(ASX:PSX) has announced a partnership to launch a world-first clinical trial that aims to stop scars from forming after trauma, particularly following burn injuries.
The company is partnering with distinguished surgeon and burns expert Professor Fiona Wood AM who is leading a group of researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) and Fiona Stanley Hospital to test a treatment in the first human trials.
Pharmaxis said its discovery, known as PXS‐6302, has shown promising pre‐clinical results in inhibiting the enzymes that play a critical role in the development of scar tissue.
PXS‐6302 was discovered by the company’s researchers at its laboratories in Sydney.
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Study Finds Evidence of 55 Chemicals Never Before Reported in People
Scientists at UC San Francisco have detected 109 chemicals in a study of pregnant women, including 55 chemicals never before reported in people and 42 “mystery chemicals,” whose sources and uses are unknown.
The chemicals most likely come from consumer products or other industrial sources. They were found both in the blood of pregnant women, as well as their newborn children, suggesting they are traveling through the mother’s placenta.
The study was published March 17 in Environmental Science & Technology.
“These chemicals have probably been in people for quite some time, but our technology is now helping us to identify more of them,” said Tracey J. Woodruff, PhD, a professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at UCSF.
People with hearing impairments have been substantially affected by the impact of social isolation
Cancellation of medical appointments, the use of face masks and the limitation in the use of technology due to hearing loss are thought to all be important factors
Around 70 per cent of people over the age of 70 have hearing loss according to the World Health Organisation
People with hearing difficulties experienced heightened self-reported depression, loneliness, and memory problems during the Covid-19 lockdown, according to an online survey of the over 70s.
The study, published in the International Journal of Audiology, was carried out by experts at the University of Sheffield, The University of Manchester andLancaster University.