Monthly Archives: November 2011

Fighting Cancer, Celebrating Life – Huffington Post


Fighting Cancer, Celebrating Life
Huffington Post
Chemo and a crazy protocol of a drug called Rituximab for two months this summer made me good as new. I thank the men and woman in white lab coats for that and on their behalf, I am writing you. "I turned 50 this year and have raised $40000 for the ...

NPPA revises prices of 146 formulation packs, refixes prices of Eli Lilly’s … – pharmabiz.com


NPPA revises prices of 146 formulation packs, refixes prices of Eli Lilly's ...
pharmabiz.com
In another significant move, the price regulator has taken Methyl Prednisolone out of the scheduled category. “Consequent upon the notification issued vide SO No 1503(E) dated 01.07.2011 notifying that Methyl Prednisolone is not a derivative of ...

Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells: Prime Source For Transplants And Future … – Science 2.0 (press release)


Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells: Prime Source For Transplants And Future ...
Science 2.0 (press release)
She was the first to execute a cord blood stem cell transplant curing a child with Fanconi's Anemia in 1988, using the stem cells of a sibling. At the occasion of the Symposium, she showed that cord blood is becoming rapidly the preferred source for ...

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Roche NimbleGen And BGI Develop Advanced MHC Region Capture Technology For … – Science 2.0 (press release)


Roche NimbleGen And BGI Develop Advanced MHC Region Capture Technology For ...
Science 2.0 (press release)
Because of it polymorphic nature, linkage disequilibrium, and inheritance of haplotype, MHC has been targeted for a wide range of research applications, including population evolution, paternity testing, HLA typing and organ transplant matching. ...

Mom with congestive heart failure struggles to keep up with housework – Austin American-Statesman


Austin American-Statesman

Mom with congestive heart failure struggles to keep up with housework
Austin American-Statesman
Congestive heart failure and Graves' disease, an immune system disorder, make it hard to care for her three children and their father, John Mann, 39 . Her oldest daughter, Megan, 10, has cerebral palsy. Her son, Michael, 7, needed surgery for a ...

In Sickness & In Health: Preventing heart failure – KHON2


In Sickness & In Health: Preventing heart failure
KHON2
Heart attacks and heart failure are still among the most significant threats to our wellness. There are a number of things we can do to prevent the problem. First, we should define what we mean by heart failure. "Heart failure is also known as ...

Mobile blood donation van to be launched – Indian Express


Mobile blood donation van to be launched
Indian Express
“We often come across people wanting to organise blood donation camps but they are unable to do so for want of a proper venue. From now on, venue will not be a problem,” said Dr Chander Mohan, director health services, UT. “It will be of great utility ...

Hope for new AIDS protection seen in mouse study – Salt Lake Tribune


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Hope for new AIDS protection seen in mouse study
Salt Lake Tribune
Those defenses are generally antibodies, which are proteins in the blood that have just the right shape to grab onto parts of an invading virus. Once that happens, the virus can't establish a lasting infection and is cleared from the body. ...
New HIV treatment shows 100% protection in miceZee News
New HIV treatment shows 100% protection in miceCBS News
Gene Therapy Approach 'Completely' Protects Mice from HIV InfectionInternational Business Times

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Hope for new AIDS protection seen in mouse study – Salt Lake Tribune


The Hindu

Hope for new AIDS protection seen in mouse study
Salt Lake Tribune
Those defenses are generally antibodies, which are proteins in the blood that have just the right shape to grab onto parts of an invading virus. Once that happens, the virus can't establish a lasting infection and is cleared from the body. ...
New HIV treatment shows 100% protection in miceZee News
New HIV treatment shows 100% protection in miceCBS News
Gene Therapy Approach 'Completely' Protects Mice from HIV InfectionInternational Business Times

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Of Mice and Muscle Cells: Caltech Study Uses HIV-Neutralizing Antibodies – NBC Los Angeles


CNET

Of Mice and Muscle Cells: Caltech Study Uses HIV-Neutralizing Antibodies
NBC Los Angeles
Nobel Laureate David Baltimore (left) and Alejandro Balazs, lead author of the study that used genes introduced to mice that produced HIV-neutralizing antibodies. Caltech researchers are studying a different approach to HIV/AIDS ...
Biologists one step closer to neutralizing HIVCNET
Gene therapy can protect against HIVNature.com
Neutralising HIV with antibodies; Malaria breakthrough; Second biopsy ...Insidermedicine
Next Big Future -GP online
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