The prize went to Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffmann, and Ralph Steinman for their work on the immune system.
Beutler and Hoffmann worked on the activation of innate immunity in humans. In other words, the link between cytokine and swelling and related issues. Among other things, this work...
Researchers at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, have examined a number of plants which are used for illegal abortions in Tanzania. The lab tests show that several of the plants can make the uterus tissue contract and that the plants therefore can be used to stop...
Cocaine users are reportedly flooding hospitals with blackened, dying skin and compromised immune systems. The culprit is not the cocaine itself, but the white powder being used to cut the drug. More »
1. Testing for the Lynch Syndrome in All Colorectal Cancer Patients Cost-effective Relatives of Those Who Test Positive Are at Increased Risk and Should Also be Tested The Lynch syndrome is the most common genetic cause of colorectal cancer and is also associated with endometrial and other...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced that Coriell Institute for Medical Research, the largest biobank of living human cells, is using IBM technology to advance its research of human genetic disease and to more efficiently maintain its massive collection of biological resources. As a result, Coriell can now...
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published data from two Phase 3 studies of INCIVEK™ (telaprevir) tablets, which showed that INCIVEK (in-SEE-veck) combination therapy significantly improved rates of sustained viral...
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in collaboration with researchers at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, have made a critical discovery that may lead scientists to abandon the use of broad conventional ethnic labels - African-American, Hispanic, and Caucasian -...
I have to create a survey to hand out about alternative medicine. I'm having some trouble coming up with some questions for the survey. Got any ideas or directions I could go?
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This person suffers from ALZHEIMER, and has had 1/2 of a lung removed because cancer, and can't get medical insurance she is sixty three and her husband is 64 -1/2 and had to take early Social Security and they don't have enough money coming in to get the Medicines they both need, So is there...
if you know what it is may you please tell me and also tell me the requirements that are needed for this career or just any and everything u know about this career
hello. i'm first year nutrition student .Can i study medicine after i finishing my first degree? It is possible for me?
What is the criteria for me to enter this course?
which university can accept those with first degree?
Have any scholarship for those with first degree and wish to continue...
when i had to get a hip surgary or shot for something but they had to put a needle in it and draw flewed out i forgot what it was called. They couldn't put me to sleep b/c its only 10 to 20 min thing so why would they put me to sleep for only for that long ? I was really scared so they gave that...