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03.10.10
Study supports Myriad Genetics' PROLARIS molecular diagnostic test for predicting prostate cancer recurrence

Myriad Genetics, Inc. today said data that provides further clinical validation supporting its newest molecular diagnostic product, PROLARIS™, was recently presented at the 2010 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco. The abstract of the presentation entitled: "Cell Cycle Genes Predict Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy" by Gregory P. Swanson, M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, and colleagues is now available on the American Society of Clinical Oncology's website, www.asco.org.

02.23.10
News Outlets Examine ART, Microbicide Development Research Presented At Conference

News outlets continue to report on the science discussed at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), which ended Friday in San Francisco. "Studies are underway testing whether periodic use of the drugs, either as pills or as vaginal or rectal gels, can prevent transmission of HIV in high-risk sexual encounters...

01.22.10
Study predicts HIV drug resistance will surge
New research based on a novel mathematical model predicts that a wave of drug-resistant HIV strains will emerge in San Francisco within the next five years. These strains could prove disastrous by hindering control of the HIV pandemic.     In a study published Jan. 14 on the website of the journal Science, researchers from the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and the University of California, San Francisco's HIV AIDS Program...

11.19.09
CNSBio Inc. To Present Latest Clinical Trial Data For CNSB015 At Neuropathic Pain Conference In San Francisco

CNSBio Inc. will present recent Phase IIa proof-of-concept clinical trial data for CNSB015, an orally administered potassium channel modulator used in combination with opioids for the treatment of neuropathic pain, at the 12th International Conference on the Mechanisms and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain on November 20-21, 2009 in San Francisco, CA. Dr.

04.13.09
Appeals Court Halts 5% Cuts In Medi-Cal Payments To California Hospitals

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Monday ordered a halt on California's 5% cut to Medi-Cal payments for hospitals, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Medi-Cal is the state's Medicaid program. In July 2008, legislation took effect that reduced Medi-Cal reimbursements by 10%.