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• A New Method for Building Collagen Scaffolds

  Tufts University School of Engineering researchers have developed a novel method for fabricating collagen structures that maintains the collagen’s natural strength and fiber structure, making it useful for a number of biomedical applications.

  Collagen, the most abundant protein in the body, is widely used to build scaffolds for tissue engineering because [...]

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• UM Study shows Cancer Screening Rates Falling

  Tainya Clarke, M.P.H.

  The rate of people who seek preventive cancer screenings has fallen over the last ten years in the United States with wide variations between white-collar and blue-collar workers, according to Trends in adherence to recommended cancer screening: the US population and working cancer survivors published in [...]

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• Ability to Metabolize Tamoxifen Affects Breast Cancer Outcomes

  For nearly a decade, breast cancer researchers studying the hormone therapy tamoxifen have been divided as to whether genetic differences in a liver enzyme affect the drug’s effectiveness and the likelihood breast cancer will recur. A new study by researchers from the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center and the Austrian Breast [...]

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• OPKO Health Acquires Brazilian Pharmaceutical Company

  OPKO Health has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Silcon Comércio, Importacao E Exportacao de Produtos Farmaceuticos e Cosmeticos Ltda. Domiciled in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Silcon expands OPKO’s presence in Latin America and complements business activities of units in Chile and Mexico.

  Silcon broadens OPKO’s reach in Latin America with [...]

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