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Cancer surgeons upset with marginal increase
Indian Express They say that there is a rise in lung cancer among women also. India has the … According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS 2010) released in October 2010, nearly one third of India’s population is addicted to smokeless tobacco. Kamlesh Bokil … |
CytRx Reaches Patient Enrollment Target in Global Phase 2b Clinical Trial with …PharmaLive (press release) (subscription)CytRx Reaches Patient Enrollment Target in Global Phase 2b Clinical Trial with Tamibarotene as First-Line Treatment for Non-Small…
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Investors pump $48M into heart failure device company CardioKinetix
San Francisco Business Times (blog) The Menlo Park developer of a catheter-based device for heart failure patients, called the Parachute ventricular partitioning device, said Thursday that it recently completed the $23 million second tranche of the financing. “This financing allows us to … CardioKinetix Completes $48 Million in Series E Financing for Catheter-Based …MarketWatch (press release) |
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New Book Suggests Return from Death Possible
Discovery News … clearly the answer is yes. The question — at least in near-death experience research — is instead whether people can be brought back (without catastrophic and irreparable brain damage) after clinical brain death, and the answer to that seems to … |
2012 Stem Cell Standouts And The Outlook For 2013Seeking AlphaPLX cells can be used to support bone marrow transplantation and in treating bone marrow suppression caused by radiation and chemotherapy. However, much clinical work needs to be completed t…
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Rod Shaped Chemotherapy Drugs Coated With Antibodies Aggressively Attack …
Medgadget.com Chemotherapy medications can be finicky when attacking cancers, showing efficacy but often not enough to subdue the disease. A team of researchers from UC Santa Barbara, South Korea’s Pusan National University, and Genentech decided to investigate … From Spheres To Rods, Reshaping Chemotherapy Drugs May Make Them Far …RedOrbit Nanorods 10000x better at targeting cancerFuturity: Research News |
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Woman Survives Heart Failure and Breast…
ABC News After surviving breast cancer twice, losing her husband in a freak car accident, and going into heart failure because of the chemotherapy, she considers surviving 50 years one of her greatest achievements. Now, she’s telling her story of survival … Woman Runs Marathon After Surviving Breast Cancer, Heart TransplantKMBZ |
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How my mom’s death changed my thinking about end-of-life care
Raw Story But a nursing supervisor’s examination found that the 47-year-old man displayed a strong gag-and-cough reflex and slightly moved his head, all inconsistent with brain death. A neurosurgeon confirmed her findings. No one was suggesting that my mom was … |
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Photos: The first successful hand transplant surgery in Middle East performed …
Payvand Members of the Tehran’s 15th Khordad Hospital surgery team have successfully completed hand transplant surgery during 8.5 hours of breathtaking procedure. Masoud Yavary in an interview with Pars health reporter said: “this transplant operation started … |
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Sunderland announce Mandela Foundation link
Times of India … a lung infection and gallstone operation. South Africa’s first black president after the country’s first all-race elections in 1994, Mandela has a long history of lung problems, dating back to the time when he was an apartheid political prisoner on … |