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Dec 07, 2016

Fabián Díaz achieved a milestone last year when he derived the first human embryonic stem-cell line from cells of Mexican origin. Biologists across Mexico now use the stem cells, which Díaz — a researcher at the National Institute of Perinatology in Mexico City — created using embryos discarded by a fertility clinic...

Dec 06, 2016

Glaxo replaces ViiV Healthcare chief as executive shuffle continues The executive exodus at GlaxoSmithKline is continuing—and so is the rise of women to the company’s top ranks. The British pharma giant announced that Dominique Limet, head of HIV unit ViiV Healthcare, would step down at the end of March 2017—the sam...

Dec 05, 2016

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is the fourth most common psychiatric disorder, and a leading cause of disability which begins during adolescence age and remains as a lifelong illness. It is usually characterized by intrusive and reoccurring thoughts along with repetitive behaviors. It is usually under-diagnosed...

Dec 02, 2016

Sjögren's syndrome was named on Henrik Sjögren who described this indication in 1933, and is a chronic autoimmune disease in which body’s own immune system and white blood cells attack moisture producing glands such as tear and salivary glands, leading to dry mouth and eyes. There are certain other symptoms involved...

Dec 01, 2016

7 million people are living with HIV, 40% don’t know their status New HIV infections among children have declined by 50% since 2010. The incidence of HIV/AIDS is increasing among young gay men. UNAIDS released a report showing 18.2 million people are now on antiretroviral therapy. However, it found women ag...

Nov 30, 2016

Efforts to develop antibodies that can ferry drugs into cancer cells and minimize damage to healthy tissue are gathering steam. The next generation of these ‘weaponized antibody’ therapies, called antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs), is working its way through clinical trials. The concept that underlies these drugs is s...

Nov 29, 2016

EC grants marketing authorisation for Takeda’s Ninlaro capsules The European Commission (EC) has granted conditional marketing authorisation for Takeda Pharmaceutical’s Ninlaro capsules. The oral proteasome inhibitor is indicated in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for adult patients with multiple mye...

Nov 28, 2016

Vasomotor symptoms occur when a woman reaches the state of menopause and the ovaries stop producing eggs, resulting in the reduction of secretion of hormones such as estrogen and progesterone. Therapies available for vasomotor symptoms of menopause are hormonal and non-hormonal, where hormone therapy is the most eff...

Jul 23, 2024

Smoldering Multiple Myeloma (SMM) is an asymptomatic condition that acts as an intermediate stage between monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and multiple myeloma. First described by Kyle and Greipp in 1980, SMM typically affects individuals aged 50 to 70 and is usually diagnosed incidentally ...

Nov 24, 2016

Six months ago, Chinese researchers reported that an enzyme called NgAgo could be used to edit mammalian genes – and that it might be more accurate and more versatile than the popular CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique. But almost immediately, other scientists complained on internet forums that they could not replic...