Recently, Cedars-Sinai “Research for Her” advanced its clinical research study participation registry matching women with research studies and clinical trials. The results included more participants and reduced registration time compared to paper based processes. “A...
Stan Collender, a cancer patient, shares an interesting New York Times op ed piece on why so few cancer patients participate in clinical trials. Stan is a diagnosed with Merkel cell carcinoma (a rare skin cancer) and is enrolled in a clinical trial with, in his...
This past May 20th was International Clinical Trials Day celebrating the life changing triumphs that result from the efforts accomplished by clinical researchers. Its birth was inaugurated back in 1747 when James Lind pursued a cure for scurvy. BioMed Central...
At the University of South Florida, researchers have been looking into the genetics makeups of different individuals. They believe that people tend to see one and another as one ethnicity, where in reality people come from all different backgrounds. However, at USF...
The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) launched a new website, ClinRegs, designed to provide country-specific information on clinical trial regulations. The website contains a number of resources to...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recently awarded $29 million toward the advancement of clinical research and investigation of treatments for rare diseases. This is part of a collaborative effort to expand the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network...
