How chemotherapy drug causes heart failureDaily News & AnalysisDoxorubicin, a 50-year-old chemotherapy drug still in widespread use against a variety of cancers, has long been known to destroy heart tissue, as well as tumours, in some patients. A team …
This Week in PLOS
In an essay in PLOS Biology , a team from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory argues that high-throughput DNA sequencing may offer a window into the connections between neurons in the mouse brain.
Cuts at Pfizer in Canada
Pfizer is laying off 300 people from its Canadian workforce , reports The Globe and Mail . That represents about 11 percent of its workers in that country, the paper adds.
One organ donor can save up to eight lives – Windsor Star (blog)
BBC NewsOne organ donor can save up to eight livesWindsor Star (blog)According to figures released by Trillium Gift of Life Network, the organ and tissue donation agency of the Ministry of Health, organ donation registration rates in the province leave…
Scottish News: Recipient backs new donor campaign
A young woman who underwent a life-saving heart transplant has called on more Scots to join the organ donor register.
New heart patient backs donor bid
A young heart transplant patient helps launch organ donor plea
Black cohosh pills leave woman suffering from liver failure – The New Age Online
Black cohosh pills leave woman suffering from liver failureThe New Age OnlineAccording to DailyMail.co.uk the anonymous woman developed a liver failure just after starting to use black cohosh and the doctors could not confirm how much se consumed. “I…
Recipient backs new donor campaign
A young woman who underwent a life-saving heart transplant has called on more Scots to join the organ donor register.
Survey: Many docs will be slow to switch to biosimilar mAbs – FierceBiotech
Survey: Many docs will be slow to switch to biosimilar mAbsFierceBiotechBut there was a distinct hesitancy noted in the U.S. when the conversation turned to the first generation of biosimilars for the monoclonal antibodies like rituximab (Roche's (…
How chemotherapy drug causes heart failure – Times of India
How chemotherapy drug causes heart failureTimes of IndiaA team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has identified an unexpected mechanism that drives the drug's attack on heart muscle, providing a new approach for…