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• Dosing Initiated in TransMolecular's Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial for Intravenous Administration of Iodine-TM601 in Patients with Recurrent Malignant Glioma

  - 2008-09-29

  -First patient treated at University of Chicago Medical Center- CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- TransMolecular, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on targeted therapies for cancer, announced today that dosing was initiated in a Phase 1/2 trial of 131I-TM601 delivered intravenously IV for the treatment of adult patients with recurrent malignant glioma....

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• GenVec Announces First Patient Treated with TNFerade™ for Head and Neck Cancer at University of Chicago

  - 2007-01-26

  Two Phase I/II Studies Underway

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• Comparison of Serum and Heparinized Plasma for Measurement of Chemistry and Immunochemistry Analytes on a Clinical Laboratory Automation System

  - 2006-06-01

  C-100S. J. Zibrat1. L. A. Berg1, C. T. Gloria1, R. W. McLawhon2. 1The University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL, -The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago. IL,Clinical laboratory automation has proven invaluable in efficiently and rapidly meeting the STAT and routine diagnostic testing needs of a diverse patient...

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• Geron Announces Initiation of Clinical Trial for Its Telomerase Inhibitor Drug GRN163L in Patients With Solid Tumor Malignancies

  - 2006-04-03

  MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Geron Corporation (Nasdaq:GERN) announced today that it has initiated clinical testing of its lead anti-cancer compound, GRN163L, in patients with solid tumor malignancies at The University of Chicago Cancer Research Center. This Phase I, dose-escalation trial of GRN163L is primarily designed to demonstrate the safety...

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• Ethics doctor.(The Business of Life)(University of Chicago)(G. Caleb Alexander)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-04-18

  Byline: Sarah A. Klein G. Caleb Alexander, medical ethicist, University of Chicago Salary: $52 an hour Years on the job: two Duties: An internist, he rotates into ethics job on monthlong basis. Helps resolve differences between patients,...

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• U of C Hospitals aims at kids niche; Using luxuries to lure well-insured patients.(University of Chicago)(Comer Children's Hospital)

  - 2005-01-31

  Byline: SARAH A. KLEIN The University of Chicago Hospitals this week stakes out new turf in the pediatric market with the opening of Comer Children's Hospital. Offering hotel-like amenities-room service, 42-inch flat-screen TVs in every room and w Byline: SARAH A. KLEIN ...

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• Study Shows Drugs Such as Vioxx and Celebrex were Widely Over-Used Long Before Recent Problems.

  - 2005-01-21

  Byline: University of Chicago Hospitals Chicago, Jan. 21 AScribe Newswire -- Even before making the connection between drugs such as Vioxx and heart attacks, many doctors were becoming concerned that the heavily advertised drugs known as COX-2 inhibitors were being over-used, often by patients...

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• Rheologics Device Selected to Measure Patient Blood Viscosity Levels in University of Chicago Clinical Study

  - 2002-07-22

  Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers

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• Kids get 'trip of a lifetime'.(News)

  - 2002-06-23

  Byline: Deborah Kadin Daily Herald Staff Writer Jimmy Mohan has flown on an airplane before. But the plane trips the 5-year-old cancer survivor took wouldn't be anything quite as breathtaking as the unique ride he, his siblings and his parents took Saturday...

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• U of C docs offer treatment for rage; For some patients, drugs used with behavior therapy.(University of Chicago hospitals offer anger management program)(Brief Article)

  - 2001-09-03

  Doctors at the University of Chicago Hospitals are taking a stab at a pernicious national problem: anger. Last month, the Hyde Park institution opened a center for the treatment of rage, designed for patients prone to occasional but excessive verb Doctors at the...

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