LONG-ACTING CLOTTING FACTOR VIIa

www.prolor-biotech.com/_Uploads/dbsAttachedFiles/NewsPROLORAnnouncesPositiveResultsOfLongActingFactorVIIaStudy.pdf[more]

European Orphan Drug Regulation

www.ojrd.com/content/6/1/59/abstract

Source: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases[more]

Gene therapy - Hemophilia B

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21412285%2C21706032

Source: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases[more]

New study casts doubt on potential link between XMRV and CFS

A study in the journal Science has cast more doubt on the basis for claims that chronic fatigue syndrome is linked to the virus XMRV. Nine laboratories tested blood samples from healthy people and from people with chronic fatigue...[more]

Canadian Blood Services to review risks linked to MSM donations

In the wake of a policy change in the U.K. concerning the lifetime blood-donation ban on men who have sex with men, Canadian Blood Services is expected to conduct a modeling exercise similar to one performed in Britain to assess...[more]

Shark research could offer new antiviral medication

Scientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have discovered that a compound derived from sharks called squalamine, which already has been tested in humans to treat cancers and certain eye disorders, also exhibits antiviral...[more]

Rapid diagnostic test device can detect malaria, dengue

U.S. and Indian researchers have developed a rapid diagnostic test device that can detect several diseases, including malaria and dengue. The device has shown 100% accuracy in laboratories and could be modified to detect HIV,...[more]