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So long to a tail-wagging boy: Saying goodbye to a beloved dog named Dillon
L.A. UnleashedAs anyone who's ever loved and lost a pet knows, dealing with the grief that comes with the death of a furry friend is heart-wrenching. Our colleague Diane Pucin is a sports writer by trade and a pet lover at...... -
Massive malaria vaccine trial has begun in Africa
Booster ShotsA massive Phase 3 trial of a malaria vaccine is now underway in Africa, with 5,000 children enrolled already out of a target population of 16,000. If results are favorable, marketing approval could be sought as early as 2012, making...... -
Now for a look at non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a diagnosis that could increase
Booster ShotsPaul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, has reportedly begun treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the body's lymphatic system. This is not his first battle with cancer. Allen was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease -- a different type of lymphoma... -
Fake blood, real benefits
Booster ShotsBlood drives may someday become a thing of the past. Scientific efforts to engineer artificial blood components took two big strides forward this week. On Monday, researchers from UC Santa Barbara and the University of Michigan published a study... -
Swine flu recedes in North America, Europe, WHO says
Booster ShotsThe second wave of pandemic H1N1 influenza is winding down in North America and much of Europe, but flu activity is still widespread and intensifying in India, Egypt and elsewhere and it's too soon to say the pandemic is over,...... -
FDA approves immune-boosting therapy for prostate cancer
The Food and Drug Administration approved a new immune-boosting therapy for prostate cancer on Thursday, the first therapeutic vaccine for cancer ever approved by the agency. The approval opens the door to a whole new approach to cancer therapy, adding...Tags: Stanford University, Blood Cells, Immune System, Health, Vaccines
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Rehabilitated sea turtles rescued from Gulf oil spill are released in Florida waters
L.A. UnleashedCEDAR KEY, Fla. â The first rehabilitated turtles oiled by BP's massive leak were released back into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, with scientists saying that animals taken in by rescuers -- including birds -- appear more resilient than...... -
Dr. Jean Dausset dies at 92; scientist's discovery made tissue typing for transplants possible
Dr. Jean Dausset, the French Nobel laureate who discovered the human leukocyte antigen, or HLA, system on human tissue that made tissue typing for transplants possible, died June 6 in Mallorca, Spain. He was 92. The HLA antigens are molecules on the...Tags: Blood Cells, Nobel Prize Awards, Immune System, Health, University of Paris
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From the archives: Family, friends mourn 'Neda,' Iranian woman who died on video
The first word came from abroad. An aunt in the United States called her Saturday in a panic. "Don't go out into the streets, Golshad," she told her. "They're killing people."
The relative proceeded to describe a video, airing on exile television...Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Health, Entertainment, Trips and Vacations
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U.S. Navy launches ship named after Charles R. Drew in San Diego
L.A. NOWSyliva Drew Ivie has seen schools and a medical college named after her late father Charles Drew, a black surgeon whose pioneering work in the science of blood preservation was key to the development of large-scale blood banks. But the...... -
Stem Cells in the Bank -- for What, It's Not Yet Known
Times Staff WriterThe courier arrived just after midnight with a bag of blood collected from a fresh umbilical cord. Inside the laboratory at Family Cord Blood Services in Santa Monica, a worker siphoned off red cells, leaving a dilute mixture of stem cells — a...Tags: Blood Cells, Johns Hopkins University, Sales, Health, Alzheimer's Disease
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Are plastics safe?
Special to The TimesTHIRTEEN-MONTH-OLD Solange Dorsainvil plays with toys made from wood and cloth, drinks from a Swiss-made aluminum sippy cup and teethes on kale stems and celery. Her life is as plastic-free as her mother, Celina Lyons, can make it. --------------------...Tags: Health, Pharmaceuticals, National Institutes of Health, Prostate, Teachers
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