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Local doctors give leukemia patients new hope
KOMO News Doctors advised Harding that her best chance of survival would be a stem cell transplant. Unfortunately relapse after a stem cell transplant is the leading cause of death for patients with high-risk leukemias. Harding’s doctors predicted she had a 20 … |
Which City Has the Worst Air Pollution in the World? – Slate Magazine
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Which City Has the Worst Air Pollution in the World?
Slate Magazine The airborne detritus puts me in danger of contracting bronchitis, asthma, a lung infection, even hypertension and dementia. China’s appalling air quality made … Outdoor air pollution has become India’s fifth highest killer. Only tobacco, high blood … |
Audacity of hope – Hindustan Times
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Audacity of hope
Hindustan Times The only other person cured is Timothy Ray Brown, the “Berlin patient” who became Aids-free after undergoing a stem cell transplant from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that resists HIV infection. What makes the Mississippi baby’s cure more … A Toddler May Have Been Cured of HIV InfectionMIT Technology Review ‘Berlin Patient’ reacts to second HIV cure caseKVVU Las Vegas The amazing story of the ‘Berlin Patient’: Cured of HIV/AIDSNewstalk 106-108 fm (blog) |
Sachin opens cancer research centre – Hindu Business Line
Hindu Business LineSachin opens cancer research centreHindu Business LineStating that the incidence of gastrointestinal cancers was extremely high in India, he said about 40 per cent of these cancers could be prevented if screened early. G. V. Rao, a s…
Will California Try Again to Legalize Assisted Suicide? – LifeNews.com
Will California Try Again to Legalize Assisted Suicide?LifeNews.comThey came close to getting it in 2008 when Governor Schwarzenegger signed four bills: AB 3000 (WOLK, D) Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment-POLST; AB2747 (Berg-D) End-of-Life…
US HIV baby 'cured' by early drug treatment – Mmegi Online
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US HIV baby ‘cured’ by early drug treatment
Mmegi Online His infection was eradicated through an elaborate treatment for leukaemia that involved the destruction of his immune system and a stem cell transplant from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that resists HIV infection. In contrast, the case of the … How Johns Hopkins’ gamble could have found an AIDS cureFirstpost Baby apparently cured of HIV “deserved our best shot,” says doctorKENS 5 TV Have we cured HIV? Mississippi baby born with virus now healthyThe Week UK RT –EarthSky (blog) all 728 news articles » |
Study shows increase in liver transplantation for hepatoblastoma – Medical Xpress
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Study shows increase in liver transplantation for hepatoblastoma
Medical Xpress Liver transplantation for hepatoblastoma, the most common liver malignancy in children, is on the rise because more tumors are being detected earlier, improving outcomes for these sick patients, according to a Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC … |
Older Circulatory-Death Donor Kidneys Acceptable for Transplant – Renal and Urology News
Older Circulatory-Death Donor Kidneys Acceptable for TransplantRenal and Urology NewsIn addition, a cold ischemia time of more than 24 hours predicts worse graft survival of BDD kidneys compared with NHBD kidneys. The government-funded study of 6,490 k…
What's Happenin': Spring 2013 – River Cities Reader
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What’s Happenin’: Spring 2013
River Cities Reader I knew that kids would love it the moment I learned that real, carefully preserved anatomical specimens would be on display, and that children would even have the chance to touch and hold real body organs at the exhibit’s Interactive Desk. … Together … |
IQWiG rejects Cell Therapeutics' Pixuvri – PMLiVE
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IQWiG rejects Cell Therapeutics’ Pixuvri
PMLiVE Results from the PIX306 trial, comparing Pixuvri and Roche’s MabThera (rituximab) to a regimen of Lilly’s Gemzar (gemcitabine) and MabThera, are expected by June 2015 as part of this post-marketing follow-up. Conditional marketing authorisations are … |