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January National Blood Donor Month
Our local blood bank is asking for your help. The South Texas Blood and Tissue Center has a new way for Victoria residents to kick off the new year by giving the gift of life. Comment?
MedPro Rx, Inc. Releases 2010 Calendar
... company's 2010 penguin family calendar. Based around the story of Chilly Penguin, a comic character living with hemophilia, the calendar features a compilation of drawings completed by children under age 12 who have either hemophilia or von ... Comment?
Zinc Fingering Our Way to Genetic Enhancement
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... plan to use the zinc finger technique to provide genetic treatments for diseases like bubble-boy disease, hemophilia and sickle-cell anemia . In principle, the zinc finger approach should work on almost any site on any chromosome of any plant or ... Comment?
CSL Behring Awards Fourth Round of LEAD Grants Supporting Patient Organization Advocacy
... round of awards, LEAD grants were awarded to four patient organizations focused on chronic illness: The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF), located in New York City, received funding to conduct advocacy boot camps in conjunction with 2010 regional ... Comment?
A vice president of the corporation that owns the Register once asked me in front of a group of colleagues why I became a journalist. Comment?
In New Way to Edit DNA, Hope for Treating Disease
... plan to use the zinc finger technique to provide genetic treatments for diseases like bubble-boy disease, hemophilia and sickle-cell anemia. In principle, the zinc finger approach should work on almost any site on any chromosome of any plant or ... Comment?
MedPro Rx Inc. Releases 2010 Calendar
... company's 2010 penguin family calendar. Based around the story of Chilly Penguin, a comic character living with hemophilia, the calendar features a compilation of drawings completed by children under age 12 who have either hemophilia or von ... Comment?
Garcia: Hemophilia foundation does its part for local families
When Jacob St. John was 6, he felt he was the only kid in the world with hemophilia and was becoming aware he couldn't do all the things other kids his age were doing. Comment?
Carlson: Thanks, Iowa, for the best seat in the house
A vice president of the corporation that owns the Register once asked me in front of a group of colleagues why I became a journalist. Comment?
Second Thoughts for Jane Hamsher?
For several years, Jane Hamsher and her site Firedoglake have been a loud voice of the take-no-prisoners "progressives," cheerleading the 2006 Ned Lamont campaign against Joe Lieberman. Comment?
Simple blood test can reveal the sex of your baby
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... Determining the sex of an unborn baby can lead to early detection of certain disorders. Genetic diseases such as hemophilia and Duchenne muscular dystrophy are carried by the X chromosome that almost always occurs in males. Critics worry an evil ... Comment?
To identify the hemophilia mutation that affected Queen Victoria and her European relatives, scientific detectives used a cutting-edge "deep sequencing tool." Able to trace rare genetic disease mutations, the tool can turn a single laboratory into a fertile genetic research center. Comment?
PTC Gets $50M to Launch Ataluren, Further Studies
... with results likely to come in 2011. The company also has a Phase II proof-of-concept study of ataluren in hemophilia that is expected to have results in 2010, and a Phase II proof-of-concept study is planned for a fourth indication that has not ... Comment?
Adding a genetic supertool: Genome Analyzer fuels research dreams and tomorrow's cures
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To identify the hemophilia mutation that affected Queen Victoria and her European relatives, scientific detectives used a cutting-edge "deep sequencing tool." Able to trace rare genetic disease mutations, the tool can turn a single laboratory into a fertile genetic research center. Comment?
Biovitrum AB Sells Obesity Program to AstraZeneca PLC ; to Receive...
... are focused on development and production of biotechnology therapeutics within our prioritized areas of hemophilia, inflammation/autoimmune diseases, cancer supportive care and malabsorption. The company has revenues of approximately SEK 1.2 billion ... Comment?
Blood test developed to determine fetal gender accurately as early as five weeks
... early in cases where male birth is expected - " conditions that can be passed genetically to males include hemophilia and Duchenne muscular dystrophy . For females, Congenital adrenal hyperplasia that could be passed onto children, in-utero ... Comment?
Donating plasma can get you fast cash
... to Bruce Johanson, director of Las Cruces Biologicals, plasma is used to create vaccines for tetanus, hepatitis, hemophilia, small pox, chicken pox and Hemolytic Disease in Newborns syndrome. Plasma contains anti-bodies that fight different ... Comment?
Dr. Frank Vascimini, Sound Bites,
Q: I am a 64-year-old, soon to be 65, in good health and in need of dentures. I have many questions for you. Comment?
Couples urged to follow doctors' pre-marital advice
... Other tests in the premarital screening includes haemoglobin abnormalities (thalassemia and sickle cell anemia), hemophilia (A and B) and syphilis. "Many of the inherited diseases have no cure, some are difficult to treat and their treatment might ... Comment?
Biovitrum: Biovitrum Sells Obesity Program to AstraZeneca
... are focused on development and production of biotechnology therapeutics within our prioritized areas of hemophilia, inflammation/autoimmune diseases, cancer supportive care and malabsorption. The company has revenues of approximately SEK 1.2 billion ... Comment?