Mayo Clinic Cancer Center has opened a new Phase I clinical trial testing an engineered measles virus against multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow that currently has no cure. This is the third of a series of molecular medicine studies in patients testing the potential of measles to kill can...
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Errors in stem cell division can give rise to tumours. By studying stem cells in the fruit fly, scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) have identified one of the mechanisms that govern how these cells divide. The study appears this week in the scientific journal Deve...
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The oustanding and comprehensive scientific program of renal science has been developed to update on all aspects of basic clinical and laboratory research and clinical care of renal patients.The Opening Lecture - to be given by Richard P. [click link for full article]
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Flavonoids, a group of compounds found in fruits and vegetables that had been thought to be nutritionally important for their antioxidant activity, actually have little or no value in that role, according to an analysis by scientists in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University. [click ...
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Earlier today the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new safety information and labelling for three drugs used to treat anemia.The drugs affected, known as erythropoiesis-stimulating agents or ESAs, are darbepoetin alfa (brand name Aranesp) and two epoetin alfa brands (Epogen and Procrit)....
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On Monday-Wednesday, April 23-25, the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) will host the first NIATx Summit in San Antonio. Addiction treatment providers, payers, policymakers and clinicians will come together to celebrate recent successes in treatment access and retention, unv...
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The following highlights recent news of state actions on abortion-related legislation.Kentucky: The Senate on Thursday voted 31-3 to pass a bill (SB 80) that would require physicians to provide material about fetal pain and anesthesia to women seeking an abortion, the [click link for full article]
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