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CheckOrphan NewsFlash, March 2,…
3/02/2010
CheckOrphan NewsFlash for Tuesday, March 2, 2010: breaking news about rare diseases, orphan diseases, orphan drugs, and…
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CheckOrphan NewsFlash January 15,…
1/15/2010
CheckOrphan NewsFlash for Friday, January 15, 2010: breaking news about rare diseases, orphan diseases, orphan drugs,…
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1/11/2010
CheckOrphan NewsFlash for Monday, January 11, 2010: breaking news about rare diseases, orphan diseases, orphan drugs,…
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Brain, Blood, and Iron: Advances…
13–14 March, 2010
The overall objectives of this workshop are to: (1) define NA and NBIA…
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Diamond Blackfan Anemia…
13–15 March, 2010
This conference is expected to generate immediate and long-term…
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Interdisciplinary Training…
15–16 March, 2010
The goal of this meeting is to mentor the career development of a “…
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ICORD 2010: Sixth International…
18–20 March, 2010
The VI International Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs (ICORD…
Events
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Like Little Golden Assassins, 'Smart' Nanoparticles Identify, Target and Kill Cancer Cells
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Another weapon in the arsenal against cancer: Nanoparticles that identify, target and kill specific cancer cells while leaving healthy cells aloneLed by Carl Batt, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Food Science, the researchers synthesized nanoparticles – shaped something
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New Hope in Treatment of Childhood Leukaemia
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Zurich researchers have found a new treatment approach which they hope will help young leukaemia patients who don’t respond to conventional therapiesLeukaemia is a malignant disease of the blood and bone marrow, which accounts for a third of childhood cancersDespite great progress in leukae
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Spotlight on Rare Tumors in Hunt for New Cancer Treatments
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
New breakthrough treatments for the most common cancers could soon come from cutting-edge research into some of the world's rarest tumorsAt the ESMO Conference on Sarcoma and GIST, to be held in Milan, Italy, on 9 and 10 March 2010, researchers and some of the world's leading experts will discuss
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New Ways to Disarm Deadly South American Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
New World hemorrhagic fevers are emerging infectious diseases found in South America that can cause terrible, Ebola-like symptomsCurrent treatments are expensive and only partially effectiveNow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have discovered exactly how one type of New World h
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Gene Discovered for Newly Recognized Disease in Amish Children
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS -- The gene for a newly recognized disease has been identified thanks to the determination of an Amish father and the clinical skills and persistence of Indiana University and Riley Hospital for Children physicians in collaboration with physicians and researchers at the Clinic for The
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Genetic Variant Offers Protection Against TB and Leprosy
Monday, March 8, 2010
A study into why some people are more resistant than others to diseases such as tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy has identified a new genetic variant which affects susceptibility to these diseasesThe findings, published today in the journal Cell, may have implications for future treatments for the tw
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Researchers Discover Gene That Affects Susceptibility to TB and Clues to How It Works
Monday, March 8, 2010
University of Washington (UW) researchers have identified a gene involved in susceptibility and resistance to tuberculosisThis same gene, they have found, has a role in the severity of leprosy, which is caused by a related pathogen. The researchers also have learned why this gene is important for
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Experimental Vaccine Protects Monkeys Against Chikungunya
Monday, March 8, 2010
GALVESTON, Texas -- Imagine a mosquito-borne virus that has already infected millions of people in recent outbreaks in South and Southeast Asia, the islands of the Indian Ocean, Africa and northern ItalyAlthough seldom fatal, it causes highly painful arthritis-like symptoms that can linger for mon
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Study Identifies Key Cause of Chronic Leukemia Progression
Monday, March 8, 2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Researchers have discovered a key reason why a form of leukemia progresses from its more-treatable chronic phase to a life-threatening phase called blast crisisThe study, led by cancer researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hos
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Scientists Find New Form of Prion Disease That Damages Brain Arteries
Monday, March 8, 2010
National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists investigating how prion diseases destroy the brain have observed a new form of the disease in mice that does not cause the sponge-like brain deterioration typically seen in prion diseasesInstead, it resembles a form of human Alzheimer's disease, cereb
