An international team of researchers comparing recently-developed methods for diagnosing tuberculosis in children in resource-poor countries has concluded that the best test for high-risk children is the microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility (MODS) techniqueMODS detects the presence of bacte

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Munich, Germany -- Researchers have devised a method to create patient-derived cells that can mimic the phenotype that causes long-QT syndrome, which may help in the development of new drug therapies for the disease [1Long-QT syndrome type 1 is caused by a mutation in the KCNQ1 gene, which encodes

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Jalandhar: Three-year-old heart patient Harshita Luthra is all set to undergo a rare surgery at Children's Hospital in Boston, thanks to donations amounting to more than Rs 60 lakh from India and abroad after NDTV ran a campaign for her treatmentAmit Luthra is a happy man. His daughter Harshita,

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Martinez police and the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center are holding a bone marrow drive Thursday to benefit a police officer fighting cancerThe drive is from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. in the council chamber at Martinez City Hall, 525 Henrietta StSgt. Brian Carter, 36, has been on the Martinez poli

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Madison Boudreaux is six years old, but has already beaten one of the toughest diseases - cancerThe tiny dancer is now encouraging others to join in on the fun with a fundraiser being held in her honor, DailyComet.com reportsBoudreaux was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, bone cancer, in March 2009, a

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The owners of three goats led their animals through the 4-H LaMancha competition on the second day of the DuPage County FairWhen Emily Laffey's goat, Neytiri, won a blue ribbon, about nine people on metal bleachers in the barn softly applaudedAs understated and unnoticed as it may have been, the

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Park Forest, IL -- Celebration Ministries is hosting a Trike-A-Thon fundraiser for Alex, a 10-month-old infant and Homewood resident, who is battling a rare and potentially fatal blood disorderThe charity event will take place on Saturday, August 14, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 424 Indianwood

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CHICAGO -- Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADLS), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs in the therapeutic areas of infection, oncology and respiratory diseases, today announced that the Company has entered

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ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Sequella, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing drugs for treatment of life-threatening infectious diseases, announced today the publication of studies in the scientific journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy on synergy between SQ109, its lead drug Re

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JUPITER, FL, July 26, 2010 – In a startling new study that involved research on both sides of the Atlantic, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute in Florida and the University College London (UCL) Institute of Neurology in England have shown for the first time that abnormal prions,

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