Treating the Village to Cure the Disease
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/treating-the-village-to-cure-the-villagers/?hp&rref=opinion
They are participating in a strategy called mass drug administration, which treats everyone in an area where a disease is found ? even if they aren't sick or infected. Normally, it would be malpractice to treat people for a disease they don't have. But ...
Edible Proteins May Cure Human Diseases
http://www.psfk.com/2013/11/edible-proteins-cure-human-diseases.html
Pronutria is developing a new kind of medicine derived from proteins found in our fridge that could possibly be the cure to muscle and metabolic diseases, as well as some rare ones. The company has the support of Flagship Ventures who has offered $10.8 ...
Harvard Zebrafish Research Yields Possible Treatments for Muscle Diseases
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-07/harvard-fish-research-yields-possible-muscle-treatment.html
The chemicals, found to coax fish embryo cells to form muscle, also had the same effect on human stem cells that were transplanted into mice with a muscle-wasting disease. The researchers' findings were published today in the journal Cell. The ...
Medical record mining helps clarify complex diseases
http://sfari.org/news-and-opinion/toolbox/2013/medical-record-mining-helps-clarify-complex-diseases
Researchers have mined the medical records of more than 100 million people and found close to 3,000 associations between single-gene diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, and complex genetic disorders such as autism. The results were published 26 ...
Jimmy Carter Fights to Eradicate Diseases
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/jimmy-carter-fights-eradicate-diseases-20787801
Jimmy Carter Fights to Eradicate Diseases. Former president's passion project, the Carter Foundation, helps get medicine to remote locations. 03:57 | 11/05/2013. Related Links: Watch: Obama Could Meet With New Iranian President · Watch: Obama Offers ...
Neglected Diseases Still Are, Well, Neglected
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/29/health/neglected-diseases-still-are-well-neglected.html
Despite much progress in the last 35 years, a new study has found that major gaps persist in the effort to prevent and treat the ?neglected diseases? of the poor. The study, a survey of the 850 new drugs and vaccines approved in the last 12 years ...
'Jaw-dropping' breakthrough hailed as landmark in fight against hereditary ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Jaw-dropping-breakthrough-hailed-as-landmark-in-fight-against-hereditary-diseases-as-Crispr-technique-heralds-genetic-revolution/articleshow/25384881.cms
The development has been hailed as a milestone in medical science because it promises to revolutionise the study and treatment of a range of diseases, from cancer and incurable viruses to inherited genetic disorders such as sickle-cell anaemia and Down ...
Coronado partner stops mid-stage study of bowel disease treatment
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/07/us-coronado-boweldrug-idUSBRE9A60LA20131107
"We believe (Trichuris suis ova) has therapeutic potential in other diseases and will continue to work diligently to advance its development for the treatment of autoimmune diseases," Weisman said in a statement. The treatment, made from eggs of the ...
