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Health

HIV Gene Therapy Shows Optimistic Results

HIV Gene Therapy Shows Optimistic Results

The first phase 2 gene therapy trial for treating HIV has shown some promising first results. The...
» read full story February 16th, 2009 - 23:55

"AIDS cure" good for only 1 per cent of patients, say experts

Hamburg - Physicians in Germany who say they have "functionally cured" a patient with...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 06:40
Bone Marrow Transplants May Cure HIV

Bone Marrow Transplants May Cure HIV

HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, is such a hardy pathogen that the concept of curing a poor...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 17:51
Leukemia and HIV Gone After Bone Marrow Transplant

Leukemia and HIV Gone After Bone Marrow Transplant

Medical history was written recently, after a patient with both leukemia and HIV received a bone...
» read full story November 13th, 2008 - 22:06

Update: Full Cancer Genome Decoded

Cancer is one of the most destructive diseases of past and present centuries. Certain treatments...
» read full story November 07th, 2008 - 21:40
Erbitux Less Effective For Colon Cancer Patients With Second Gene Mutation

Erbitux Less Effective For Colon Cancer Patients With Second Gene Mutation

Treatment with cetuximab (Erbitux) was less effective for patients with advanced colorectal cancer...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 14:46
New TB vaccine offers hope for AIDS patients, German researchers say

New TB vaccine offers hope for AIDS patients, German researchers say

Hamburg - An early tuberculosis vaccine dating back to the 1920s has been vastly improved thanks to...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 07:37
Scientists Might Have Found The Origin Of HIV

Scientists Might Have Found The Origin Of HIV

In a recent study, to be published in tomorrow's issue of the journal Nature, scientists reveal new...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 22:35
American Researchers Find New, Safer Way To Develop Stem Cells

American Researchers Find New, Safer Way To Develop Stem Cells

Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston have found a...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 23:11
Stem Cell Research Advocates Gather at the World Stem Cell Summit

Stem Cell Research Advocates Gather at the World Stem Cell Summit

On Monday and Tuesday, hundreds of researchers, stem cell research advocates and investors...
» read full story September 23rd, 2008 - 15:30
Update: New Breast Cancer Vaccine Proves Efficient In Lab Experiment

Update: New Breast Cancer Vaccine Proves Efficient In Lab Experiment

An experimental breast cancer vaccine proved efficient in treating breast cancer caused by an...
» read full story September 15th, 2008 - 14:45
Broccoli Could Benefit COPD Patients

Broccoli Could Benefit COPD Patients

Besides lowering the risk of cancer and coronary heart disease due to high levels of vitamin C and...
» read full story September 13th, 2008 - 15:00
“Stand Up to Cancer” Telethon Raises Big Money

“Stand Up to Cancer” Telethon Raises Big Money

Friday, the “Stand Up to Cancer” telethon, aimed at raising money to fund research that...
» read full story September 08th, 2008 - 19:27
Scientists Discover New Technique To “Reprogram” Pancreas Cells In Mice

Scientists Discover New Technique To “Reprogram” Pancreas Cells In Mice

Harvard scientists have managed to transform one type of pancreas cell in living mice into another...
» read full story August 28th, 2008 - 13:00
Antiretroviral Therapy Adds 13 Years More for HIV Patients

Antiretroviral Therapy Adds 13 Years More for HIV Patients

New research published in this week’s special HIV/AIDS issue of The Lancet reveals that the life...
» read full story July 25th, 2008 - 12:00
Genetic Variation Linked To Muscle Pain Due To Statins

Genetic Variation Linked To Muscle Pain Due To Statins

A genetic variation might be responsible for a rare but serious side effect of...
» read full story July 24th, 2008 - 15:05
Scientists Detect Gene Variant Possibly Linked to Alzheimer’s

Scientists Detect Gene Variant Possibly Linked to Alzheimer’s

Scientists have discovered a gene that almost doubles the risk of developing the most common form...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 13:41

