Rigel to Present at UBS Global Life Sciences ConferenceSacramento Bee… R343, an inhaled SYK inhibitor for asthma and R333, a topical JAK/SYK inhibitor for discoid lupus – both of which have commenced Phase 2 clinical trials; and R548, an oral JAK3 …
In Conversation With: Investigative Reporter Sasha Chavkin – New York Times (blog)
New York Times (blog)In Conversation With: Investigative Reporter Sasha ChavkinNew York Times (blog)The disease, a type of chronic kidney ailment, has affected about a third of the population in some areas in the region of Uddanam, the journalist Sasha…
Teenager who may not live to see her 21st birthday makes YouTube plea to find … – Daily Mail
Daily MailTeenager who may not live to see her 21st birthday makes YouTube plea to find …Daily MailShe ends the video by urging people to sign up to the organ donor register and saying how, once she does not need them, she will give 'any of my he…
India is free, but not for all! – Daily Pioneer
India is free, but not for all!Daily PioneerHe died out of kidney failure. CRPF was footing his medical expense which was around `6 lakh. Some people are wasting tears over a matter which has no base. Have any of them visited his home to help the famil…
Minnesota Boy Becomes Seventh Victim Of Superbug
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online The drug-resistant superbug that has infected 19 patients at the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) Clinical Center has claimed its seventh victim, officials from the Bethesda, Maryland research h…
MEGA BLOOD DONATION CAMP HELD IN CITY – Star of Mysore
MEGA BLOOD DONATION CAMP HELD IN CITYStar of MysoreMysore, Sept. 17 -Akhila Bharatiya Terapanth Yuvak Parishad (ABTYP) had organised a mega blood donation camp at different locations in city this morning. The camp is being simultaneously held across th…
Slideshow: Mystery in the Fields – The Center for Public Integrity
Slideshow: Mystery in the FieldsThe Center for Public IntegrityWorkers at the nearby sugar cane plantation have alleged for nearly a decade that pesticides and working conditions are responsible for the epidemic of chronic kidney disease in their area,…
Breath analysis could help diagnose lung cancer: study – Business Standard
Breath analysis could help diagnose lung cancer: studyBusiness StandardPress Trust of India / Washington September 17, 2012, 15:25. Breath testing could be used to discriminate between benign and malignant pulmonary nodules, which can help in efficient…
Using the Body to Incubate Replacement Organs
A surgeon is working on a different method of organ regeneration, so far only in animals — using another part of the body to nourish the replacement as it grows and is ready for transplanting.
Help for kidney patients
A NATIONAL organisation is working with a North-East hospital in a bid to help patients who need a new kidney have their transplant as quickly as possible.