Guiding principles for facial transplantation unveiled
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM) today unveiled a landmark joint document, Facial Transplantation-ASPS/ASRM Guiding Principles, to assist plastic surgeons considering participation in facial transplantation procedures. "This is truly a remarkable and historic time in plastic surgery," said Bruce Cunningham, MD a...Canine Painkiller unveiled by Novartis
Novartis received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to begin marketing Deramaxx, a canine painkiller, which will be used to relieve post-operative pain in dogs. This drug being produced by a Novartis facility at Puerto Rico //is the result of a development project undertaken by Novartis Animal Health that was run for several years at veterinary clinics, colleges and its manuf...Skin cancer's secrets unveiled
Research conducted at Melbourne on skin cancer could save thousands of lives. Doctors found that nodular melanomas accounted for less than 15 per cent of melanoma cancers but caused up to 70 per cent of the deadliest type, called deep melanomas. The research shows the pimple-like melanoma is the most dangerous. However these are often missed at the start. A severe sunburn can cause a nodu...New Health Insurance Scheme for Diabetics Unveiled
Mumbai: A critical insurance scheme targeted for people with Type 2 Diabetes, named ‘Diabetes Care’ was unfurled on Saturday by ICICI Prudential Life Insurance//. Speaking at the inauguration of the joint initiative of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and Dr.Mohan’s Diabetes Specialties Centre, Shikha Sharma, CEO and Managing Director, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, said, "With over...New Platform for Regulating Expression of Therapeutic Genes Unveiled
A new platform for regulating the expression of therapeutic genes, which will have major implications for gene and cell therapy, was presented today at the 10th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene Therapy (ASGT) in Seattle. Carefully regulating gene expression is crucial to the success of gene and cell therapy. For many applications, gene transfer is being employed to en...