East knows some scienceGreaterKashmir.comDatta talked of pertains to severe form of liver ailment resulting in failure, seen in pregnant woman in third trimester [last three months of pregnancy]. The mortality [death] rate has been assessed to be 20% h…
Irish IndependentNI leaders back organ donation changesU.TVCurrently, anyone who wants to become an organ donor when they die must register. Under new proposals put forward by Health Minister Edwin Poots, people would be presumed to have given … Publ…
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UB Viral Hepatitis Expert Presents at Prestigious Liver Meeting
UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences News During a presidential plenary session at the Liver Meeting, Talal discussed his research on hepatitis C virus infection, one of the most common causes of liver disease and the leading indication for liver transplantation in the United States. “A major … |
Nektar Announces Initiation of Investigator-Initiated Trial Evaluating …PharmaLive (press release) (subscription)Nektar Announces Initiation of Investigator-Initiated Trial Evaluating Etirinotecan Pegol (NKTR-102) as a Third-Line Treatment in Patient…
Cells Predict Onset of Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Men Receiving Bone …Science Daily (press release)Miklos and his associates have shown in other studies that an injectable drug called rituximab (itself an antibody) that attacks B cells while sparin…
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No hay riesgos por Rituximab
Comunicado-Prensa.com (Comunicado de prensa) Hasta la fecha no hay ningún reporte confirmado del riesgo de efectos adversos graves de Rituximab ni muertes asociadas al tratamiento con este medicamento. Así lo confirma un comunicado del Laboratorio Roche, que comercializa Rituximab en … |
Aljazeera.comSubstandard drugs blamed for TB crisisAljazeera.comFake or substandard drugs for tuberculosis are in full circulation in Africa, India and other developing countries, where it is prompting the rise of treatment-resistant strains of tubercu…
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Managing a talkathon
The Hindu They’ve had talks on anything ranging from Zen to wild dogs in the Mudumalai, Indian English, terrorism, Roerich’s art, elephant conservation, organ donation, off-shoring and its impact on India, women scientists of India, poetry reading, humour in … |
Taking Care: Congestive heart failure and telemonitoringTCPalmCongestive heart failure (CHF) affects nearly 5 million people in the United States with an annual cost of $30 billion. CHF has more dollars spent on diagnosis and treatment than any other d…
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Tengion to Present at the BIO CEO & Investor Conference
Equities.com The Company’s lead preclinical candidate is the Neo-Kidney Augment, which is designed to prevent or delay dialysis kidney transplantation by increasing renal function in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. Tengion has worldwide rights to its … |