California Clinical Trials

• ART Initiates Clinical Trials of the SoftScan'R' System at the University of California-San Diego as Part of its North American Pivotal Study.

MONTREAL -- The University of California-San Diego participates in the clinical trial of this unique and innovative breast cancer diagnosis technolo...

• Business Wire
• March 29, 2006

• West Nile Treatment in Works

Any day now, an Oregon-based pharmaceutical company will begin clinical trials in Southern California and Arizona for a possible breakthrough in treatment of West Nile virus. To date, there is no known cure for the mosquito-borne virus that has infected 523 people and killed 15 in California.

• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
• February 12, 2006

• Major Grant Awarded for Prostate Cancer Research; Union Bank of California Foundation's grant to fund prostate cancer research, clinical trials.

Business/Medical Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2001 The Union Bank of California Foundation has approved the donation of a $100...

• Business Wire
• August 28, 2001

• Drug Aimed at Curing W. Nile Will Be Tested in Socal

Any day now, an Oregon-based pharmaceutical company will begin clinical trials in Southern California and Arizona for a possible breakthrough in treatment of West Nile virus infections. To date, there is no known cure for the mosquito-borne virus that has infected 523 people and killed 15 in California, 14 of them in Southern California.

• The Sun (San Bernardino, CA)
• March 16, 2006

• Human Trials with Embryonic Stem Cells Ok'd

CHICAGO - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday that a California-based company can begin the nation's first human clinical trials using embryonic stem cells. Geron Corp. will this year begin such cells in a clinical trial of spinal-cord patients. If Geron's trials are successful, it opens the door to new therapies and drug discoveries that many believe the Bush administration stymied because it had banned the use of federal funds for such research. Geron, however, has used its own money and that of investors.

• Charleston Gazette
• January 26, 2009

• Company Studies West Nile Virus Treatment

Any day now, an Oregon-based pharmaceutical company will begin clinical trials in Southern California and Arizona for a possible breakthrough in treatment of West Nile virus. To date, there is no known cure for the mosquito-borne virus that has infected 523 people and killed 15 in California.

• Redlands Daily Facts
• March 03, 2006

• West Nile Treatment in Works

Any day now, an Oregon-based pharmaceutical company will begin clinical trials in Southern California and Arizona for a possible breakthrough in treatment of West Nile virus. To date, there is no known cure for the mosquito-borne virus that has infected 523 people and killed 15 in California.

• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
• February 12, 2006

• Depression Treatment Shows Promise

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - A potential new treatment for depression involving magnetic pulses applied to the brain is getting a closer look from neuroscientists at University of California, Berkeley. Known as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation or TMS, the magnetic therapy has shown promise in clinical trials, but scientists have little understanding of how it alters brain function.

• Sunday Gazette-Mail
• October 08, 2007

• Stem Cell Therapy Cleared for Trials Study to Involve Acute Spinal Cord Patients

Ten years after University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher James Thomson first isolated and cultured human embryonic stem cells, a California company has received clearance from regulators to begin the first clinical trials for a therapy based on them. This summer, Geron Corp. plans to begin a study involving a human embryonic stem cell-based therapy with eight to 10 patients who have recently been diagnosed with acute spinal cord injury. The patients will receive a single injection within two weeks of their injury.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• January 29, 2009

• Levels of State Involvement in Aids Studies

What researchers, state officials and foster care agencies in various states told The Associated Press about the use of foster children in AIDS drug experiments. CALIFORNIA: No foster child can legally participate in clinical trials without an order of the state juvenile court. A spot check of several counties said they could not locate any records or officials who could recall ever approving a foster child for an AIDS drug trial.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• May 06, 2005