Big Human Genome lupus drug nears market

Industry analysts widely expect Benlysta, one the most closely watched medicines of the year, to secure the Food and Drug Administration’s blessing by Thursday.

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Vaccines prevent cancer? Some vaccinations routinely given to children, such as those for hepatitis B and polio, may lower the risk of certain cancers, like leukemia. Comparing 2,800 cases of childhood cancer in Texas to more than 10,000 healthy individuals, researchers found that children born in counties where the hep B vaccine was common were [...]

“Artificial pancreas” shows promise in pregnancy

British researchers used a so-called “closed-loop insulin delivery system” or artificial pancreas, in 10 pregnant women with Type 1 diabetes and found it provided the right amount of insulin at the right time, maintained near normal blood sugar, and prevented dangerous drops in blood sugar levels at night.

Autism risk gene may rewire brain, U.S. study finds

Too many connections in the frontal lobe of the brain may help explain some of the learning problems experienced by people with autism, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. They said autistic children with a common autism risk gene appear to have a lot of brain connections clustered in the frontal lobe, a part of the [...]

Two New Regenerative Medicine Studies Offer Ways Damaged Hearts Can Repair Themselves

Heart Tissue You only get so much of it, but researchers are working to help the body regenerate damaged heart cells. Nephron via Wikimedia Perhaps it’s in the nature of regenerative medicine news to multiply. Earlier today stem cell researchers announced the first clinical trial using adult stem cells to treat a spinal cord injury [...]

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