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Medicaments for Thalassemia Seized at Bulgarian Customs Nov 20, 2005
Sofia. “There is no person, hospital or state that can solve the problem of the thalassemia�, chairman of the Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF ...
- Focus News,
Thalassemia a 'major' issue Nov 21, 2005
Around 10,000 college students are tested every year for thalassemia, not only for detection purposes but to also generate greater awareness about the blood ...
- Times of India,
Thalassemia drug hope Nov 15, 2005
UAE medical specialists are hoping a new drug for the treatment of iron overload in thalassemia sufferers will soon be approved by local authorities. ...
- AME Info,
DP World distributes ‘Edia’ to children suffering from ... Nov 1, 2005
The program included visiting children suffering from thalassemia, cancer and other chronic diseases, and a visit to an old age home in Mamzar, Dubai. ...
- Al-Bawaba,
Hemus Air to Provide Free Transportation of 100 Kg. Medicine for ... Nov 18, 2005
...kg. medicine for people suffering from Thalassemia from Athens, representatives of Hemus Air reported for FOCUS News Agency. The ...
- Focus News,
All for a good cause Nov 16, 2005
But there's one issue that actually benefits from being talked about — Thalassemia. Creating awareness about Thalassemia has taken ...
- Times of India,
Two genetic traits giving Africans malaria protection lose ... Nov 19, 2005
Two genetic conditions--sickle cell trait and a mild version of the blood disorder known as thalassemia--that by themselves give millions of Africans natural ...
- Medical News Today (press release),
FWAA Selects Tulane For Annual Courage Award Nov 22, 2005
The first winner in 2002 was Toledo's William Bratton, who was diagnosed with a blood disorder (a combination of sickle-cell and thalassemia) when he was eight ...
- TulaneGreenWave.com
Anti-malaria genes cancel each other Nov 20, 2005
The genes for sickle cell anemia and thalassemia are common among Africans and people of African descent because inheriting a single gene reduces the risk of ...
- United Press International
Two genetic traits giving Africans malaria protection lose ... Nov 15, 2005
Yaoundé, Cameroon (15 November 2005)--Two genetic conditions--sickle cell trait and a mild version of the blood disorder known as thalassemia--that by ...
- EurekAlert (press release),
Gene therapy using adult stem cells offers promise of cure Nov 9, 2005
I'm as serious as I can be. I am the father of a child with thalassemia, a fatal genetic blood disorder. ... Thalassemia is what is called a single-gene disorder. ...
- Asbury Park Press,
Co-infection of Two genetic diseases makes them susceptible to ... Nov 15, 2005
Researchers have found that co-infection of two genetic diseases Thalassemia and Sickle Cell anemia make the patients susceptible to malarial parasite infection ...
- MedIndia,
GE Healthcare and Saneron Announce a Research Collaboration for ... Nov 21, 2005
...to be used to treat more than 80 malignant, genetic and acquired diseases, such as leukemia, lymphoma, sickle cell anemia, thalassemia and immunodeficiency. ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release),
Hoping for cure, they get HIV instead Oct 26, 2005
...of the cruelest kind. He is a thalassemia patient from the fringes of the city who tested HIV-positive recently. Though many see ...
- Kolkata Newsline,
Cooley's Anemia Foundation Applauds FDA Decision on Exjade Nov 2, 2005
..."This is milestone for people with thalassemia," said Gina Cioffi, Esq., national executive ... "Each thalassemia patient has his or her own specific needs. ...
- U.S. Newswire (press release),
Ombudsman of Azerbaijan called citizens to donate blood for ... Nov 12, 2005
...to organize within 10 days a donor rally to help children needing blood transfusions, especially those kids that suffer from hemophilia and thalassemia. ...
- Today.Az,
FDA Approvals: Exjade, Oncaspar, Invanz Nov 17, 2005
...administration of 20 to 30 mg/kg of deferasirox daily led to the maintenance or reduction of iron burden in transfused patients with thalassemia, sickle cell ...
- Medscape (subscription)
Italian-American Club hosts a delizioso Thanksgiving dinner Nov 18, 2005
...fun socializing. “We donate to Rancho Damacitas, the Thalassemia Support Foundation and St. Vincent de Paul,� she said. They ...
- Valley News Network,
Evaluating Host Genetic Factors For Malaria Risk Nov 8, 2005
Malaria parasites invade human red blood cells, and it had already been recognized in the 1940s that diseases of red blood cells such as thalassemia and sickle ...
- LaSalute.net,
Exjade(R), a Breakthrough Once-Daily Oral Iron Chelator, Receives ... Nov 2, 2005
...for chronic anemias - Approval makes iron chelation more accessible to patients suffering from diseases such as sickle cell, thalassemia and myelodysplastic ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Investing in the future Nov 12, 2005
...voluntary, non-profit organisations such as HOPE Foundation, Spastic Society of Karnataka (Bangalore), Home of Hope (Bangalore), Thalassemia Society (Hyderabad ...
