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Paris-based pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis agreed Wednesday to pay up to $560 million for TargeGen, a San Diego biotech company that is developing a drug to treat leukemia, lymphoma and other blood disorders.
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(click on the author link above to see full post)BERKELEY, Calif. — XOMA Ltd. , a leader in the discovery and development of therapeutic antibodies, announced that it has reached the enrollment goal of 325 patients for its Phase 2b dose-ranging clinical trial of XOMA 052, and that it expects patient enrollment to close in the next three weeks, with top-line results available in the first quarter of 2011.
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(click on the author link above to see full post)Western Kentucky eye specialists advise people to wear sunglasses throughout the year to protect their eyesight.
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(click on the author link above to see full post)Dozens of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem cells – a stunning success for the burgeoning cell-therapy field, Italian researchers reported June 23.
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(click on the author link above to see full post)According to findings published in the American Journal of Pathology , resveratrol could reverse the abnormal formation of blood vessels in the retina of mice subjected to a laser treatment.
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(click on the author link above to see full post)Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis say that resveratrol – a compound found in the skin of red grapes and blueberries – may prove useful in preventing the vision loss associated with diabetes and old age.
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(click on the author link above to see full post)Scientists have discovered that when they transplant ovaries from young mice into aging female mice, not only does the procedure make the mice fertile again, but also it rejuvenates their behaviour and increases their lifespan…
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(click on the author link above to see full post)Sculptor Matthew Kessler at his home in Silver Spring. The artist suffers from macular degeneration, but spends several hours a week making sculptures out of stone, wood and metal.
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(click on the author link above to see full post)At Last: Blueberry Season is here. The beginning of blueberry season is a very special occasion in my household.
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