Producing Vaccines from genetically modified crops
...diseases, such as HIV/Aids, rabies and TB and they hope to start clinical trials by the year 2009. The project's aim is to focus on areas that will be of greatest benefit to developing nations where they feel that access to most vaccines is very poor at the same time keeping in mind that human health and ...New initiative launched to fight malaria by repelling mosquitoes
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...rers of Parkinson's disease can now be offered new hope after their recent research has revealed that one can actually be able to regrow brain tissue destroyed by the disease. ...FDA Issues Public Health Advisory on Tysabri, a New Drug for MS
...ime, FDA continues to believe Tysabri offers great hope to MS patients," said Dr. Steven Galson, Acting Director, FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). "Patients being treated with Tysabri should contact their physician to discuss appropriate alternative treatments while these reports are ...Sedation dentistry: a new way to overcome fear of dentists
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...en's Vascular Anomalies team. "This study gives us hope that with further research we'll be able to develop drug treatments." Urine testing for MMPs may help physicians know when a vascular anomaly is about to become aggressive and needs intervention. "It can be very hard to tell whether an anomaly will...Developing a new vaccine using a new technology
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...wn as macrophages. “Our discovery not only offers hope for leishmaniasis,” says Prof. McConville. “It may help us to develop drugs for many other microbial pathogens which use mannose – including those involved in malaria and tuberculosis. “In addition to providing solution to treating Kala-Azar, what wo...Its Possible To Grow Bone To Replace The Damaged Bone
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...genes related to breast cancer offers a new ray of hope to breast cancer patients. If the function of these genes is established, complete cure of the disease is not too far. For further information: http://www.medindia.com/patients/ PatientInfo/breastcancer_about.htm...Schizophrenia Gets A New Diagnostic Tool
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...Type 2 diabetes at their later age. Let us hope that future collaborations between the Yale and University of Pennsylvania research teams will result in further understanding the disease. "This is the future of how we will come to understand the pathology of diabetes."...