FDA Says J&J Psoriasis Drug Could Increase Cancer Risk

The FDA reviwers noted in a analysis released on Friday that the experimental psoriasis drug,...
» read full story June 14th, 2008 - 09:06
New Data Triggers Revision of Erbitrux vs. Avastin Study

New Data Triggers Revision of Erbitrux vs. Avastin Study

While the European Medicines Agency, based in London, has approved the use of Erbitux, produced by...
» read full story June 04th, 2008 - 22:37
Gene Therapy Found to Slow Progression of Fatal Brain Condition

Gene Therapy Found to Slow Progression of Fatal Brain Condition

An experimental gene therapy had positive effects in slowing the progression of Batten disease, or...
» read full story May 14th, 2008 - 14:39
Blindness May be Improved with Breakthrough Gene Therapy

Blindness May be Improved with Breakthrough Gene Therapy

Gene therapy has restored vision partially in patients who were blind in experiments by Seattle...
» read full story April 28th, 2008 - 18:48
Gene Mutation in African-Americans Mimics Beta-Blocker Drugs

Gene Mutation in African-Americans Mimics Beta-Blocker Drugs

New research revealed that a gene variant carried by about 40 percent of African-Americans...
» read full story April 22nd, 2008 - 15:22
New Breast Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Clinical Trial

New Breast Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Clinical Trial

A small clinical trial (conducted by the U.S. military) of an experimental vaccine designed to...
» read full story April 14th, 2008 - 11:19
Gene Alteration Corrects Fragile X Syndrome in Mice

Gene Alteration Corrects Fragile X Syndrome in Mice

A recent study shows that researchers have altered a gene and this allowed them to correct many...
» read full story December 20th, 2007 - 11:12
Lung Transplant Not the Best Solution for Cystic Fibrosis

Lung Transplant Not the Best Solution for Cystic Fibrosis

Lung transplants, which have been seen as a treatment of last resort for cystic fibrosis, seem to...
» read full story November 23rd, 2007 - 14:36
Chemical in Marijuana Fights Breast Cancer

Chemical in Marijuana Fights Breast Cancer

A chemical without psychoactive properties found in Cannabis sativa appears to have very good...
» read full story November 20th, 2007 - 20:37
The Discovery Of New Asthma Gene Could Lead To New Treatment

The Discovery Of New Asthma Gene Could Lead To New Treatment

An international team of scientists reported the discovery of a new gene that is strongly...
» read full story July 05th, 2007 - 20:30
New Parkinson Treatment Shows Promise

New Parkinson Treatment Shows Promise

Parkinson sick people could soon benefit from a new, side-effects free genetic therapy that...
» read full story June 22nd, 2007 - 15:11
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World

When Bone Marrow Transplant Cures HIV

When Bone Marrow Transplant Cures HIV

The medical world has welcomed the first case of HIV completely cured. Is that possible, some have...
» read full story November 15th, 2008 - 14:08
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Specials

Bone Marrow Transplant Possibly Curing HIV

Bone Marrow Transplant Possibly Curing HIV

People suffering from the immunodeficiency virus may be soon cured through a bone marrow...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 13:00
“Life On Mars” Is Alien-ish Enough To Tempt Us

“Life On Mars” Is Alien-ish Enough To Tempt Us

“Life on Mars” cannot possibly go wrong. Just picture a nowadays ordinary scene. Traffic jams,...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 14:19
Smoking Addiction Could Be In Your Genes

Smoking Addiction Could Be In Your Genes

Researchers from the University of Michigan, Washington University School of Medicine, as well as...
» read full story August 11th, 2008 - 14:15
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Movies

Two-Time Oscar Nominee Roy Scheider Dies at 75

Two-Time Oscar Nominee Roy Scheider Dies at 75

Two-time Academy Award nominee, Roy Scheider, whom everyone remembers from his role as the fearless...
» read full story February 11th, 2008 - 10:52
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Science

Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Researchers took one more step toward so-called regenerative medicine by developing a safer way of...
» read full story September 26th, 2008 - 14:40
Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

No need to worry about the ethical implications of stem-cell research anymore: American scientists...
» read full story December 23rd, 2007 - 23:47
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