HIV drug reduces graft-versus-host disease in stem cell transplant patients …EurekAlert (press release)(SAN DIEGO) — An HIV drug that redirects immune cell traffic appears to significantly reduce the dangerous complication graft-versus-host disease …
Abbott Labs Spinoff Looks Like the Right MoveInvestorplace.comAlso in development is daclizumab, which appears to be both safe and effective in treating the most common form of multiple sclerosis. Phase III testing is also underway for bardoxolone, whi…
15 Per Cent Of Malaysians At Risk Of Chronic Kidney Disease – Health Director …BernamaKUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 (Bernama) — Fifteen per cent or 4.2 million of the Malaysian population are at risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD), Director-General of Healt…
French TribuneOnyx Pharmaceuticals Experience Tumbling of SharesFrench TribuneAn expert from the Department of Medicine, Oncology Division, Bone Marrow Transplantation & Leukemia Section at the Washington University School of Medicine, Ravi Vij, wh…
Managing glucose levels may not lower heart failure risk for diabeticsDiabetes.co.ukA study carried out by scientists in Glasgow has found that for people who have type 2 diabetes, close control of their glucose levels does not necessarily offer a redu…
Iron Homeostasis Signatures Predict Immunosuppression Withdrawal for Liver …Genetic Engineering NewsTheir paper is titled “Intra-graft expression of genes involved in iron homeostasis predicts the development of operational tolerance in human liver…
Azerbaijan Business CenterFirst operations on kidney transplantation held in AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Business CenterRepublican Urology Clinics named after M. Javadzadeh has commenced holding operations on kidney transplantation. Health Ministry reports th…
Roche's blood cancer antibody outperforms MabTheraPMLiVERoche says it will now press on with phase III testing of GA101 as an alternative to MabThera (rituximab), which was originated by Biogen Idec and is sold by Roche outside the USA and Japan. T…
SunHerald.comSeattle Genetics and Millennium Highlight Pivotal Data on ADCETRIS …PipelineReview.com (press release)ADCETRIS was granted accelerated approval by the US Food and Drug Administration in August 2011 for two indications: (1) the treatment …
New organ donor guidelines are issuedThe Press, YorkIt says that although 90 per cent of the UK public approves of organ donation, only 28 per cent have signed up to the NHS Organ Donor Register. And with about 10000 people on waiting lists for transpl…