Peripheral blood stem cell transplant may change practiceHealioPeripheral blood stem cell and bone marrow transplantation from unrelated donors produced similar survival outcomes in a cohort of more than 500 patients, according to results of a phase 3 …
Pig genomes provide massive amount of genomic data for human health
Researchers provide a whole-genome sequence and analysis of number of pig breeds, including a miniature pig that serves a model for human medical studies and therapeutic drug testing.
Heart failure in older breast cancer patients linked to medication – Medical Xpress
Heart failure in older breast cancer patients linked to medicationMedical XpressHeart failure is a relatively common complication in older women with breast cancer, but the risk is even higher in those patients treated with adjuvant trastuzumab (Hercep…
Afghan people have taken democracy to heart: Hamid Karzai – Times of India
Afghan people have taken democracy to heart: Hamid KarzaiTimes of IndiaHamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, is fighting several fires, not the least of which is the fact that Pakistan continues to want to support terrorist groups that are targeting …
Prednisolone failed to increase viremia in dengue – Healio
Prednisolone failed to increase viremia in dengueHealioPrednisolone therapy in the early stages of dengue infection was not associated with any adverse effects or delayed viral clearance, according to researchers from the Hospital for Tropical Diseases…
Emory names new dean for School of Medicine – Emory University News and Events
Emory names new dean for School of MedicineEmory University News and EventsChristian P. Larsen, an internationally recognized leader in transplant surgery and immunology, has been named dean of Emory University School of Medicine. He also will serve as…
Sequencing a mini-pig: The whole story
The Wuzhishan miniature pig is one of 72 breeds native to China. New research published in BioMed Central and BGI's open access journal GigaScience provides the genome sequence of this rare mini-pig. An in-depth analysis of this sequence, along wit…
From heart failure to healthy – Navarre Press
From heart failure to healthyNavarre PressExactly one year ago, Juli Elkins of Mary Esther was lying in a hospital bed with heart failure. The extra weight she had been carrying around her whole life was literally killing her, and her doctor's prog…
Veloxis Pharmaceuticals announces financial results for the first nine months of 2012
HORSHOLM, Denmark, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Highlights:Veloxis has in October 2012 entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A, a fully integrated European Pharmaceutical …
Defending Children's Rights Means Defending Their Mothers, Too – Huffington Post (blog)
Defending Children's Rights Means Defending Their Mothers, TooHuffington Post (blog)Each year, we celebrate Child Rights Day to honor the millions of children who are the heart and soul of India — and of India's future. It is a day of fun, gam…