6th December 2009 SEOUL, Korea, RNL Bio Co., Ltd, a leading biopharmaceutical company specialized in adult stem cell therapeutics (a Stem Cell Bank as they call themselves) has announced that a 46-year-old…
New Gene Findings Will Help Guide Treatment in Infant Leukemia
5th December 2009 : PHILADELPHIA and NEW ORLEANS USA, Pediatric oncologists have identified specific genes, dubbed partner genes, that fuse with another gene to drive an often-fatal form of leukemia in infants….
Scientists Use Virus To Kill Cancer Cells While Leaving Normal Cells Intact
A virus that in nature infects only rabbits could become a cancer-fighting tool for humans. Myxoma virus kills cancerous blood-precursor cells in human bone marrow while sparing normal blood stem cells, a…
International Conference on Hospital Administration in Egypt
Cairo, December 05, SPA — The Egyptian city of Sharm Al Shaikh is set to host the functions of the 8th Arab Conference on modern techniques for hospital administration from 14-16 December,…
Likely Cause of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
Experts believe they have uncovered the root cause of “stubborn” epilepsy that fails to respond to drug treatment. Tests on patients’ brain tissue revealed some seizures are caused by electrical connections between…
GCC Gulf Health Care Industry Set To Reach $55b by 2020
Dubai: The health care market in the GCC is expected to grow at about 9 per cent annually to reach $47 billion to $55 billion (around Dh172 billion to Dh202 billion) by…
How Our Brains Build Social Worlds?
YOU know how our brain works to build social world. A student volunteer sits alone in a soundproof booth, watching a computer screen and waiting for moving dots to appear. When they…
On Course For Effective Management
MUSCAT — “There’s a great deal of change in the commercial environment right now,” said Rashmi Mitra of Knowledge Horizon at the start of the training centre’s new Effective Manager Course, part…
Zulekha Hospital and Dubai Health Authority host the Third Live Demonstration Course in Advanced Interventional Cardiology ’09
Third Live Demonstration Course in Advanced Interventional Cardiology ’09 is part of Zulekha Healthcare Group and D.H.A.’s concerted effort to deliver better care and usher in global standards in the UAE and…
Swine Flu Shot Side Effects Beginning to Take Their Toll
Jordan McFarland, a 14-year-old boy from Virginia, is weak and struggling to walk after coming down with a reported case of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) within hours after receiving the H1N1 vaccine for…
Pollution, Climate Change Cost Lebanon $565 million Annually
Beirut – Environment Minister Mohammed Rahhal said at a conference in Beirut that pollution and climate change cost Lebanon $ 565 million dollars a year. “The state loses up to 565 million…
No Brain Tumor Link with Mobiles Scandinavia Research
A 30-year long study of just about everyone in Scandinavia shows no link between cellphone use and brain tumors, researchers reported on Thursday. Even though mobile telephone use soared in the 1990s…
Hair fall, allergies: Blame them all on desalinated water
People who live in big middle eastern cities like Doha, Dubai Abu Dhabi etc for a while many of them, including those who are quite young, complain of hair loss and problems…
Printed hospital wristbands introduced to Middle East
5th December 2009 : Now the Hospitals in Middle East may also have printed wristbands for their patients. A UK-based company Brenmoor which supplies 70% of UK hospitals with printed identification wristbands …
Onyx Pharmaceuticals to Host American Society of Hematology Investor Teleconference
5th December 2009 EMERYVILLE, Calif., — Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will host an investor teleconference and webcast. Principal investigators will discuss the data presentations surrounding carfilzomib in relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma, as…