Fecal impaction

Fecal Incontinence

Neutrophil elastase NE

Neutrophil elastase (NE) is a serine protease, expressed mainly by neutrophils, that is capable of degrading a variety of structural proteins of the extracellular matrix. Infiltration of activated n...

Salmonella newport

Salmonella in humans Salmonella bacteria cause food poisioning, typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever. More than 2500 different strains of salmonella have been identified.  Anyone can get salmo...

The Top 100 Drugs

The pharmaceutical industry is massive, both in range of products and in financial values. These are the top 200 drugs (ranked in descending order according to total sales in 20010, $), and the co...

Proteon plans Ph III for elastase in kidney disease surgery

Proteon Therapeutics is planning to move its recombinant human elastase into Phase III trials after announcing positive results from a Phase II trial of the product, PRT-201, in chronic kidney disease...

Fecal Hemoglobin Concentrations Varies with Gender and Age

Estimation of fecal hemoglobin concentration by fecal immunochemical tests are becoming widely used in colorectal cancer screening.

Imbalance between neutrophil elastase and α1-antitrypsin leads to obesity, inflammation

Many recent studies have suggested that obesity is associated with chronic inflammation in fat tissues. Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute have discovered that an imbalance betw...

BRIEF-Creon Resources appoints Ghanim Al Saad as non-executive chairman

LONDON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Creon Resources PLC : * Appoints ghanim bin saad al saad al kuwari as non-executive chairman

Zero out of TEN for fecal incontinence treatment

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation is no more effective than placebo for the treatment of fecal incontinence, say French researchers.

Friday Weird Science: Fecal Odorgrams

You've heard of singing telegrams, but have you heard of fecal odorgrams ?? This is what you do when you REALLY want someone to know what you had for breakfast. [More]

Fecal Transplant: FDA Wants Regulation

(MedPage Today) -- Researchers who have been reporting success with the use of fecal transplant to treat resistant C. difficile are likely to need an OK from the the FDA to continue that treatment.

The Hidden Costs Of Fecal Incontinence

Care for patients with fecal incontinence costs $4,110 per person for both medical and non-medical costs like loss of productivity, according to new research from the University of Michigan. The preva...

Fecal Elastase: A Useful Test for Pancreatic Insufficiency?

Acute mechanical effects of elastase on the infrarenal mouse aorta: Implications for models of aneurysms.

Intraluminal exposure of the infrarenal aorta to porcine pancreatic elastase represents one of the most commonly used experimental models of the development and progression of abdominal aortic aneurys...

The Role of LTB4 in the Pathogenesis of Elastase Induced-Murine Pulmonary Emphysema.

Exaggerated levels of the leukotriene B(4) (LTB(4)) frequently coexist at sites of inflammation and tissue remodeling. Therefore, we hypothesize that the LTB(4) pathway plays an important role in the...

Non-invasive genotyping of transgenic animals using fecal DNA.

For genotyping of transgenic animals, many IACUC guidelines recommend the use of fecal DNA when possible because this approach is non-invasive. Existing methods for extracting fecal DNA may be costly...

Characterization of potential elastase inhibitor-peptides regulated by a molecular switch for wound dressings applications.

Elastase plays an important role in wound healing process, degrading damaged tissue and allowing complete tissue recovery. The levels of human neutrophil elastase (HNE) are usually controlled by endog...