November 30, 2012
Johns Hopkins researchers report concrete steps in the use of human stem cells to test how diseased cells respond to drugs. Their success highlights a pathway toward faster, cheaper drug development for some genetic illnesses, as well as the ability … Read More
November 30, 2012
A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the enforcement of the Obama administration’s contraception mandate while a Catholic business owner appeals a lower court’s ruling that tossed out his suit. (U.S.A. Today)
November 30, 2012
On December 4, 2012, an impressive and diverse group of experts and witnesses with personal experience of abortion will present a three hour media briefing on the topic: “What Has 40 Years of Abortion Done to America?” (Sacramento Bee) Read … Read More
November 30, 2012
Experts Discuss How to Meet Expected Demand for Stem Cell Treatments at International Conference (University of California San Francisco)
November 30, 2012
Genetic sequences of drug-resistant bacteria have helped scientists better understand how these dastardly infections evolve—and elude treatment. But these superbugs are still claiming lives of many who acquire them in hospitals, clinics and nursing homes. And recent outbreaks of these … Read More
November 30, 2012
On Wednesday, Monash IVF announced it had preserved a Melbourne woman’s fertility by taking ovarian tissue from her before she had breast cancer treatment in 2005, freezing it, and reimplanting it in her this year. The procedure allowed the 43-year-old … Read More
November 29, 2012
Sexual assault, pregnancy, and other unique needs are often overlooked by a cursory and underfunded system. Poor physical health also increases girls’ risk of recidivism. (The Atlantic)
November 29, 2012
TERMINALLY ill people in London can expect a worse death than almost anywhere in the country, a study by the Office for National Statistics suggests. (Telegraph)
November 29, 2012
As World AIDS Day approaches Dec. 1, public health experts are turning the focus on teens and young adults who make up a remarkably high proportion of HIV infections in the U.S. (Time)
November 29, 2012
Italy has appealed a European Court of Human Rights ruling that it violated the rights of a couple carrying cystic fibrosis by preventing them from screening in vitro fertilization (IVF) embryos, the Rome government said on Wednesday. (Reuters)
November 29, 2012
A postdoctoral student has developed a technique for implanting thought-controlled robotic arms and their electrodes directly to the bones and nerves of amputees, a move which he is calling “the future of artificial limbsâ€. The first volunteers will receive their … Read More
November 28, 2012
New analysis can determine whether sperm from a sperm bank will cause genetic mutations when it meets an eggs. (Discovery News)
November 28, 2012
Interestingly, a more recent trend of emerging, and even frontier, nations developing medical tourism industries has sprouted. Unlikely spots such as Thailand are getting in on the game. (Forbes)
November 28, 2012
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires employers to provide women with cost-free coverage for preventive care and screenings. The Obama administration interprets this provision to require coverage of sterilization and the full range of contraceptive methods approved by the US … Read More
November 27, 2012
Wading into the incendiary subject of birth control for young teenagers, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on Monday called on the nation’s pediatricians to counsel all of their adolescent patients about emergency contraception and make advance prescriptions for it … Read More
November 27, 2012
RRY Publications LLC today announced that the use of stem cell therapies in 2012 significantly exceeded forecasts which were originally presented at the February 2012 New York Stem Cell Summit. (Sacramento Bee) Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/26/5011288/dramatic-rise-in-stem-cell-therapy.html#storylink=cpy
November 27, 2012
Dramatic developments in genetics, including the ability to tinker with our inheritance, has thrust the issue of eugenics back into the headlines. Details from Sarah Fecht and Jon Entine at the Genetic Literacy Project—Where Science Trumps Ideology. (Forbes)
November 27, 2012
A gene that keeps embryos alive appears to control the immune system and determine how it fights chronic diseases like hepatitis and HIV, and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, scientists said on Monday. (Fox News)
November 27, 2012
Sir Roy Calne is a pioneer of organ transplants — the surgeon who in the 1950s found ways to stop the human immune system from rejecting implanted hearts, livers and kidneys. In 1968 he performed Europe’s first liver transplant, and … Read More
November 27, 2012
When Canadian house cleaner Marlene Trithardt needed a tooth replaced, she drove past her local dentist’s office in Alberta and flew to the beach paradise of Costa Rica – to save money. (Huffington Post)
November 27, 2012
The new health care law covers preventive care but leaves open the question of who will provide it to women: general practitioners or ob-gyns? And who decides? (UPI)
November 26, 2012
Could computers become cleverer than humans and take over the world? Or is that just the stuff of science fiction? (CBS News)
November 26, 2012
Traditional chemotherapies can be toxic but nano-sized carriers can keep them out of healthy tissue and take old drugs to new places. (Nature)
November 26, 2012
SO far this year, Repromed has performed single gene PGD with seven couples, resulting in two successful pregnancies. (The Herald Sun)
November 26, 2012
Using an artificial intelligence technique inspired by theories about how the brain recognizes patterns, technology companies are reporting startling gains in fields as diverse as computer vision, speech recognition and the identification of promising new molecules for designing drugs. (New … Read More
