Findings of a preliminary study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine suggest that a patient's own bone-marrow stromal (stem) cells could be used to treat multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively-drug (XDR) tuberculosis (TB). ...
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A patient's own bone marrow stem cells might someday be used to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, a new study suggests. The phase 1 study to assess the safety of the treatment included 30 patients, aged 21 to 65, with ...
Vinegar, the Spanish Apparel and Accessories Brand known for its quirky take on fashion and style marks its entry in Hyderabad. A collection of imaginative, and well designed apparel for all you ladies are in store at this exclusive store ...
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Researchers have tried a variety of methods to develop detectors that are responsive to a broad range of infrared light—which could form imaging arrays for security systems, or solar cells that harness a broader range of sunlight's ...
Four board members of the PLDA have tendered their resignations blaming a lack of transparency and intransigence at board level for their decision. Katja Winkelmann, president elect, Stephan Horn, circle of sponsors liaison officer, Berry ...
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A safe and effective male birth control pill may be inching closer to reality, according to researchers. In laboratory experiments, mouse sperm was blocked from semen while still allowing for normal sexual activity. Without sperm in the ...
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It’s time for Canada to develop a new approach to financing, building and repairing the nation’s aging infrastructure, according to a white paper recently published by the Van Horne Institute. The Van Horne Institute, a leader ...
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A series of roundtables on Canada’s transportation policies for the 21st century, held earlier this year, determined it is time for the country to develop a new approach to repairing, building and financing aging infrastructure. The ...
A meeting of the Legislative and Governance Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) has decided there needs to be a monitoring system to track the effectiveness of the proposed Front-of-Pack Labelling (FoPL) system for food. The meeting, ...
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Up till now, the connection most people would make between nanomaterials and Alzheimer’s has always been as a potential treatment for the devastating disease. But now, instead of a nanomaterial treating the disease, researchers at the ...
Nucletron has announced that the first Esteya electronic brachytherapy system in the US has been installed at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Esteya by Nucletron, an Elekta company, is a new approach for skin cancer ...
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ABS Consulting recently completed design review services for an approval in principle of the design of Hyundai Heavy Industries' (HHI) Modular Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Storage Tanks. ABS Consulting reviewed the system design for HHI's ...
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After months on the drawing board, the contracts were signed recently and a new partnership forged between industry and education when Bosch Packaging Technology Inc., and Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC), both in New Richmond, ...
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Computer scientists are constantly searching for ways to squeeze ever more bandwidth from communications networks. Now a new approach to understanding a basic concept in graph theory, known as "vertex connectivity," could ultimately lead ...
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FRAM Industrial brand will market industrial and gas turbine filters into Europe, Middle East and Africa. Champion Laboratories (Europe) has announced the launch of the new FRAM Industrial brand which has been created to further increase ...
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