish your reading. -Roxanne: (to herself) “Right easy for you to say, teacher. But very hard for me to do. What do you mean calm down? I feel like my head is going to explode.” -Teacher: (seeing no response) “Well if you can’t settle down, maybe a trip to the office will help you!” Some kids are so agitated that even if they know how to relax, they can’t. If you think about it, calming down when you’re upset is the hardest time to do it! Other kids can’t “calm down” or “relax” because they don’t know what that feels like. Teachers, occupational ther... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2177968 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:25:17 +0100 2177968 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2115491&cid=t_119045_132_f&fid=35016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpeanutbutter.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F01%2F19%2Fall-change-in-2009-no-more-academia%2F Image via Wikipedia Last week I completed what was my first week of working in academia in 2009 and also my last for the foreseeable future. I have decided to leave academia, as well as Newcastle to take a position in a Biotech company in Cambridge. I have certainly enjoyed just over 5 years working in Newcastle encompassing my PhD and a postdoc. Within that time my research interests have developed from representing scientific data, to data standards to ontology development. I am still maintaining some of my research interests in my new position. I will be working for an antibody company called Abcam, and as part of my role I will be investigating how to represent their product catalogue as an ontology and how users can have a more direct interaction with it. I am really looking forwar... peanutbutter blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2115491 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:04:26 +0100 2115491 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1964133&cid=t_119045_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FdxMo7-zXLW8%2F The woman I spoke to at the birthday party yesterday told me that her brother had been institutionalized at the Cambridge State Hospital. Originally called the Minnesota Colony for Epilectics, it became a state hospital for the developmentally disabled and for those with “mental deficiencies” in 1949; it reached its peak population of 2008 in the 1960s. In 1972, a class action suit was filed against the state’s six State Hospitals by the parents of some of the residents ” who felt that the conditions, care, treatment and training did not meet constitutional standards” (this photo says why). This started a movement to move individuals with developmental disabilities into community settings such as group homes where they might live as independently as possible,... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1964133 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:43:10 +0100 1964133 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1461013&cid=t_119045_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F295886713%2F (Photo credit: www.dailymail.co.uk)  The Academy for Medical Sciences at Cambridge University in their recent report “Brain science, addiction and drugs” have said that drugs for diseases such as Alzheimer’s were being used by healthy people to boost alertness and memory, including students sitting their exams. The AMS said in the future, regulation may have to be introduced to stop these treatments and future ones from giving people an unfair advantage in examinations and tests. Professor Sir Gabriel Horn, a Cambridge neurosciences expert said “We see similarities in the future use of cognition enhancers with the current use of performance enhancing drugs in sport.” But he added brain science technology also held the key to more effective addiction and men... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1461013 Thu, 22 May 2008 15:10:10 +0100 1461013 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1289326&cid=t_119045_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F248378175%2Fdrugs_for_smarter_faster_workf.html If you’ve ever sensed an urgent need to grow smarter… more alert … or better skilled to face tough challenges at work … it could be that you are competing with peers who pop drugs daily to enhance their brains.Interestingly …  The New York Times just raised ethical questions about fast increasing brain enhancements that give users an intellectual edge.Perhaps you read the recent admission in the journal Nature where two  Cambridge University researchers told how a dozen or so colleagues used Adderall regularly as a stimulant during their days … and to remain more awakened … and to improve their academic performance … many took Provigil.Due to the raging debates the journal Nature recently created a more extensive survey on th... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1289326 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:55:45 +0100 1289326 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=988523&cid=t_119045_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F176772939%2F As the day wears on, it may be a good idea to break for a cup of, well, something or take a quick stroll to keep the circulation going. Here are a few items, meanwhile, to help you clear your head… Wyeth Recalls Cough & Cold Meds With Faulty Cups (Yahoo/Reuters) Cambridge Antibody To Change Name To MedImmune (Yahoo/AP) China Raises Standards For Drug Licensing (Yahoo/AP) Shire Launches Website For Clinical Trial Results (PharmaTimes) Share / E-mail (Source: Pharmalot) Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=988523 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:45:58 +0100 988523 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=918131&cid=t_119045_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fwhat-f.html After reading Hsien's recent post, I am convinced how very much the UK needs a Sherpa. Listen to what is going on in Great Britain from Eye On DNA. "The UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has approved the use of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) to select embryos free of the gene for early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The couple who applied has a family history of the disease on the man’s side. His mother, grandmother, and two uncles all died from early-onset Alzheimer’s."Human Genetics Alert has been fighting the good Sherpa fight for years. The problem....the UK is still approving these techniques. I hate to tell all of you, but this is what is coming. Why scan a genome? Why do lightspeed sequencing when you have time to wait? Why? The answer is simple. To rap... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=918131 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:09:00 +0100 918131 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=915411&cid=t_119045_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fabout-helix-health.html Well, I have been getting alot of questions regarding our personalized medical practice on Park Avenue in New York City. I have been reluctant to tell everyone, but I figure that I might as well let everyone in on our "secret"My philosophy is the power of genomics should empower patients and providers. Together as a team we can prevent some horrible diseases and avoid some horrible adverse drug reactions. How do we do this? We take the skills from a multidisciplinary team and identify risk. We feel that the most powerful genomic tool out there is family history (Sorry Hsien). This has been validated over and over again in epidemiological studies. In fact when Mike Leavitt indicate in his foreward of his Personalized Health Care report"One part of the foundation for such a change is our rap... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=915411 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:03:00 +0100 915411 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=719838&cid=t_119045_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F131519249%2F An as yet published study shows that as many as one in 58 children in Britain have autism, according to the July 8th Guardian Unlimited. The study was conducted by seven researchers at Cambridge University, six from the Autism Research Centre, under Professor Simon Baron-Cohen. Some 12,000 children at a primary school in Cambridgeshire were studied between 2001 and 2004. Professor Baron-Cohen, director of the centre and the country’s foremost authority on the condition, said he did not believe there was any link between the three-in-one vaccination and autism. Genetics, better recognition of the condition, environmental factors such as chemicals and children’s exposure to hormones in the womb, especially testosterone, were more likely to be the cause, he commented. ‘As fo... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=719838 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:26:03 +0100 719838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=612075&cid=t_119045_87_f&fid=34866&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecardioblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F17%2Flittle-company-helps-big-industry%2F Filed under: Daily newsThere are many relationships in life where a big someone needs the help of a small someone to succeed, or to survive. It's like a celebrity thanking "all the little people." Not that they really do that anymore, but you get the idea. Well Cambridge Heart, a small company manufacturing heart stress test equipment is in a position to do just that for the slowing $6 billion dollar I.C.D. (implantable cardioverter defibrillator) industry.The industry has been struggling slightly due to difficulties balancing the high costs ($50,000 per patient) and limited lifespan of the equipment (approx 5 years) with figuring out exactly who needs these devices. As many as 80% of people who have an ICD won't "use" it in its lifetime.So where does Cambridge Heart come in? They provide ... The Cardio Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=612075 Thu, 17 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 612075