
Terra med Alliance News: Professor Suzanne Cory, the former director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia, has been named the recipient of the 2009 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize.
By: Dave GosineUnder the terms of the agreement, SGX will receive from Novartis $25 million in upfront payments and the purchase of SGX common stock. Along with success-based milestones, but excluding royalties, total payments to SGX could exceed $515 million, including a minimum of two years of research funding.
The success of Gleevec(TM) (imatinib), the first [...]

By: Groshan Fabiola
Discovering leukemia while it is still in an early phase is crucial in its treatment because when the disease advances it starts to spread in the whole body and it’s much harder to be treated.
Therefore it’s important to learn the symptoms of leukemia so that you can can detect its signs and take [...]

By: Groshan Fabiola
No human is alike another on this planet. Because of the this the way that the disease leukemia affects people is also very different. Some patients may experience severe or acute symptoms, while in others the action of the symptoms may be so mild that a long time passes till the disease is [...]

By: Larry Mitchell
When it comes to having a new baby—whether the child is your family’s firstborn or tenth—there are many decisions that must be made involving their birth and health care. A major choice that all expecting parents face is whether or not to bank cord blood from their newborn for the future. With the [...]

By: Alexander Gorbachev
If you are new to owning a cat, you may be surprised to find that cat health problems are a common thing. No matter what breed of cat you own, cat health problems are to be expected. Some may be hereditary, while others can easily be prevented.
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No matter what breed of cat it [...]

By: Groshan Fabiola
Leukemia is a malignant cancer that first affects the organs that produce blood and blood cells,like the lymph and the bone marrow. These organs loose control over the number and quality of white blood cells (also known as leukocytes) that they produce, so the blood gets saturated with with abnormal white blood cells [...]

By: Juliet Cohen
Leukemia or leukaemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation of blood cells. As these leukaemia cells take over, the patient develops symptoms such as excessive bruising and breathlessness. Leukemias are divided into two main groups acute and chronic and then further divided by [...]
By: David P LeeCats, just like any other animal and their caretakers, can get sick. If you love cats and own them, there are some things you should know about the illnesses that can affect your feline friend.LeukemiaFeline leukemia virus falls into the category of retroviruses because of the way infected cells behave. The virus [...]

By: Nicholas Tan
If you are new to owning a cat, you may be surprised to find that health problems are a common thing. No matter what breed of cat you own, health problems are to be expected. Some may be hereditary, while others can easily be prevented.
Worms
No matter what breed of cat it may be, [...]