Ayurvedic Medicines

To prepare for our carbon-constrained and water-scarce future, as more and more of the world’s land turns into desert with climate change, researchers at the Masdar Institute in the United Arab Emirates are working on developing a bio-fuel from a crop that can grow on desert soil using salt water. Inspired by the [ Economical Energy for a Water Constrained Future from Green Living Ideas ]

The energetic founder of Finnish energy monitoring giant BaseN was walking past data centers to measure their heat output as part of trying to make their own data center more efficient, when he had a real Eureka moment. Instead of seeing all the wasted heat energy from the computer server farms as a [ Why There’s a 1 MW Power Station Under a Helsinki Cathedral from Green Living Ideas ]

AstraZeneca’s Gefitinib (Iressa) has had a bit of a chequered history since it’s fast track approval by the the Japanese Health Authority in 2002 and the FDA in 2003 for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, since the phase III trials did not appear to generate a significant overall survival advantage, it has been available in the US, Canada and Switzerland under strict labelling restrictions based on the ISEL study since 2005.

One of the biggest environmental topics of the century might well be the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (and the toxic dispersants being used to “clean it up”). However, another one that some say might have a bigger impact on our babies than the BP oil spill but that is off the [ Protect Our Babies from Toxic Chemicals from Green Living Ideas ]

Dosthora, is direct descendant of the original royal Physicians (of king Ravana), and a guardian of the original Sri Lanka herbal science, medical ‘Ola’ scrolls that prescribe the herbal medicine remedies to heal Sri Lanka & all humanity. Dosthora has well over 300 ancient palm leaf scrolls; written & dating back 2500 years. Sacred Ola books, with the 80064 symptoms of ill heallth & the right herbal remedies heal all those human medical illness & imbalances, which plague man or causing death.

Last night I was reading about the latest Iressa (gefinitib) data in lung cancer published in the NEJM, but unfortunately the DOI code isn’t yet available for easy tagging and linking of the article in Research Blogging, so it will have to wait until it’s out. There was, however, a pair of interesting articles on computerised tomography (CT) scans (see references and links below)

In an effort to be more visible to the public, the FDA now publishes its own ‘transparency blog”.  This post deals with their role in regulating orphan drugs in service of the 7000+ rare diseases. Link here .   Posted by Bruce Lehr June 22nd 2010.

Interesting news in Pharmaland today as we hear that Pfizer has decided to voluntarily withdraw gemtuzumab ozogamicin (Mylotarg) from the market and the FDA declined to grant Ziopharm an SPA for their phase III trial with palifosphamide (palifosfamide for those reading in American English) in soft tissue sarcoma. The first is unexpected, the second interesting

Rheumatoid arthritis is an ailment that causes pain, stiffness, swelling and even a loss of function in the joints. Though it is known to affect any joint, it is mostly found in the wrist and fingers. Though there are currently no cures and medicines that can completely heal rheumatoid arthritis, there are many proven natural and safe remedies that can help relieve the pain of those who suffer from the disease.

It came as no big surprise this morning to hear that Exelixis and BMS have announced they are terminating their agreement over XL184.  The compound is being tested in medullary thyroid cancer, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).  This is a small molecule that inhibits several targets, namely MET, RET and VEGFR2.