http://www.tjols.com/category-.html en-us Copyright 2007 The Journal Of Life Science Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:44:57 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-851.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-851.html http://www.tjols.com/article-853.html Scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research have identified biomarkers of aging that are highly predictive of both chronological and physiological age. The research, published in the online edition of Aging Cell, is viewed as the first step toward identifying similar biomarkers in humans that could provide a means of scientific means of proving anti-aging therapies work. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-853.html http://www.tjols.com/article-840.html Primary care physicians are unhappy. They complain about the reams of paperwork they must do, worry about declining reimbursement, and sweat over the financial shambles of their practices. How bad is it? Well, 45 percent say they would retire today if they had the means and 60 percent would not recommend medicine as a career to young people, a survey for The Physicians Foundation finds. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-840.html http://www.tjols.com/article-843.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-843.html http://www.tjols.com/article-842.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-842.html http://www.tjols.com/article-845.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-845.html http://www.tjols.com/article-849.html President-elect Barack Obama has tapped former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Associated Press reported. Daschle, a South Dakota Democrat who was unseated in 2004, was an early supporter and close advisor of Obama during his campaign. He has also authored the book Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis. Daniel S. Levine Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-849.html http://www.tjols.com/article-837.html Researchers studying Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease usually focus their attention on people who suffer from the ravages of the disease, but scientists at Northwestern University&rsquo;s Feinberg School of Medicine thought they should turn their attention toward so-called &ldquo;super aged people,&rdquo; those of advanced age who demonstrated the mental acuity of people much younger, to see if they could unlock any clues about the aging brain.&nbsp; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-837.html http://www.tjols.com/article-835.html Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-835.html http://www.tjols.com/article-833.html Several years ago, a friend of Robert Wells told him about a scientist who was conducting cutting edge genetics research in the heart of Amish country. At the time, Wells was vice president for corporate affairs and international markets for the genetics tools company Affymetrix, which became connected with the researcher D. Holmes Morton. All of that, in an odd way, matters to the future of personalized medicine. DANIEL S. LEVINE Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-833.html http://www.tjols.com/article-831.html Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Max Baucus, D-Montana, is proposing legislation to &ldquo;cover the 47 million uninsured,&rdquo; but neither he nor his staff are offering any cost estimates. Peter J. Pitts, president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, says one way&nbsp;Baucus will try to cut costs is through comparative effectiveness, which Pitts sees as a first step toward rationing. PETER J. PITTS Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-831.html http://www.tjols.com/article-829.html Fri, 7 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-829.html http://www.tjols.com/article-827.html Several pharmaceutical companies, once so gung-ho over the promising blockbuster potential of a class of anti-obesity compounds that target the cannabinoid type 1 (CB1) receptors in the brain, have decided to give them up. The decision comes as the industry is increasingly concerned about the risk-averse regulatory environment now at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. MARIE DAGHLIAN<BR><I>Burrill Biotech Report</I> Thu, 6 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-827.html http://www.tjols.com/article-825.html On this edition, we speak with Jim Wells, director of the Small Molecule Discovery Center at the Univeristy of California, San Francisco.&nbsp;Wells recently coauthored an editorial for the journal Science about the need for scientists to work with advocacy groups to accelerate public awareness in support of basic research. Tue, 4 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-825.html http://www.tjols.com/article-821.html Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-821.html http://www.tjols.com/article-823.html The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has the authority, the ability, the means, the mission, and the mandate to manage the healthcare risks and benefits inherent in the products they regulate on behalf of the American public. Peter J. Pitts, president of the Center For Medicine in the Public Interest, says that&rsquo;s why opponents of preemption of state liability lawsuits are running scared. PETER J. PITTS Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-823.html http://www.tjols.com/article-819.html Using conventional vaccines to respond to an avian flu pandemic poses a few problems. It can take as long as nine months to grow a vaccine, a delay that could render such efforts worthless to combat a pandemic. The other challenge is such vaccines are grown in chicken eggs, which may be hard to come by in the midst of a bird flu pandemic. The San Diego vaccine maker Vical may have found a solution. DANIEL S. LEVINE Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-819.html http://www.tjols.com/article-815.html For several years, scientists have warned of global warming&rsquo;s potential effects on human health. An increase in heat-related deaths and shifting patterns of infectious disease that could bring malaria and dengue fever to the United States are just some of the calamities that could be in store. Now, Texas researchers have added another scourge to the list: kidney stones. DANIEL S. LEVINE Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-815.html http://www.tjols.com/article-817.html Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.tjols.com/article-817.html