Carla Geovanna Rodríguez Proaño is an Ecuadorian Biotechnology Engineer, who also obtained a master’s degree in Forensic Science, from King’s College in London. She has been conducting clinical research with FOMAT Medical Research since last year and was recently involved in…
Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Provides New Insights on Risk Factors, Identification Tools, Intervention
Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Established wisdom holds that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) will fare better if their disease is diagnosed as early as possible, and treatments with disease-modifying drugs are started before inflammation can do more damage to joints and tissue….
How to boost Hispanics’ participation in clinical trials? Relate to them, study shows
Hispanic cancer patients rarely participate in clinical trials, but researchers want to tailor a Spanish DVD to help change this. To create a relevant educational tool, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers investigated why awareness of and participation in trials are so low…
Brain-computer Interface Allows ALS Patients to Communicate
A brain-computer interface that can decipher the thoughts of people who are unable to communicate could revolutionize the lives of those living with completely locked-in syndrome according to a new paper published in PLOS Biology. Counter to expectations, the participants in…
Early Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease Identified
Researchers from the University of Aberdeen have detected key changes in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease. The study confirmed for the first time that two molecules assumed to contribute to the disease process are both present at very early…
Weight Loss May Help Prevent Multiple Myeloma
New research shows that excess weight increases the risk that a benign blood disorder will progress into multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood. The study, by a team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is published Nov….
Turning Back the Aging Clock
Researchers from Caltech and UCLA have developed a new approach targeting Aging Mitochondrial DNA to remove cellular damage that accumulates with age. Led by Nikolay Kandul, senior postdoctoral scholar in biology and biological engineering in the laboratory of Professor of Biology…
Colombian Pharmaceutical Market to See Strong Four Year Growth
The pharmaceutical market in Colombia is set to rise from $5 billion in 2015 to $7.1 billion by 2020, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.3%, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest report states that this substantial…
Phase II-III Services- South America
FOMAT Medical is a specialist in Phase 2, 3 & Phase 4 clinical trials in South America. FOMAT is a Site Management Organization providing services that specialize in the development and management of clinical trials. We meet expectations by concentrating on…
Microcapsule Eliminates Toxic Punch of Experimental Anti-Cancer Drug
Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a sugar-based molecular microcapsule that eliminates the toxicity of an anticancer agent developed a decade ago at Johns Hopkins, called 3-bromopyruvate, or 3BrPA, in studies of mice with implants of human pancreatic cancer tissue. The encapsulated…