Archive: 27/08/2013
AstraZeneca buys US cancer drugs firm
AstraZeneca said on Tuesday that it has agreed to buy US-based cancer drugs company Amplimmune, as the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals group seeks to bolster its flagging pipeline of new products.
Aug 27, 2013
Review outlines best practice standards for coordinator-based fracture liaison services
An influential report published in the journal Osteoporosis International, recommends 13 best practice standards in the implementation of coordinator-based fracture liaison services (FLS). The report, 'Capture the Fracture: ...
Aug 27, 2013
Coming soon to an optometrist's office near you: Wavefront analysis
Techniques developed by astronomers seeking a clear view of objects in space are coming closer to home, as eye care professionals apply the concept of wavefront optics to understanding—and correcting—subtle visual abnormalities ...
Aug 27, 2013
Do girls really experience more math anxiety?
Girls report more math anxiety on general survey measures but are not actually more anxious during math classes and exams, according to new research forthcoming in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological ...
Aug 27, 2013
Gene makes some HIV-infected patients more at risk for fungal disease
HIV-infected people who carry a gene for a specific protein face a 20-fold greater risk of contracting cryptococcal disease, according to a study published in mBio, the online open-access journal of the American Society for ...
Aug 27, 2013