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PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) - A team of researchers and medical professionals from Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital are seeing remarkable results from a breakthrough procedure designed to help stroke patients. In a nationwide trial involving more than 140 patients, doctors experimented with the new procedure which uses removable stints as of way opening blocked arteries in the brain. The procedure was performed on patients within eight hours of an acute ischemic stroke, caused by a lack of blood flow to the brain often due to a blood clot. Doctors use a catheter to place a small stint in the affected blood vessel, causing blood to again flow to the brain, minimizing brain damage. Doctors said the clot is absorbed by the stint's mesh and both are then removed from the affected artery within five minutes of insertion. The new procedure differs from the more common way to treat clots in the brain, which uses a corkscrew-like device to remove the clot and sometimes requires several attempts. Doctors in the study said 56 percent of patients utilizing the new procedure showed an increased rate of recovery and were less like to die as a result of a stroke. A team of … Continue reading →

31-01-2012 15:24 MDA Vice President of Research Sanjay Bidichandani explains the promising research being done in neuromuscular disease research using adult stem cells. Here is the original post: Stem Cell Therapy in Neuromuscular Disease Research - Video … Continue reading →

16-03-2010 15:02 3/16/2010-Shares of Icagen (NASDAQ:ICGN) are trading 40.5% higher to $0.76 Tuesday after the company reported positive results in its Phase IIa epilepsy study of ICA-105665, its novel orally available small molecule KCNQ potassium channel agonist. "The trial met its endpoints," noted Jacqueline A. French, MD, Professor and Director of the Clinical Trials Consortium at the NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, "While more studies will be required to establish the potential utility of this compound in the treatment of epilepsy, the results of this photosensitive epilepsy model provide important proof-of-concept data for this novel drug candidate." Read the original here: News Update: Icagen Soars on Positive Study Results for ICA-105665 Epilepsy Treatment Compound - Video … Continue reading →

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By Peter Korn The Portland Tribune, Feb 3, 2012 ADVERTISEMENTS A new procedure to help people in the crucial first hours after they have suffered strokes may soon be the standard of care, according to an Oregon Health & Science researcher who contributed to a study released Friday. Traditionally, victims of strokes – which involves clots blocking the flow of blood to the brain – are treated with a corkscrew-like device that is twisted into the clot and gently pulled out. The new procedure opens the blocked artery by inserting into the brain a small mesh stent made of platinum and titanium. The stent expands the interior walls of the artery and allows blood to get to the patient’s brain. The clot is captured by the sent and after a few minutes the stent and clot are removed together. A study of the new procedure was presented this morning at a medical conference in New Orleans. The study involved more than 140 stroke patients at 18 medical centers throughout the U.S., 35 of whom were treated at OHSU. The new stent procedure appeared more effective than a traditional device, according to the study. More than half the patients treated with … Continue reading →