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For the fifth consecutive year, key research on the prevention, screening and treatment of GI cancers will be the focus of the Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium press program. Study authors will discuss notable research in an embargoed presscast (press briefing via live webcast) on January 23 from 1:00 to 2:00 PM (EST).
Featured research includes:
- A study [...]

Jiri Mestecky, M.D., Ph.D, a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) professor of microbiology and medicine, has been awarded the 2007 Czech Mind prize.
The annual award is the highest scientific honor in the Czech Republic, and recipients often include Czech nationals working in other countries.
Mestecky came to UAB in 1967 and continues to research and [...]

Attending general surgeons at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) will be required to prove basic motor skills outside an operating room before performing laparoscopic surgery on patients.
CRICO/RMF, the Harvard medical community’s professional liability insurer, will offer “Fundamentals in Laparoscopic Surgery” (FLS) as a refresher course in January 2008. As an incentive for this voluntary [...]

AspenBio Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: APPY), an emerging bio-pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel drugs and diagnostics for animals and humans, has outlined plans for submitting its final data package to the United States Food and Drug Administration (”FDA”) for market approval of AppyScore(TM), the first blood based screen/triage test for human appendicitis.
Following its [...]

At least 1 percent of hospitalized patients at major medical centers will have a pancreatic cystic lesion on cross sectional imaging, and up to one quarter of all pancreata examined in an autopsy series contained a pancreatic cyst.
Until recently, pancreatic cystic lesions were thought to be benign, but new evidence suggests that they may lead [...]

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has issued guidelines for the role of endoscopy in treating dyspepsia, discomfort thought to arise from the upper-gastrointestinal tract, which affects a fourth of the population in Western countries. An upper endoscopy is a procedure which uses an instrument to evaluate the inside of the esophagus, stomach and [...]

Although delaying surgical treatment remains the standard of care for patients with severe gallstone pancreatitis, a new study published in the December issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that, contrary to widespread belief, early cholecystectomy — or surgical removal of the gallbladder — significantly reduces hospital stays in patients with [...]

Crohn’s is a condition that affects one in 800 people in the UK and causes chronic intestinal inflammation, leading to pain, bleeding and diarrhoea.
The team found that a bacterium called Mycobacterium paratuberculosis releases a molecule that prevents a type of white blood cell from killing E.coli bacteria found in the body. E.coli is known to [...]

Researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently examined the safety and quality of “wash techniques” used in the production of packaged produce. The study, published in HortScience, simulated washing techniques to learn more about how industry practices affect quality and safety of pre-cut lettuce.
Yaguang Luo, PhD, Research Food Technologist at the United [...]

Sucampo Pharma Ltd. (SPL), a wholly-owned Japanese subsidiary of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMP), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing prostone-based therapies for age-related and other diseases, announced the initiation of a multi-center Phase 2b dose-ranging study in Japan to evaluate the safety and efficacy of lubiprostone for adult Chronic Idiopathic Constipation.
The randomized, parallel group, double-blind, [...]