Orgenesis Enters Into R&D Agreement With The Fraunhofer IGBBusiness Wire (press release)“We are very excited to support Orgenesis in their development of a very promising new therapy for diabetes that overcomes the problem of donor shortage and r…
St. Louis doctor helping women preserve chance at motherhoodSTLtoday.comThe young woman from London wanted a risky stem cell transplant to treat her multiple sclerosis. She knew the chemotherapy involved with the transplant probably would leave her inf…
A former Navy SEAL finished a half marathon Saturday — then met the stranger he credits for saving his life.
Novartis announces encouraging results from Phase III heart failure studyEquities.comNov 12, 2012 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) — Novartis AG has announced that Phase III RELAX-AHF study has shown that investigational RLX030 improved symptoms and reduced d…
U.S. News & World ReportNew Kidney Allocation Proposal Is Ethically UnacceptableU.S. News & World ReportFirst, individuals with ESRD have two therapeutic options: dialysis or kidney transplantation. Second, virtually all individuals with ESRD, regardle…
Following is a summary of current health news briefs. Novartis drug helps patients with rare inflammatorydiseases ZURICH (Reuters) – Novartis' Ilaris helps reducepatients' symptoms and the frequency of attacks in two rareinflammatory diseases, …
CellAegis Devices Announces Initiation of Clinical Testing of Remote Ischemic …MarketWatch (press release)The study design for the Toronto clinical program calls for the enrollment of 24 adult patients with stage T1 renal cell carcinoma (RCC) schedul…
NEW YORK — Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Intercept), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics to treat chronic liver diseases, …
Times of IndiaWhy Asian women are more susceptible to cancerTimes of IndiaThe finding provides further evidence that risk of lung cancer among never-smokers, especially Asian women, may be associated with certain unique inherited genetic characteristic…
Robotic surgeries boost Bangalore's medical tourismDaily News & AnalysisSince Anjana wanted to preserve her kidney and, at the same time, get rid of the tumour, she underwent a procedure called Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy (kidney preserving …