Marty,
Thanks for posting this. I'm interested in anything regarding strokes
because my mother's parents had strokes before they passed away & I hear
that type of stuff is hereditary and akin to heart attacks.
-Jean
On Thu, 06 Aug 1998 05:35:44 -0700 Martin Auslander
<fitecancer@earthlink.net> writes:
>Good Morning My FRiends,
>
>GENERAL INFORMATION
>
>TORONTO, August 4 /CNW-PRN/ - Skye PharmaTech Inc. today announced
>that
>it has developed what it believes to be the world's first rapid test
>to
>assist in the diagnosis of stroke.
>
>Skye scientists have developed a rapid immunoassay to measure a
>biochemical marker S-100, which is a calcium binding protein found in
>the brain. Research has shown that levels of S-100 are elevated early
>in cerebral infarctions.
>
>When challenged in making a diagnosis today, physicians must rely on
>symptoms, patient history and CATscans,'' said Ram Vairavan, Vice
>President at Skye. ``However CAT Scans are normal in 80% of the
>patients and can take up to 2 to 3 days to turn abnormal. The use of
>biochemical markers like S-100 will greatly assist physicians in
>determining if a stroke has occurred and enable the administration of
>therapeutics within the three hour window to minimize damage to the
>brain.''
>
>Stroke is one of the most common causes of death in the Western
>countries. Also known as the Brain Attack it strikes an estimated
>600,000 people every year in North America. As a result, 3 million
>Americans and 50,000 Canadians are permanently disabled. Brain Attack
>is caused by an occlusion of a blood vessel in the brain. If not
>diagnosed within a three hour window, from the onset of symptoms, it
>may lead to loss in speech, memory, paralysis and possibly death.
>Hence
>the key to successful therapy is the rapid diagnosis of the disease
>from the onset of symptoms.
>
>Pre-clinical data supports our findings that our S-100 test is
>sensitive to diagnose brain attack as the S-100 protein is elevated at
>the time of presentation while CT scans were still normal'' said Dr.
>George Jackowski, Chief Scientific Officer of Skye. The Skye test can
>be used with serum and test results can be obtained within 30 minutes.
>
>Skye PharmaTech Inc. common shares and purchase warrants currently
>trade on the Canadian Dealing Network (``CDN'') under the symbols
>``SKYE'' and ``SKYE.WT''. There are currently 3,389,566 shares and
>3,389,566 warrants issued and outstanding.
>
>SOURCE Skye Pharmatech Inc.\\
>
>Hope this information benefits.
>
>God Bless
>marty auslander
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