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New push for public health, AIDS spending at African Union summit

Activists hope this weekend's African Union (AU) summit will net commitments to boost government spending on public health, helping to curb the spread of AIDS, which killed 2.3 million Africans in 2004. "We are definitely optimistic that this time there will be some movement, that this time there will be not just talk about an HIV strategy for the AU but how to tackle an action-oriented p...

Genes In The Interferon System Important In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Two genes with very strong associations withthe disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have been identified bya team of scientists headed by researchers at the Department of MedicalSciences at Uppsala University. The findings are being published todayon the Web page of the highly prestigious American Journal of HumanGenetics. "These findings are probably the first genetic pieces of ahug...

Octopuses occasionally stroll around on two arms, UC Berkeley biologists report

In a stunning example of evolution at work, scientists have now found that changes in a single gene can produce major changes in the skeletal armor of fish living in the wild. "Our motivation is to try to understa...

Great White shark evolution debate involves WSU Lake Campus geology professor

A significant debate is currently underway in the scientific community over the evolution of the Great White shark, and Chuck Ciampaglio, Ph.D., an assistant professor of geology at the Wright State University Lake Campus, is right in the middle of it. The issue is if the Great White, one of the most feared predators of the sea, evolved from the huge prehistoric megladon shark or if its a...

Genetic study shows humans have pushed orangutans to the brink of extinction

A new study published in the open-access journal PLoS Biology shows strong genetic evidence of a catastrophic collapse in orangutan populations living in the fragmented forests of the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in Sabah, Malaysia. Benoit Goossens, Lounès Chikhi, Michael Bruford, and their colleagues report that the collapse occurred within the past hundred years, and most likely wit...

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Platypus Technologies receives $1.6 million NIH grant

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New Way To Treat Lupus

Lupus can occur in several forms, but systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)--usually referred to simply as lupus--is the most serious type. It is an incurable disease marked by inflammation and damage to tissue and organs throughout the body, including the joints, skin, heart, kidney and central nervous system. Lupus is an autoimmune disorder, meaning the immune system mistakenly attacks the...

Final push to eradicate leprosy

The governments of countries where leprosy is still a health problem need to ensure their people understand that it is an easily curable disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Partners in WHO's Global Alliance for the Elimination of Leprosy// are meeting in Brazil for their annual meeting. Brazil is one of six countries in the world where leprosy remains a major public hea...

Scientists push to lower hidden sodium in food

"Nobody ever said, 'Do you want that salt in your food?' Somebody put it there for you." Being overweight and inactive are the major culprits for high blood pressure, but too much salt plays a role, too. The 50 million Americans with hypertension are advised to eat a low-sodium diet, about 1,500 milligrams a day. Now public health specialists are pressuring food manufacturers and restaur...

Leveling Lupus Lesions

Each year, more than 16,000 people develop lupus, a disorder of the immune system. Many of them will develop skin lesions on their face.// Now, there is a new use for an old treatment that eliminates the embarrassment of this common condition. Beverly Gibson says it's been tough living with lupus, a disease that causes the body's immune system to attack its own cells. "It's changed my...

High expression of interferon induces lupus disease

Scientists had been able to find a biomarker that will help in medical practitioners to diagnose lupus disease in their early state only for effective treatment.// Lupus is a condition that happens when the body’s tissues are affected by the body’s own immune system. Patients affected with lupus may produce abnormal antibodies in their blood that may attack the body’s own tissues than...

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Lupus Foundation of America Statement on Results for Clinical Study of CellCept Released by Aspreva Pharmaceutical Company

Statement by Sandra C. Raymond, President & CEO of the LupusFoundation of America, Inc. WASHINGTON, June 27, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The LupusFoundation of America, Inc. and more than 1.5 million Americanswith lupus have been awaiting the preliminary findings of the PhaseIII clinical trials for CellCept(R), a potential treatment forlupus kidney disease being tested by Aspreva...

Aspreva and Roche Announce Preliminary Results for Phase III Study Evaluating CellCept in Lupus Nephritis

VICTORIA, BC, Canada and BASEL, Switzerland, June 27 /CNW/ -Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ: ASPV; TSX: ASV) andRoche today released preliminary results for a clinical trialcomparing CellCept (oral mycophenolate mofetil, MMF) to intravenouscyclophosphamide (IVC), which is the current standard of care, forinducing treatment response in the induction phase of patientssuffering fro...

Human Genome Sciences Reports That a Phase 2 Study of LymphoStat-B Showed Significant Reductions in Disease Activity in Patients with Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

-LymphoStat-B(R) significantly reduced signs and symptoms of SLEdisease at 52 Weeks and demonstrated durable clinical andbiological activity at 76 weeks- ROCKVILLE, Md., June 14, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HumanGenome Sciences, Inc. today announced the presentation of Phase 2trial data demonstrating that LymphoStat-B(R) (belimumab)significantly reduced disease activity across multiple...

Cellerant Therapeutics Reversed Autoimmune Disease in Lupus Mice with Transplant of Purified Donor Blood Stem Cells

SAN CARLOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2007 - CellerantTherapeutics today announced the publication of data suggestingthat established autoimmune disease can be reversed or stabilizedby the transplantation of purified allogeneic (donated)hematopoietic (blood forming) stem cells (HSC) in a mouse study ofSystemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Subjects that underwent thisprocedure exhibited...

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Provides Update on Interim Antibody Results From Riquent Lupus Phase 3 Trial

SAN DIEGO, March 20, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- La JollaPharmaceutical Company today announced updated interim antibodyreduction data for the Phase 3 trial of Riquent(R) (abetimussodium), its drug candidate for systemic lupus erythematosus("lupus" or "SLE"). The updated analyses reinforce the previousconclusion that there is a definitive and significant dose responsebetween the 100 m...

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