- Financial Express,
Thalassaemia test Nov 9, 2005
According to the plan, districts would have small centres for thalassemia detection and these would be controlled directly by the nodal centre, proposed to be ...
- The Statesman,
Combined traits cancel malaria protection Nov 15, 2005
15 (UPI) -- Africans who have the sickle cell trait and the blood disorder thalassemia lose protection against malaria, researchers said at a Cameroon ...
- United Press International
Exjade Wins FDA Approval as Oral Iron Chelator Nov 2, 2005
Exjade was approved for adults and children two and older whose iron overload resulted from frequent blood transfusions for thalassemia and sickle cell disease ...
- MedPage Today,
Schering-Plough's Oral HCV Protease Inhibitor Demonstrates Potent ... Nov 14, 2005
...is contraindicated in patients with autoimmune hepatitis, decompensated liver disease, and in patients with hemoglobinopathies (eg, thalassemia major, sickle ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Pegasys(R) Shows Encouraging Interim Results for Hepatitis C ... Nov 11, 2005
...or any of its components, in women who are pregnant, men whose female partners are pregnant, and patients with hemoglobinopathies (eg, thalassemia major, sickle ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Exjade, a Breakthrough Once-Daily Oral Iron Chelator, Receives ... Nov 3, 2005
...and unavoidable consequence of frequent blood transfusions used to treat certain types of rare chronic blood disorders, including thalassemia and sickle cell ...
- DG News
SWI/SNF and erythropoiesis Nov 14, 2005
...reveals a role for these complexes in beta-globin regulation and erythropoiesis and may provide insight into common ailments such as beta thalassemia and anemia ...
- Innovations-Report,
Of Sex and Designer Babies Oct 27, 2005
2003, it was ruled in Great Britain that a procedure using PGD to cure a young boy who was terminally ill with the blood disorder beta thalassemia major could ...
- Daily Campus (subscription),
Resonance Health raises $795k, appoints advisor Nov 15, 2005
...of understanding with a major US radiology chain which complements the clinical programs we are running with Novartis and the Thalassemia Clinical Research ...
- WA Business News,
Reliance Life to invest Rs 1,500 cr for new plant Nov 1, 2005
...others. It would also focus on therapies in the treatment of thalassemia, leukaemia and sickle cell anemia through stem cell research. ...
- Business Standard,
Newborn screening program adds six tests Nov 2, 2005
The new tests will examine newborns for three blood disorders including sickle cell disease and thalassemia, and for three additional endocrine disorders. ...
- National Post,
Ontario adds six tests for newborns, including sickle cell disease Nov 2, 2005
...for three inherited blood diseases, including sickle cell disease, in which red blood cells are misshapen and can lead to anemia, and thalassemia, an inherited ...
- Canada.com,
Plan adds stem cell coverage Oct 30, 2005
With the rate of blood diseases such as leukaemia or thalassemia increasing among the Thai population, Thai Life Insurance is now offering coverage for stem ...
- Bangkok Post,
Dreamflight girls dodge Wilma Oct 23, 2005
Thalassemia patients Aysha Mubarak and Marwa Ghuloom, both aged 13, and 190 other seriously ill children are expected to return home when Dreamflight comes to ...
- Gulf Daily News,
Campaign in Solidarity with Detainee Manal and her Child Nour 03 Oct 2005
Manal (who suffers from thalassemia) and her son, Nour, who was born away from his family, need special medical treatment not provided by the Israeli Prison ...
- International Middle East Media Center
FDA Panel Recommends Approval of Exjade® for once-daily oral ... 03 Oct 2005
...threatening, unavoidable consequence of frequent blood transfusions used to treat certain rare, chronic blood disorders, including thalassemia, sickle cell ...
- Medical News Today (press release)
ENOC focuses blood donation drive on the needs of Thalassemia ... Sep 21, 2005
The increasingly acute health problems faced by those suffering from Thalassemia, the debilitating blood disease, have been targeted by Emirates National Oil ...
- Al-Bawaba
Cooley's Anemia Foundation Applauds Committee Decision on Exjade ... Sep 30, 2005
..."This is a tremendous step forward for people with thalassemia," said Gina Cioffi, Esq., National Executive Director of the Cooley's Anemia Foundation, the non ...
- U.S. Newswire (press release)
Police Service, NTC begins blood donation program Sep 27, 2005
A blood donation program was started by Maldives Police Service and National Thalassemia Centre today. This program is conducted ...
- MaldivesInfo (press release)
Albania confirms HIV infected cases through transfusion Sep 30, 2005
...that there had been four cases infected with HIV virus and several others with hepatitis C and B among the poly- transfused patients of thalassemia in the ...
