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Surrey Leader At SFU, potential donors were asked fill out a consent form and submit to a cheek swab, where a cotton swab is used to take a small amount of cell tissue from the donor’s mouth to find the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) typing. That information is then … |
Gene Therapy Shows Early Promise for Heart Failure – WebMD
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Gene Therapy Shows Early Promise for Heart Failure
WebMD Heart failure is a chronic, progressive condition where the heart cannot pump blood efficiently enough to meet the body’s needs, which leads to problems like fatigue, breathlessness and swelling in the legs and feet. Most often, it arises after a heart … Stem Cell ‘Homing’ Signal May Help Treat Heart Failure PatientsScience Daily (press release) |
HIV/AIDS gene therapy work continues with NIH funds – WSU News
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HIV/AIDS gene therapy work continues with NIH funds
WSU News A blood stem cell transplant done in Germany is believed to have erased the patient’s HIV. He has been free of the disease for five years and that has sparked hope that gene therapy could be a cure for AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). |
Ladakh, a Lama and a likely lad – Stuff.co.nz
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Ladakh, a Lama and a likely lad
Stuff.co.nz By the time we cross the parking lot to our minivan, I seem to be missing a lung. Leh sits at … I’m travelling with Shakti Himalaya, a Delhi-based adventure travel agency that specialises in village-based adventures in remote parts of India’s … |
Diagnostic tests often misused: Doctors – Times of India
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Diagnostic tests often misused: Doctors
Times of India I think doctors should be put through ‘exit tests’ to check their theoretical and practical knowledge for awarding of degrees,” said Dr S K Sarin, former head of the Medical Council of India, and director, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS … |
Assessment of the Molecular Diagnostic Market for 38 NA Tests in UK, 2011 – MarketWatch (press release)
Assessment of the Molecular Diagnostic Market for 38 NA Tests in UK, 2011MarketWatch (press release)… X)(genetics:Her2Neu)(genetics:HLA Typing)(oncology:BRAF)(oncology:EGFR)(oncology:K RAS)(oncology:BCR / ABL)Total # of test/results per test type &am…
National Study: 30% of Chemotherapy Used Off-Label – Medscape
MedscapeNational Study: 30% of Chemotherapy Used Off-LabelMedscapeBut the study also turned up some disconcerting findings about the high rate of off-label prescribing of some agents, especially gemcitabine (Gemzar, Lilly), rituximab (Rituxan, Genentec…
Gene Therapy Shows Early Promise for Heart Failure – U.S. News & World Report
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Gene Therapy Shows Early Promise for Heart Failure
U.S. News & World Report Heart failure is a chronic, progressive condition where the heart cannot pump blood efficiently enough to meet the body’s needs, which leads to problems like fatigue, breathlessness and swelling in the legs and feet. Most often, it arises after a heart … Stem Cell ‘Homing’ Signal May Help Treat Heart Failure PatientsScience Daily (press release) |
NMMC Physicians Implant State's First Vagal Nerve Stimulator for Heart Failure – Marketwire (press release)
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NMMC Physicians Implant State’s First Vagal Nerve Stimulator for Heart Failure
Marketwire (press release) According to cardiac electrophysiologist Karl Crossen, M.D., and neurosurgeon Louis Rosa, M.D., research demonstrates a connection between the heart and brain that could benefit heart failure patients. Last fall, 61-year-old Jack Aldridge of Mooreville … |
New therapy for heart failure may enhance body's stem cell response at … – Medical Xpress
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New therapy for heart failure may enhance body’s stem cell response at …
Medical Xpress Heart failure (HF) can occur when the muscles of the heart become weakened and cannot pump blood sufficiently throughout the body. The injury is most often caused by inadequate blood flow to the heart resulting from chronic or acute cardiovascular … |