Benefits outweigh risks in myeloablative therapy for children with high-risk neuroblastoma
May 13, 2010 by biotechconnection.com · Leave a Comment
Benefits outweigh risks in myeloablative therapy for children with high-risk neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma is among the most common of childhood cancers and fortunately, some children will get better spontaneously. Yet for children with high-risk disease the outlook is poor: more than half will relapse despite chemotherapy.
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Therapy for War-Related Trauma
May 9, 2010 by biotechconnection.com · 4 Comments
UCSF School of Medicine and the Coming Home Project present a series of programs for mental health professionals who treat American servicepersons returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. These returning soldiers are suffering from such ailments as post traumatic stress syndrome and consequences from closed head injuries among others. This is the first part of a [...]
Peregrine and Stason Enter Into Agreement for Innovative Tumor Necrosis Therapy (TNT) Technologies
May 9, 2010 by biotechconnection.com · Leave a Comment
Peregrine and Stason Enter Into Agreement for Innovative Tumor Necrosis Therapy (TNT) Technologies
TUSTIN, CA and IRVINE, CA–(Marketwire – 05/03/10) – Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPHM – News ), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of cancer and viral infections, and Stason Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held U.S.-based pharmaceutical company commercializing products globally [...]
Stem Cell Therapy Perspectives In Treating Motor Neuron Diseases: Als And Sma—Aarkstore Enterprise Market Research Aggregation
May 3, 2010 by biotechconnection.com · Leave a Comment
Summary Motor neuron diseases (MNDs) are characterized by gradual and progressive degeneration and death of motor neurons. Normally, messages from nerve cells in the brain, or upper motor neurons, are transmitted to nerve cells in the brain stem and spinal cord, known as lower motor neurons, and from there to skeletal muscles. Upper motor [...]
Adult Stem Cell Therapy
May 1, 2010 by biotechconnection.com · Leave a Comment
Stem cell research has been in the news for decades, most commonly because of controversial or morally objectionable research methodologies engaged by scientists and research groups around the world. However, individuals should also know there are several different types of stem cell research including but not limited to, adult stem cells, embryonic stem cell, placenta, [...]