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Young artist with Wilson’s disease does his bit for fellow sufferers
Daily News & Analysis Wilson’s disease is an inherited disorder in which excessive amounts of copper accumulate in the body, particularly in the liver, brain, and eyes. Narendra, who hails from Gondia, a small town in Maharashtra, was diagnosed with the disorder when he was … |
Intercept Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation of Phase 2 NASH Trial of OCA in Japan
NEW YORK — Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Intercept), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel bile acid therapeutics to treat chronic liver …
Modified Antibodies Trigger Immune Response, Point to Novel Vaccine Design … – Newswise (press release)
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Modified Antibodies Trigger Immune Response, Point to Novel Vaccine Design …
Newswise (press release) Newswise — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (January 7, 2013) – In an approach with the potential to aid therapeutic vaccine development, Whitehead Institute scientists have shown that enzymatically modified antibodies can be used to generate highly targeted, potent … |
Drug-eluting stents may lower reocclusion rates of CTOs – Healio
Drug-eluting stents may lower reocclusion rates of CTOsHealioResearchers of a recent study have found that everolimus-eluting stents and conventional anterograde or retrograde approaches to chronic total occlusion are associated with very low rates of …
Nurse donates dead husband's organs – Indian Express
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Nurse donates dead husband’s organs
Indian Express As a result of the donation, a 17-year-old girl suffering from a serious liver condition and two others got a new lease of life. The teenager underwent transplant at Jupiter Hospital in Thane last week. “Her condition was critical. She was waiting for … |
Fords man on road to recovery after receiving kidney from wife
Servio and Vanessa Mendez are recovering at home, about two months after Vanessa donated a kidney to her ailing husband, who suffered from polycystic kidney disease.
Whiff of desperation as tobacco lobby loses its puff over packaging – The Age
The AgeWhiff of desperation as tobacco lobby loses its puff over packagingThe AgeSixty-four nations have now made the unforgettable pictures law and six (New Zealand, Britain, France, Norway, Turkey and India) are already showing strong interest in fol…
Heart transplant recipient and service dog reunited after week-long search
A Joplin heart transplant recipient had been dealing with a different kind of heartache since New Year’s Day, when her 8-month-old boxer, Laila, disappeared from the family’s home on Porter Avenue.
Fewer Germans donating organs for transplants after claims doctors rigged … – Washington Post
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Fewer Germans donating organs for transplants after claims doctors rigged …
Washington Post BERLIN — Organ donations have dropped sharply in Germany following a scandal over alleged corruption at several transplant clinics. The German Foundation for Organ Transplantation says the number of organs donated fell almost 13 percent to 3,917 last … |
Blind Mice See After Cell Transplant
In a scientific feat that borrows from fiction, once-blind mice can see (and run — keep reading to see how) after receiving a retinal injection of light-sensitive cells — an approach that could one day help humans with disabling eye diseases. “If we transplant cells…