This story is part of a partnership that includes WBUR, NPR and Kaiser Health News. This story can be republished for free (details). Kristina Cunningham was in stable condition on an evening in June, when EMTs lifted her gurney into a medical flight, bound for Boston. The 34-year-old couldn’t use her right arm or speak… Read More »
CAPE TOWN — A musician from South Africa had a tumor in his brain, so doctors opened a hole in his skull to remove it. But they had a crucial request: He must play his acoustic guitar during the surgery. The musician, Musa Manzini, a jazz bassist, was awake when the doctors performed the surgery… Read More »
Happy Datta Jayanti 2018 (Photo credits: File Image) Datta Jayanti 2018 is being celebrated on December 22 this year. The day is a very auspicious one for the Hindus as it marks the birth of Lord Dattatreya. Lord Dattatreya is an incarnation of Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Mahesh, a holy trinity. Observing a… Read More »
Home News New Drugs FDA Approves Asparlas FDA Approves Asparlas (calaspargase pegol-mknl) for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Print this page On December 20, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration approved calaspargase pegol-mknl (ASPARLAS, Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC), an asparagine specific enzyme, as a component of a multi-agent chemotherapeutic regimen for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in pediatric… Read More »
Current HIV treatments need to be taken for life by those infected as antiretroviral therapy is unable to eliminate viral reservoirs lurking in immune cells. Institut Pasteur scientists have identified the characteristics of CD4 T lymphocytes that are preferentially infected by the virus — it is their metabolic (or energy-producing) activity that enables the virus… Read More »
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