Intralase “Bladeless” Lasik Gains Popularity in the Raleigh, NC Area
...in both advising patients and performing surgeries. A Short History of LASIK: | The LASIK procedure is based on a technology -- originally termed alk or automated Lamellar Keratoplasty -- that has evolved over the past 50 years. Essentially, LASIK involves using a laser to reshape the cornea. The c...Gene findings revealing reasons for neuroblastoma risk
... current findings build on 2008 studies by Maris's lab, one identifying the alk gene as the major gene predisposing patients to the rare familial form of n...ome 6 that increases the risk of the nonhereditary form of the disease. The alk gene discovery has already led to a clinical trial led by Dr. Yael Mosse of...Scientists close in on method to fight deadly childhood cancer
...Center. "A targeted therapy to treat patients with alk mutations would be a real breakthrough." Led by...pediatrics at Harvard, the scientists analyzed the alk gene in 94 tumors representative of general neurob...lastoma cell lines. Scientists discovered that alk abnormalities in a subset of neuroblastoma cells a...Concentra Expands Horizon Air Employee Health Program With On-Site Clinic
...da, and British Columbia and Alberta. Together, Horizon Air and Alaska Airlines serve 92 cities and are subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE: alk ). http://www.alaskaair.com . ...Antibody targeting of glioblastoma shows promise in preclinical tests, say Lombardi researchers
...logy and pharmacology at Lombardi. He adds that alk receptors and the protein that binds to it, the gr...the "target" of the novel antibody a region on the alk receptor. The patent also covers potential therapi... study that many brain cancers overexpress PTN and alk very similar to the developing brain. "When the br...Researchers identify promising gene target for neuroblastoma therapy
...ir continued growth. Therapies designed to inhibit alk may offer an effective approach to the disease. ...es found five never-before-identified mutations in alk in 8 percent of the neuroblastoma tumor samples st...gene responsible for the enzymatic activity of the alk "receptor," which transmits growth and survival si...Persistent Vaccination Effect of GRAZAX(R) After Completion of Treatment
...fect of the tablet vaccine persists after completion of treatment. Today, alk announces main results from the first follow-up year in a long-term study (... GRAZAX(R). The fourth-year results represent a major breakthrough, since alk is the first company ever to document a persistent disease modifying vaccin...SGX Pharmaceuticals Announces First Quarter Financial Results and Gives Pipeline Update
...ms described previously, the Company's drug discovery portfolio includes other exciting cancer targets, such as RON, ALK, and IKKe. The JAK2, RON, and alk programs are the more advanced drug discovery programs and the Company is targeting nomination of at least two development candidates from its drug di...