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Twin Findings Raise Hopes Of Improved Anemia Treatments
Categorie : Blood / HematologyA new understanding of how red blood cell production is controlled could lead to improvements in the treatment of the blood disorder anaemia, according to West Australian medical researchers. ...
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Sat Apr 2008
DVT Expert: Find Out If You're At Risk This Summer
Categorie : Blood / HematologyTravellers are being advised to find out whether they?re at increased risk of suffering a Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) before embarking on long haul flights this summer.DVT occurs when circulation is poor. Blood slows and forms a clot in a deep vein, usually in the calf. If the clot then makes its way ...
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Sat Apr 2008
A Genetic Cause For Iron Deficiency
Categorie : Blood / HematologyThe discovery of a gene for a rare form of inherited iron deficiency may provide clues to iron deficiency in the general population particularly iron deficiency that doesn't respond to iron supplements and suggests a new treatment approach. The finding was published online by the journal Nature Gene ...
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Sat Apr 2008
ZIOPHARM Presents Positive Data From Phase II Study Of Darinaparsin In Advanced Hematological Malignancies At AACR 2008 Annual Meeting
Categorie : Blood / HematologyZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZIOP) announced that it presented positive data from a phase II study of darinaparsin, the Company's novel organic arsenic compound, in advanced hematological malignancies at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, in San Diego, CA. ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Anticoagulant Therapy Supply SOP Produced By The NPA, UK
Categorie : Blood / HematologyThe NPA has produced a resource for the supply of anticoagulant therapy comprising of a template standard operating procedure (SOP) and guidance notes. It complies with the NPSA recommendations ensuring the supply of anticoagulant medicines is carried out in a safe and efficient way.'Supplying Antic ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Global Bleeding Disorders Community Campaigns To Diagnose At-Risk Patients
Categorie : Blood / HematologyNo person should have to endure the pain and suffering caused by hemophilia, a rare bleeding disorder that causes dangerous internal bleeding. There are about 400,000 people with hemophilia worldwide, according to the World Federation of Hemophilia, but only about 30% have been diagnosed. April 17 i ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Global Blood Banking And Blood Products Market To Reach 31.7 Billion Dollars By 2010, According To New Report By Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Categorie : Blood / HematologyA spurt in new infections surfacing the world over remains a huge concern to the blood banking and blood products industry. Though awareness amongst the consumers, and health workers helped in reducing the intensity of infection, the industry is yet to free itself of the various problems such as saf ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Bird Flu Human Deaths Confirmed, Pakistan
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluH5N1 Bird flu (avian flu) did kill some family members in Peshawar, north-west Pakistan last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed after carrying out tests at its WHO H5 Reference Laboratory in Cairo, Egypt, and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza i ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Arbor Vita Rapid H5N1 Flu Diagnostic Presented At ICEID Meeting
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluPreliminary research from the Department of Respiratory Disease Research at the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) suggests that a rapid antigen assay test developed by Arbor Vita Corporation (AVC) shows promise as a useful diagnostic for the detection of the avian influenza virus in humans. Resea ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Ducks And Rice Play Key Role In Avian Influenza Outbreaks
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluDucks, people and rice paddies - rather than chickens - are the major factors behind outbreaks of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Thailand and Viet Nam, and are probably behind outbreak persistence in other countries of the region such as Cambodia and Lao PDR. ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Study Finds Single Dose Of Iomai Patch With Pandemic Flu Vaccine Achieves Protective Levels
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluIomai Corporation (Nasdaq: IOMI) announced positive interim results from the 500-subject Phase 1/2 trial of its immunostimulant adjuvant patch used with an injected vaccine for H5N1 influenza. The trial met a key endpoint, demonstrating a clinically relevant adjuvant effect when the Iomai patch was ...
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Sat Apr 2008
New Human Bird Flu Case In Viet Nam
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluThe Ministry of Health in Viet Nam has confirmed a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. The case has been confirmed by the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE). The case is an 11 -year old male from Thanh Liem district, Ha Nam province. He developed symptoms on 4 Mar ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Solving An Avian Scourge Could Also Provide Benefits To Human Health
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluThe old adage 'a bird in hand is worth two in the bush' may very well apply to a new vaccine project underway in the lab of ASU School of Life Sciences Professor Roy Curtiss, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology at the Biodesign Institute.There, associate research scientist ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Indonesia Is Country Worst Hit By Bird Flu - High Load Of Circulating Virus Could Lead To Mutation And Human Flu Pandemic
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluThe prevalence of bird flu in Indonesia continues to be serious despite containment efforts undertaken by national authorities and the international community, FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) warned today. Indonesia is the country worst hit by avian influenza. ...
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Sat Apr 2008
New Vaccine May Give Long-term Defense Against Deadly Bird Flu And Its Variant Forms
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluA new vaccine under development may provide protection against highly pathogenic bird flu and its evolving forms, according to researchers at Purdue University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who discovered the new preventative drug and have tested it in mice. ...
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Sat Apr 2008
AirInSpace Is Certified To Protect Aircraft Passengers And Crew From Biological Threats Such As SARS And Avian Flu And Other Air Contaminants
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluAirInSpace, a leading supplier of mobile devices that "catch and kill" harmful and resistant biological particles from the air, announced that its partner, Montreal-based Air Data Inc. (ADI), has been certified by the airworthiness branch of Transport Canada to manufacture and market ADI's JetAir® B ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Iomai Receives HHS Approval To Begin Phase 2 Trial Of H5N1 Influenza Adjuvant Patch
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluIomai Corporation (Nasdaq: IOMI) announced that it has received approval from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand its program to develop an immunostimulant adjuvant patch for use with an injected H5N1 influenza vaccine. This decision was based upon positive clinical data gen ...
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Sat Apr 2008
South Korea Investigates More Cases Of Bird Flu
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluThe government of South Korea is investigating fresh outbreaks of bird flu, including one only 70 kilometers from the capital, Seoul.According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on Monday that the latest outbreak was reported after sudden ...
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Sat Apr 2008
The Aethlon Hemopurifier(R) To Test Against The Partially Reconstructed 1918 Influenza Virus
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluAethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:AEMD) disclosed that it has initiated studies to test the in vitro effectiveness of the Aethlon Hemopurifier® to capture a partially reconstructed version of the Spanish Flu of 1918, a viral pandemic outbreak that killed approximately 40-50 million people during a 25-mon ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Examining The Avian Flu: From Pandemic Planning To Vaccine Development
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluThe journal Respirology has launched a special supplementary issue on the avian influenza. Published by Wiley-Blackwell, the collection of papers present an inclusive insight into the threat of the avian influenza pandemic by addressing a wide range of topics including the basic biology of the viru ...
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Sat Apr 2008