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Researchers devise a progression risk-based classification for patients with AWM

WellnessBy poulmoney23.04.2019Leave a comment

IMAGE: Mark Bustoros, MD view more  Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute By analyzing data from hundreds of patients with asymptomatic Waldenström macroglobulinemia (AWM), researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have devised a risk model for determining whether patients with AWM have a low, intermediate, or high risk of developing symptomatic Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM), which requires chemotherapy treatment. Waldenström…

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Insilico to present at the Health Horizons Future Healthcare Forum

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IMAGE: Alex Zhavoronkov, Ph.D., Founder and CEO of Insilico Medicine, to present at the Health Horizons Future Healthcare Forum in London, June 26-27 view more  Credit: Insilico Medicine Tuesday, April 23, 2019 – Insilico Medicine, a biotech company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the next generation artificial intelligence, will present its latest results in…

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When designing clinical trials for huntington’s disease, first ask the experts

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Amsterdam, NL, April 23, 2019 – Progress in understanding the genetic mutation responsible for Huntington’s disease (HD) and at least some molecular underpinnings of the disease has resulted in a new era of clinical testing of potential treatments. How best to design clinical trials in which HD patients are willing to participate and comply is…

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United Airlines Employee Charged With Using Racial Slurs Toward Customer

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Image After a United Airlines employee was charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly using racial slurs, the company said it had “zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind.”CreditSeth Wenig/Associated Press A United Airlines employee accused of directing racial slurs at a customer has been charged in Texas with disorderly conduct, according to court documents. The…

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A Vicious, Untreatable Killer Leaves China Guessing

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XIJIAHE, China — The plague’s victims die gruesomely. First, a high fever. The skin goes flushed, purplish. There is a discharge from the eyes and nose. Bloody diarrhea. And within days, death. The survival rate is near zero. By China’s official estimates, the present outbreak of African swine fever, which affects pigs but is harmless…

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Traveling to Cuba May Get Harder for Americans

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Image A night view of Havana, which has drawn an increasing number of American travelers.CreditRobert Rausch for The New York Times For Americans who want to visit Cuba, things got even murkier as the Trump administration last week said that it would further restrict nonfamily travel to the island. The new restrictions are part of…

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Front Burner: Looking for a Plastic Bag Alternative?

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The extinction of plastic bags is coming, so you may as well prepare. Reusable Stasher bags are a silicone alternative to disposable zipper-locked sandwich and storage bags. The company makes them in a range of translucent colors in five sizes — pocket, snack, sandwich, half-gallon and 12-cup stand-up. All have press-and-seal closures and are suitable…

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Front Burner: For the Night Owls and Early Birds

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Suzanne Dumaine — a trained chef, recipe developer and writer — is flying solo at her own West Village grocery and cafe, Three Owls Market. She’s stocking the shelves with items that look to Italy, like pastas, cheeses, olive oils, sauces and a small selection of everyday food staples. Chickens raised in the Catskills are…

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Front Burner: A New Source for Soba at Home

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Sobaya, a Japanese restaurant in the East Village that makes its soba noodles and serves them in more than two dozen ways, has just introduced dried soba noodles to take home. The restaurant also sells a special soba sauce, with a soy-sauce base and plenty of umami, to toss on the needle-thin buckwheat pasta, served…

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Front Burner: More Chocolate for Mom

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The approach taken by Hotel Chocolat has been to increase the amount of chocolate and decrease the sugar in its confections since it began in London in 2014. Angus Thirlwell, a founder, even bought a cacao plantation on St. Lucia in the Caribbean, which is the source for some of its cacao; most comes from…

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