23May/13

Pakistani has a change of heart, and it's Indian – Daily News & Analysis

Pakistani has a change of heart, and it’s Indian
Daily News & Analysis
Ashmi, who was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy — a condition in which the heart becomes so weak and enlarged that it begins to affect the supply of blood to lungs, liver and other organs — was saved, thanks to a prompt heart transplant at a
Madrasi heart for Pakistani Madrassa teacherThe New Indian Express
An Indian heart beats for Pakistani nowNewstrack India

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23May/13

Vaccine Blackjack: IL-21 Critical to Fight Against Viral Infections – Science Daily (press release)

Vaccine Blackjack: IL-21 Critical to Fight Against Viral Infections
Science Daily (press release)
A main objective of vaccination is to make the recipient’s immune system develop antibodies that can neutralize infecting viruses. Signals from IL-21 appear to be necessary for generating long-lived plasma cells, which reside in the bone marrow and
Argonne works for HIV vaccineThe Chicago Maroon

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23May/13

Death rates decline for advanced heart failure patients, but outcomes are … – UC Los Angeles

Death rates decline for advanced heart failure patients, but outcomes are
UC Los Angeles
“For patients with the most advanced heart failure, treatment options used to be limited to heart transplantation — or face early death,” said study author Dr. Gregg C. Fonarow, UCLA’s Eliot Corday Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science and

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