- People's Daily Online
Who gets the $3 billion? Sep 30, 2005
...of California-San Francisco doctors regularly transplant bone-marrow stem cells into children to treat cancer, aplastic anemia and thalassemia, among other ...
- San Jose Mercury News
Donate blood, get free Navratri passes Sep 27, 2005
Their intention, however, was definitely not to avail free passes. "I am here to donate blood for children with thalassemia. Getting ...
- Hindustan Times
SCDAA Responds Favorably to Positive Review of Exjade by FDA ... Sep 29, 2005
...patients who undergo repeated blood transfusions to treat certain rare, chronic blood disorders including, sickle cell disease (SCD), thalassemia, other rare ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
35 sign up for charity abseil Sep 29, 2005
Aysha and Marwa, who are both Thalassemia patients, will join more than 190 seriously ill children from the UK, Chernobyl and Hong Kong on the holiday. ...
- Gulf Daily News
Dancing away her blues Sep 19, 2005
...schools. Chandran was in Vadodara to take part in a Hindi play, the proceeds of which were donated for Thalassemia patients. "It's ...
- Times of India
DuBiotech partners with CERT to offer Sep 29, 2005
...the leaders in biotechnology who are looking to develop new advances that counter medical issues prevalent in the Gulf, such as Thalassemia, Diabetes, Anaemia ...
- WAM - Emirates News Agency
PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS: An Earlier Look At Baby's Genes Sep 1, 2005
DNA from maternal blood to successfully test for genes inherited from a father that cause diseases such as cystic fibrosis and the blood disorder thalassemia. ...
- Science Magazine (subscription)
Debate Over Use of Embryonic Stem Cells Sep 28, 2005
...disease research. Stem cells from bone marrow have treated rare blood disorders such as aplastic anemia and beta-thalassemia. Now ...
- rarediseases.about.com
Genetic centre on way Sep 28, 2005
000 and BD1 million, will largely cater for people suffering from inherited blood disorders, such as sickle cell disease and thalassemia, officials stated at a ...
- Gulf Daily News
Academic boycotts – bad for Israel, bad for peace Sep 27, 2005
The material was needed for her work to develop a treatment for thalassemia, a serious blood disorder which afflicted Palestinians. ...
- Jerusalem Post
Stamping Out Sickle Cell Sep 23, 2005
The final form is sickle thalassemia disease. It is when a child inherits one copy of the sickle hemoglobin gene from one parent ...
- WDIV
Hilmy Didi passes away Sep 25, 2005
At the time of his passing away, Mr. Anwar Hilmy Didi was serving as the Senior Laboratory Technologist at the National Thalassemia Center. ...
- MaldivesInfo (press release)
Thalassemic children at a higher risk of acquiring hepatitis Sep 4, 2005
Chandigarh, September 4: EVERY year around ten thousand children born in India suffer from thalassemia. This is ten per cent of ...
- Chandigarh Newsline
Breast cancer activist receives prize Sep 18, 2005
...diseases. Detection of such mutations has led to tests for prenatal detection of diseases like sickle cell anemia and thalassemia. ...
- San Francisco Chronicle
Chair of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine ... Sep 20, 2005
...the understanding of stem cell biology and apply that knowledge to the treatment of such conditions as diabetes, cancer and leukemia, thalassemia and sickle ...
- PrimeZone (press release)
Canadian pioneers of stem cell research get Lasker for Basic ... Sep 18, 2005
The discovery led to the development of bone marrow transplants, which are now used to treat those with blood disorders like leukemia and thalassemia. ...
- Earthtimes.org
YOUTH ACTIVISTS IN AZERBAIJAN SAY THEY ARE BEING TARGETED BY ... Sep 20, 2005
The Popular Front Party has responded to Nuri’s arrest with a blood donation campaign for individuals suffering from thalassemia, a series of genetic blood ...
- EurasiaNet
Cellerant Therapeutics Adds $9 Million to Series B Round for a ... Sep 22, 2005
Preliminary published human clinical data suggest that genetic blood disorders such as sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia can be favorably impacted with ...
- Business Wire (press release)
egoli Biotech & Health News: ANP, BOS, IBA, RHT, NRT Sep 13, 2005
...the continuing supply of FerriScan to US centres participating in clinical programs being conducted by Novartis and the Thalassemia Clinical Research Network. ...
- egoli.com.au
USAID: Iraq Reconstruction and Humanitarian Relief Weekly Update ... Sep 16, 2005
...the health sciences. The project, funded by HEAD, studies the molecular basis of B-Thalassemia in northern Iraq. The genetic disorder ...
- ReliefWeb (press release)
Grandparents get second chance at parenthood Sep 10, 2005
...priority. Born with Beta thalassemia, an inherited blood disorder that can cause anemia, De’lan requires regular doctor visits. ...
