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Photodynamic therapy against cancer

In a new study, published in Science Translational Medicine, researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, investigated whether eradicating tumor-associated lymphatic vessels and the tumor cells they c ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Guinea worm disease may be second eliminated after smallpox

Health officials are poised to eradicate guinea worm disease, a plague that once afflicted millions and which would be just the second human disease wiped from the face of the earth, Donald Hopkins, vice president ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mapping of neglected tropical diseases critical to control and elimination efforts

To take full advantage of recent increased financial commitments from some governments, international agencies, and philanthropies, accurate and up-to-date mapping of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) needs to be implemented ...

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created Jul 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diagnostic blood test can identify rare lung disease

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have found that a certain blood test can successfully identify lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) in some patients, eliminating ...

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created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Community-based education strengthens campaign for elimination of lymphatic filariasis

Community-based lymphatic filariasis education in Orissa State, India, increased treatment compliance from around 50% to up to 90%, according to a study published June 29 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Di ...

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Drains linked to lymphatic filariasis and malaria in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

The most common aquatic habitat in Dar es Salaam - drains - are important vectors for the development of lymphatic filariasis (LF) and malaria, according to new research. The study, published May 25 in the open-access journal ...

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created May 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neglected infection control is better investment than nuclear weaponry

For a tiny fraction of the cost of maintaining a nuclear arsenal, the 11 nuclear power states (United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Israel, Iran, and possibly Syria) could eliminate ...

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created Apr 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Neglected tropical diseases -- momentum must be continued

This week's edition of The Lancet sees the first in a four-part Series on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) -- conditions which almost exclusively affect the world's poorest people, namely those 2.7 billion people living ...

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created Jan 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surveys for major neglected tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa can be integrated

It is possible to simultaneously survey a number of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the challenging environment of Southern Sudan, according to a new study published October 27 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tr ...

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New discovery brings hope to treatment of lymphatic diseases

Researchers in the laboratory of Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati at the University of Kentucky have discovered the first naturally occurring molecule that selectively blocks lymphatic vessel growth. In an article in the Aug. 9, 2009 ...

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created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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