Breast-Sparing Surgery: An Optional Treatment Mode For Women With Breast Cancer
A breast-sparing surgery can be a suitable treatment mode for women diagnosed with breast cancer who harbour a mutation in their genes. //These patients should consider hormonal treatments to reduce their risk of a revival. Those are the findings of a 10-year study led by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The study authors found that women with the...Optetrak Cruciate Sparing Knee
Description:The Optetrak system includes a cruciate sparing version which provides the following: Patellar flange mates with both resurfacing and inset patellas. Precision machined condyles assure precise, repeatable kinematics and fit with tibial articular surface and patella to reduce wear. Constant cutting guide peg locations provide easy intraoperative change of sizes. Extended and deepened patellar groo...Vical's Vaxfectin Adjuvant Achieves Dose-Sparing Effect With Seasonal Influenza Vaccine
SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VicalIncorporated today announced that a seasonal influenza vaccineformulated with the company's Vaxfectin(TM) adjuvant generated upto 60-fold higher antibody responses than an unformulated vaccineat the same dose in a recently completed study in mice. Formulationof sanofi pasteur's Fluzone(R) commercial vaccine withVaxfectin(TM) al...