- Daily News - Galveston County
PRESIDENT OF HEYDAR ALIYEV FOUNDATION, UNESCO GOODWILL AMBASSADOR ... Aug 31, 2005
...which has refurbished 26 children houses and boarding schools, are being realized special programs on assistance to the children suffering with thalassemia. ...
- AzerTag
Thalassemia Society holds dinner nightJul 10, 2005
The Dinner Night of the Maldivian Thalassaemia Society was held at Ghiyaasuddin School from the 3rd to 8th of this month. The main ...
- MaldivesInfo
European Union's CHMP Adopts Positive Opinion For Shorter Course ...Jul 29, 2005
...is contraindicated in patients with autoimmune hepatitis, decompensated liver disease, and in patients with hemoglobinopathies (eg, thalassemia major, sickle ...
- Yahoo News
Blood Disease on the Rise Due to South Asian MigrationJul 5, 2005
...immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area have significantly increased the incidence of the inherited blood disorder called thalassemia, researchers said last ...
- Pacific News Service
Pak doctors emerge pioneer in applying autologous stem cell ...Jul 14, 2005
KARACHI, July 14 : Pakistani doctors have emerged to be the first to successfully apply Autologous Stem Cell Therapy in treating Thalassemia Major, a ...
- Pakistan Link
Creating a life to save two othersJul 2, 2005
...a hug. Every month, Lexie and Kailyn go to Children's Hospital in Boston to be treated for thalassemia, a blood disorder. Now her ...
- Brockton Enterprise
PHARMACOGENOMICS: New science promises improved treatmentJul 17, 2005
...first stage, Dr Pornchai said the centre would build a system to capture clinical and genetic patient information on eight diseases – thalassemia, HIV, post ...
- The Nation, Thailand
Hair-raiser for admen’s get-togetherJul 24, 2005
...to the Spastic Children's Association of Selangor and Federal Territory, Malaysian Association For The Blind, Rumah Hope, and Thalassemia Association of ...
- Malay Mail
Girl Needs Blood DonorJul 2, 2005
...blood. Aswani Hj Mohd has since birth been suffering from Thalassemia Major, which is characterised as a severe form of anemia. ...
- Bru Direct
Biotech firms to preserve umbilical cordsJul 19, 2005
...of the child is preserved for the next 21 to 30 years as a medical safeguard against complicated diseases like leukaemia, diabetes, thalassemia, spinal cord ...
- Rediff
Sangamo BioSciences Reports 2005 Second Quarter Financial ResultsJul 19, 2005
This work provides the scientific foundation for potential therapeutic approaches for a variety of genetic disorders, such as beta-thalassemia, sickle cell ...
- PharmaLive.com
States decide how to screen newborns for disordersJul 11, 2005
Congenital hypothyroidism, sickle cell disease, beta thalassemia and glactosemia are the only other conditions for which every US newborn is screened ...
- USA Today
Children's Hospital Oakland new sickle cell researchJul 6, 2005
...research, we hope to increase our understanding of the development of pulmonary hypertension not only in sickle cell disease, but in thalassemia (Cooleys anemia ...
- Medical News Today
Kalabagh Dam would have averted flood: MusharrafJul 13, 2005
...mechanism under which the very technology could also be applied in remotest parts of Pakistan benefitting children suffering from Thalassemia - while those ...
- Pakistan Times
Tot fights blood disorder, seeks bone-marrow donorJul 15, 2005
Doctors determined that the unborn child had alpha thalassemia, a genetic defect in the production of hemoglobin, the protein that enables red blood cells to ...
- Arizona Republic
Health Canada grants Priority Review for (PR)Exjade(TM) for ...Jul 14, 2005
...toxicity that results from lifesaving blood transfusions required to treat certain types of anemias and other disorders, including thalassemia, sickle cell ...
- Canada NewsWire
Blood runs outJul 5, 2005
These Ill-fated children most of them being below six years of age are afflicted with hitherto incurable thalassemia disease. They require blood transfusion. ...
- The Statesman
Health minister calls for concerted efforts against ThalassaemiaJul 2, 2005
Cousin marriages should be avoided as there is every likelihood that one child from every four children could be infected with Thalassemia,� he warned. ...
- Daily Times
REGION AL BRIEFSJul 7, 2005
The blood bank in charge, said thalassemia patients need blood in large quantity and urged the citizens to participate in the cause in a big way. ...
- The Tribune
Starting off on the right foot: Expanded newborn screenings will ...Jul 6, 2005
...the Kentucky Public Health Laboratory will add two of the expanded tests -- one for hemoglobin S/C disease and another for hemoglobin S/Beta-Thalassemia disease ...
- Ledger Independent
Ministry denies blood shortages putting lives at riskJul 2, 2005
A screening policy exists on both sides of the island to reduce the incidence of thalassemia, which since its implementation in the 1970s (which also includes ...
- Cyprus Mail
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