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A prescription cream containing the compound imiquimod has been shown to effectively treat melanoma in mice. Imiquimod has several tumor fighting elements, but one of ... Read More »
According to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 32 million Americans have proteins in their bodies, called autoantibodies, that attack their own ... Read More »
Researchers at Loyola University Chicago have published unexpected findings that smoke inhalation patients who died from their injuries had lower inflammatory... Read More »
A team of Weizmann Institute scientists have made a breakthrough in treating autoimmune disease. In such diseases, including Crohn’s and rheumatoid arthritis... Read More »
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute have genetically engineered the immune system of the Anopheles mosquito to block the transmission of... Read More »
Those following Dancing with the Stars know that this season’s hero was J.R. Martinez. J.R. Martinez was horribly injured in the war and suffered severe burns... Read More »
Today, Amgen announced data from the Phase 3 study to test the safety and efficacy of Nplate® in patients with immune thrombocytopenia, a bleeding disorder caused ... Read More »
Janssen International NV, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, announced yesterday that the European Commission approved the drug EDURANT® as a... Read More »
Sniffly, sneezy, achy, feverish and overall icky is what is in store for the 5 to 20 percent of the US population that will suffer from the flu this year. Over... Read More »
(Reuters) - A genetically engineered smallpox vaccine reduced the risk of death for patients with advanced liver cancer by nearly 60 percent in a mid-stage study... Read More »
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's highest court upheld a patent on Wednesday on a gene sequence held by Human Genome Sciences related to its new lupus drug Benlysta... Read More »
Bristol-Myers Squibb is combining its protease inhibitor Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate) with a pharmacoenhancing agent from Gilead Sciences Inc. called... Read More »
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Intellectual Property Organization launched a consortium on Wednesday that would allow the public and private sector to... Read More »
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boys should be routinely vaccinated against the human... Read More »
In addition to damaging the immune system, HIV may also damage brain circuitry. Fifty percent of HIV patients develop cognitive decline, which is associated with a... Read More »
Last Friday, the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine
announced that the 2011 Nobel Prize is being awarded to three researchers for their groundbreaking... Read More »
One of the most dreaded diseases to haunt the human race, AIDS has continued to mock the field of medicine in its own fashion. No one has been able to combat it... Read More »