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Gene Therapy Cures Inherited Liver Disease In Rats

A single dose of gene-virus combination cured rats of a inherited liver disease in which lack of a gene causes the accumulation of bilirubin –which, untreated, results in jaundice and brain damage, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report in the Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences. "This is the first time this disease (Crigler-Najjar syndrome) has been complete...

Genetic therapy reverses nervous system damage in animal model of inherited human disease

By injecting a therapeutic gene directly into the brain, researchers have treated a naturally occurring genetic disease in cats. This is the first genetic disease affecting the central nervous system to be successfully treated in an animal larger than mice and rats. If this approach can be successfully applied to humans, say the researchers, it might one day treat an entire class of diseases call...

Tendency to hair loss inherited from the mother

It begins with receding hairlines, the forehead becomes higher, the hair at the back of the man's head gets thinner and thinner. Every second man suffers from greater or lesser hair loss. There are hardly any successful counter-measures ?despite an enormous range of obscure lotions and tinctures. It has long been suspected that hereditary factors are important in causing hair loss. However...

Gene therapy cures inherited liver disease in rats

A single dose of gene-virus combination cured rats of a inherited liver disease in which lack of a gene causes the accumulation of bilirubin –which, untreated, results in jaundice and brain damage, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report in the Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences. "This is the first time this disease (Crigler-Najjar syndrome) has been complet...

Defective Gene Linked to Two Inherited Immune Deficiencies

Defects in a single gene can result in two immune system disorders that leave affected individuals vulnerable to frequent or unusually severe infections, according to new findings reported in the August issue of Nature Genetics. The discovery may lead to new diagnostic tests for these two inherited conditions ?immunoglobulin A (IgA) deficiency and common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). Currentl...

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Criterion Staining and Blotting Trays, with lids, 12 from Bio-Rad

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CIO Leadership Series: Peter Strombom, Meriter Hospital

Peter Strombom, the retiring vice president and CIO of Meriter had just finished installing its existing phone system when the doctor cut Strombom to the quick. Why are your p...

Nerites raises $1 million to improve medical tech

Nerites is moving toward human clinical trials to verify the efficacy of two products: adhesives that bind tissues together in aqueous environment...

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Check if your “Favourite medical web-site” is indulging in Quackey

Frauds has become an ever-growing menace on the Internet. Now a millennium project by like minded people have listed 500 health related web-sites that are such havens of quackery! This information should serve as a guideline for surfers to be weary of tall claims made out by such sites. The information can be accessed on http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/categories.htm Statutary...

Humour inherited

Your sense of humour has nothing to do with your genes, and everything to do with your upbringing say UK biologists. Most personality traits such as being introverted or extroverted are believed to be at least partly genetically determined - so researchers presumed the same applied to our sense of humour. The team asked 71 pairs of identical twins and 56 pairs of fraternal twins, to go...

Inherited gene important in ovarian cancer

A gene causes significant complications in ovarian cancer. A gene implicated in inherited ovarian cancer is more significant in the disease than previously realised. Up to 10 per cent of cases of ovarian cancer arise from a mutation in a gene called BRCA1.// In these cases, the woman usually has a strong family history of the disease. We know that BRCA1 prevents tumours from developing, a...

Suicide might be inherited

According to a new study, children of people with mood disorders who have attempted suicide are more likely to try to take their own lives as well. The link is especially strong among those who have been exposed// to sexual abuse and women who suffer from mood disorders themselves. Research has shown people with a family history of suicide are at increased risk of committing suicide, b...

Sudden Cardiac Death due to inherited Heart Disease

Unexplained sudden cardiac death is termed sudden arrhythmic death syndrome or SADS.Over 1,000 individuals die suddenly each day in the United States.// Most of these sudden deaths involve middle-aged or elderly individuals with heart problems. While sudden deaths in young people are rare, experts say they do have a tremendous impact on the medical community and the families. Previous...

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Criterion™ II Urine Analyzer

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ExamWRITER Electronic Medical Records

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Access Hybritech PSA Test

Description:A blood test, called the Prostate Specific Antigen (total PSA) test, has been used to help doctors decide how to manage patients with prostate cancer. Of the different PSA blood tests available, the Hybritech PSA test, was the first approved for the detection of prostate cancer when used in combination with digital rectal examination (DRE) in men aged 50 years or older. Depending on the res...
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Introgen's Advexin Demonstrates Clinical Benefit in Inherited Cancer

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2007--IntrogenTherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:INGN) announced today the publication ofdata describing the dramatic clinical benefit of its lead productAdvexin in a patient with a rare inherited form of cancer known asLi-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS), a genetic disorder characterized byinherited mutations i...

Reata's Synthetic Triterpenoids Profiled in Nature Reviews Cancer

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 25, 2007 - ReataPharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the publication of a reviewarticle covering the company's Synthetic Triterpenoid programs inthe May 2007 issue of the prestigious journal "Nature ReviewsCancer." The article, "Triterpenoids and rexinoids as multifunctionalagents for the prevention and treatment of cancer," by researchersand Reata sc...

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