Onyx Pharmaceuticals it is all in the black….:)

Onyx Pharmaceuticals has a lot of clinical trials going on and development of drugs in the hopper.

Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONXX) announced today in Blood, the medical journal of the American Society of Hematology, has published their results from the 003-A1 Phase 2b trial, a single-arm, multicenter clinical trial evaluating Kyprolis(TM) (carfilzomib) for Injection for the treatment of patients with advanced multiple myeloma, who had received a median of five prior anti-myeloma regimens.

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Caffeine

Interesting story about how caffeine can stimulate the muscles of the elderly. Now the real question is what is it’s mode of action? In muscles of the young there is very little effect, so what do you think is happening?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120629120445.htm

Caffeine in general, stimulates the central nervous system and is used as a stimulant, and to treat headaches in combination with aspirin, for example.  It has also been suggested that caffeine alleviates the pain of a headache by altering the flow of blood through the blood vessels. Perhaps by doing this in the muscle, will have a similar response?

Caffeine is also suppose to keep you alert and reduce dementia and delay Alzheimer’s. SO keep on having  your morning Joe!

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120604142615.htm

http://www.bioportfolio.com/news/article/1066584/High-Blood-Caffeine-Levels-In-Older-Adults-Linked-To-Avoidance-Of-Alzheimer.html

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