MedPage TodayCase of PML Linked to JakafiMedPage TodayMore recently, PML has struck patients treated with drugs targeting specific elements of the immune system, such as natalizumab (Tysabri), rituximab (Rituxan), and dimethyl fumarate (Fumaderm). Ruxo…
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Radioimmunotherapy Deemed Safe and Effective for Lymphoma Patients
HealthCanal.com According to data published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, the use of 177Lu-DOTA-rituximab as a radioimmunotherapy results in a high rate of tumor response while using less radiation than current therapies. “Twelve years ago … |
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Mom’s Antibodies May Cause Some Autism
Science AAAS In 2008, Van de Water found that roughly a quarter of 61 women with autistic children carried in their blood an unusual group of antibodies—large, Y-shaped proteins with sticky ends that normally bind to and destroy foreign or potentially harmful … |
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Radioimmunotherapy Deemed Safe And Effective For Lymphoma Patients
RedOrbit According to data published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, the use of 177Lu-DOTA-rituximab as a radioimmunotherapy results in a high rate of tumor response while using less radiation than current therapies. “Twelve years ago, … |
Maternal Tdap vaccine increased pertussis antibodies in infantsHealioChildren whose mothers received the tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine during pregnancy had higher pertussis antibody concentrations between birth and the first vaccine do…
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Autism May Be Caused By Maternal Antibodies that Target the Fetus
Science World Report Today’s Autism epidemic shows that as many as one in 88 children will be diagnosed with having an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), according to Psychology Today. Furthermore, it has been established that autism and ASD are caused by alterations that … |
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Radioimmunotherapy deemed safe and effective for lymphoma patients
Science Codex According to data published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, the use of 177Lu-DOTA-rituximab as a radioimmunotherapy results in a high rate of tumor response while using less radiation than current therapies. “Twelve years ago … |
UC Davis MIND Institute researchers find exposure to maternal antibodies …Eureka! Science NewsResearchers with the UC Davis MIND Institute have found that prenatal exposure to specific combinations of antibodies found only in mothers of children with…
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Autism Risk Tied to Mother’s Antibodies
Counsel & Heal The researchers found that after they tested the mothers of the autistic children, all mothers with the exception of one had specific antibodies that seem to affect with fetal cognitive development in the womb. The one mother that did not have these … |
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Researchers Identify Specific Fetal Antigens Attacked by Maternal Antibodies
Science Daily (press release) July 9, 2013 — UC Davis MIND Institute researchers have identified the specific antibodies that target fetal brain proteins in the blood of a subset of women whose children are diagnosed with autism. The finding is the first to pinpoint a specific … |