Brandeis UniversityResearchers discover a mechanism of drug resistanceBrandeis UniversityPenicillium molds are best known for making penicillin, but also produce the not-so-famous mycophenolic acid, a billion-dollar drug used to ward off organ rejectio…
Breast Cancer Survival Up With Everolimus + Exemestane – Monthly Prescribing Reference
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mTOR inhibitors gaining favor for breast cancer treatment – Emory Health Now (blog)
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Local Organ Donor's Gift of Life to Be Honored in Rose Parade – Boise Weekly
Boise WeeklyLocal Organ Donor's Gift of Life to Be Honored in Rose ParadeBoise WeeklyToday, her family helped celebrate her double gift of organ donation. This morning, officials from the Idaho Transportation Department, Donate Life Northwest, and …
Research and Markets: Heart Transplantation Global Clinical Trials Review, H2 … – Business Wire (press release)
Research and Markets: Heart Transplantation Global Clinical Trials Review, H2 …Business Wire (press release)GlobalData's clinical trial report, Heart Transplantation Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2011" provides data on the Heart Transpl…
Heart Failure Device Rejected By FDA Committee – ThirdAge
ThirdAgeHeart Failure Device Rejected By FDA CommitteeThirdAgeA heart failure implantable device called CardioMEMS was rejected by six out of ten members of a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee, who claimed they could not determine whether…
LAURELS: DiTomaso receives Invasive Plant Council's highest honor – UC Davis
UC DavisLAURELS: DiTomaso receives Invasive Plant Council's highest honorUC DavisFor the third year in a row, a leading, independent health care ratings organization has recognized the UC Davis Medical Center as one of the top hospitals in the nati…
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) Approaches New Upside Target of $33.83 – Financial News Network Online
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) Approaches New Upside Target of $33.83Financial News Network OnlineThe Company's products and experimental therapies address cancer, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis, organ transplant rej…
Getting the Life Extension benefits of Rapamycin without the Side effects – Next Big Future
Getting the Life Extension benefits of Rapamycin without the Side effectsNext Big FutureData from experimental studies indicate that rapamacyin prolongs allograft survival and reverses acute rejection of kidney allografts in in rodents and humans. Besi…
Acute Kidney Injury Prevalent in Military Burn Casualties – Doctors Lounge
Heal Blog (blog)Acute Kidney Injury Prevalent in Military Burn CasualtiesDoctors LoungeAcute kidney injury is prevalent among military casualties with a burn injury, and is independently associated with increased morbidity and mortality after multivari…