Archive: 02/18/2009
Gene mutation increases drug toxicity, rejection risk in pediatric kidney transplants
Screening for mutations in a gene that helps the body metabolize a kidney transplant anti-rejection drug may predict which children are at higher risk for side effects, including compromised white blood cell count or organ ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 18, 2009 |
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States expand newborn screening for life-threatening disorders
Regardless of where they are born in the United States, nearly all newborns now receive mandated screening for many life-threatening disorders, a remarkable public health advance of the last four years, according to a new ...
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Extensive publication bias for Phase I drug trials
A study published in this week's issue of the open-access journal PLoS Medicine suggests that, in comparison to other types of trials, the results of Phase I drug trials are far less likely to be published.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Air-filled bones helped prehistoric reptiles take first flight
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the Mesozoic Era, 70 million years before birds first conquered the skies, pterosaurs dominated the air with sparrow- to Cessna-sized wingspans. Researchers suspected that these extinct ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Researchers report of a brain and spinal tumor following human fetal stem cell therapy
A case report published in this week's issue of the open-access general medical journal, PLoS Medicine, describes a rare side effect of human fetal stem cell therapy. Ninette Amariglio and Gideon Rechavi from the Sheba Medica ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 18, 2009 |
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