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• University of Kentucky Launches Clinical Outcomes-Based Educational Initiative to Reinforce Rheumatoid Arthritis Standards of Care

  - 2008-10-27

  Program to Address Physician Gaps in Managing Rheumatic Conditions and Improve Patient Care and Outcomes NEW YORK -- The University of Kentucky Pharmacy and Medicine Continuing Education Office UKPMCE announced today the launch of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Educational Challenge RAEC, which will address deficits in the treatment of rheumatic...

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• Thalidomide and Thyroid Cancer

  - 2007-10-01

  Ain et al. from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Lexington, KY) and the University of Kentucky Lexington reported in the August issue of Thyroid (2007;17:663-670) on the results of a phase II trial of thalidomide for therapy of radioiodine-unresponsive and rapidly progressive thyroid carcinomas. The study included 36 patients with...

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• NanoMed founders issued broad patent for method to make nanoparticles.

  - 2007-01-01

  NanoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Kalamazoo, MI), an early-stage specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing improved therapeutic and diagnostic products to treat or detect cancer and other serious diseases, announced that founders Russell J. Mumper, Ph.D. and Michael Jay, Ph.D. have been issued United States Patent 7,153,525 ...

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• New Blood Test Identifies Lung Cancer Years Earlier Than Most Advanced Imaging Techniques; 20/20 GeneSystems Seeks to Develop First Effective, Routine Screen for #1 Cancer Killer

  - 2006-07-14

  ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Today, 20/20 GeneSystems, Inc. ("20/20") announced study results that show that its multi-biomarker blood test may be able to detect non-small cell lung cancer NSCLC significantly earlier and with better accuracy than CT scans, the most advanced technique in current use for detecting this disease. If the...

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• Kentucky Hospital Clinic Approved as the 23rd Certified Center of The ALS Association

  - 2005-10-18

  LEXINGTON, Ky. -- In only two years since it opened its doors to meet a full range of needs of people with ALS, the ALS clinic at the University of Kentucky and Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital has become the 23rd ALSA CenterSM certified by The ALS Association ALSA, the nation's...

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• University of Kentucky Team Implants Acid Reflux Repair System in Patient.

  - 2002-08-10

  By Barbara Isaacs, Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Barbara Isaacs, Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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