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George B. Rathmann dies at 84; co-founder of biotech giant Amgen
George B. Rathmann, a far-sighted entrepreneur whose small team of talented scientists created two blockbuster drugs that helped turn his upstart Thousand Oaks firm, Amgen Inc., into the world's most successful biotech company, died Sundayat his Palo Alto...Tags: Northwestern University, Abbott Laboratories, Biotechnology Industry, Science, Human Body
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My Turn: A bumbling dance with Dr. Web
My doctor recently suggested that a diminishing number of my white blood cells might signal a serious condition. After eliminating all the usual suspects, he referred me to an oncologist. I wondered whether anyone is ever happy to see the doctor whose...Tags: Medical Specialization, Human Body, Radio, Entertainment, High Blood Pressure
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Dr. Ernest McCulloch dies at 84; he and research partner were first to isolate and identify a stem cell
Dr. Ernest McCulloch, who with biophysicist James E. Till was the first to isolate and identify a stem cell, opening the door immediately to bone marrow transplants and eventually to what researchers believe will be a host of treatments for a broad...Tags: Medical Research, Research, Nobel Prize Awards, Agricultural Research and Technology, Human Body
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Dr. Helen M. Ranney dies at 89; pioneering female physician explored sickle cell genetics
Dr. Helen M. Ranney, a pioneering female physician who was among the first to explore the genetics of sickle cell disease and scored a number of firsts for women in her profession, including being the first to head a department of medicine at a U.S....Tags: Medical Research, Defense, Death, Blood Disorders, Sickle Cell Disease
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High hopes for a malaria vaccine
Each year, malaria kills more than 1 million people -- 90% of them in sub-Saharan Africa and 80% of them younger than 5 -- and makes 300 million people seriously ill. Major progress in controlling the disease has been made by the widespread adoption of...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Trials, Children, Africa, Crime, Law and Justice
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Cocaine laced with veterinary drug causing serious illness
Booster ShotsA federal agency warned this week that cocaine laced with levamisole, a veterinary anti-parasitic drug, has caused 20 cases of a serious medical disorder. Officials at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration say they expect to see... -
Old blood raises death risk in trauma patients receiving transfusions
Booster ShotsA victim of severe trauma who gets as little as a single unit of blood that's been stored for more than a month is twice as likely to die as an equally injured patient who gets transfused with fresher blood,...... -
Jaundice in newborns is common; chronic condition isn't. So what to do?
Booster ShotsTo reduce the number of newborns who develop severe jaundice, screen them all for high amounts of a blood pigment known as bilirubin. That's the word from researchers at UC San Francisco Children's Hospital and Kaiser Permanente. If the conclusion...... -
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...... -
Abdul-Jabbar confident in fight against rare form of leukemia
Dodger ThoughtsUpon hearing that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been been battling a form of leukemia for almost a year, it's hard for this Los Angeles sports fan to think of anything else. According to Broderick Turner of The Times, the NBA legend...... -
Pass the turkey, hold the arsenic
Booster ShotsWith Thanksgiving just around the corner, U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) would like to remind you that the turkey defrosting in your fridge might be poisonous. You see, that turkey may contain roxarsone, a food additive that poultry producers use...... -
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...
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