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Scientists develop new cancer immunotherapy treatment for children with high-risk solid tumors

Recently, research using adoptive T-cell immunotherapy in blood cancers have shown success, most notably in the case of a seven-year-old girl whose leukemia went into remission using altered T-cells and a disabled HIV virus.

4 Apr 2013

Molecular diagnostic testing in lung cancer offers new hope for patients

The emergence of molecular diagnostic testing in lung cancer offers new hope for patients battling the number one cancer killer in the United States and abroad.

4 Apr 2013

CHOP, Pfizer join forces to expedite novel treatments for children

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Pfizer, Inc., are joining forces with the goal of translating biomedical discoveries into novel treatments.

From Pfizer, Inc. 4 Apr 2013

Ohio State University to host national summit to promote health and wellness of students

The Ohio State University is hosting the inaugural Building Healthy Academic Communities National Summit on April 22-23 in an effort to improve health and wellness outcomes among the 31.2 million students, faculty and staff in US higher education.

4 Apr 2013

Viewpoints: Obama's brain initiative is 'modest but welcome start;' Disability insurance facing 'immediate crisis'

President Obama officially announced his new brain research initiative on Tuesday, with a pledge to put $100 million in his 2014 budget to support work at three federal agencies.

4 Apr 2013

UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute to drive research on children's health

For more than 60 years, the faculty and staff at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA and the department of pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have conducted pioneering research, delivered state-of-the-art patient care and expertly trained future pediatricians.

4 Apr 2013

States continue efforts to find their own way forward on Medicaid expansion

Today's news regarding this health law provision comes from developments in Florida, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Texas.

4 Apr 2013

Three institutions partner to create research breakthroughs in children's health

Virginia Tech, Children's National Medical Center, and the George Washington University have partnered in a unique program to create research breakthroughs in children's health.

4 Apr 2013

Tris Pharma gets FDA NDA approval for Karbinal ER Extended-release Oral Suspension

Tris Pharma, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative drug delivery technologies, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its New Drug Application for Karbinal ER (carbinoxamine maleate) Extended-release Oral Suspension 4mg/5ml, the first sustained-release histamine receptor blocking agent indicated for the treatment of seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis in children ages 2 and up.

4 Apr 2013

FDA clears ERYTECH Pharma' IND to start Phase I clinical trial of ERYASP in patients with ALL

ERYTECH Pharma SA announced today that it has received clearance of its Investigational New Drug Application from the United States Food and Drug Administration to initiate a Phase I clinical trial of its product ERYASP, L-asparaginase loaded erythrocytes, in patients 40 years or older with newly diagnosed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

4 Apr 2013

Health law's insurance subsidies hold possible tax risk

The Associated Press reports on how people who take advantage of federal subsidies to buy insurance could owe taxes if they don't accurately forecast their income.

4 Apr 2013

New research shows children with autism have excess of duplicated DNA

Children with autism have increased levels of genetic change in regions of the genome prone to DNA rearrangements, so called "hotspots," according to a research discovery to be published in the print edition of the journal Human Molecular Genetics.

4 Apr 2013

UAB School of Nursing offers health care services in rural communities

"If individuals, families, and communities don't have access, then they don't have the opportunity for a better life," asserts University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Dean Doreen C. Harper, PhD, RN, FAAN.

3 Apr 2013

Washington Post examines how mobile technologies are transforming remote parts of Africa

The Washington Post examines how new mobile applications are transforming remote parts of Africa.

3 Apr 2013

Study suggests gay men in Mexico City willing to participate in HIV prevention activities for $288 per year

"A new study suggests that most young gay men in Mexico City would pledge to stay HIV-free, attend a monthly safe-sex talk and take regular HIV tests to prove they were uninfected -- all in return for just $288 a year," the New York Times reports.

3 Apr 2013

Gynecomastia affects mental, emotional health in adolescent males, study finds

Persistent breast enlargement (gynecomastia) negatively affects self-esteem and other areas of mental and emotional health in adolescent males, reports the April issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

3 Apr 2013

Sanford-Burnham selects organizations to participate in Florida Translational Research Program

Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute at Lake Nona announced the selection of the first five research organizations that will participate in the Florida Translational Research Program to advance drug discovery in the state.

3 Apr 2013

NTDs have 'devastating consequences' for 1 out of 6 people worldwide

"There are so many things we take for granted in America. One of them is that our children are not regularly infected by one of the tropical diseases so common among the world's poorest people," Richard Besser, ABC News' chief health and medical editor, writes in an ABC News opinion piece.

3 Apr 2013

Report shows identical genetic mutations are shared among neurodevelopmental disorders

A paper published this month in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet Neurology suggests that a broad spectrum of developmental and psychiatric disorders, ranging from autism and intellectual disability to schizophrenia, should be conceptualized as different manifestations of a common underlying denominator, "developmental brain dysfunction," rather than completely independent conditions with distinct causes.

3 Apr 2013

Researchers at UC Davis MIND Institute to establish Autism Center of Excellence and Treatment Network

Autism researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute have received a prestigious $13 million award from the National Institutes of Health to establish an Autism Center of Excellence and Treatment Network, making the MIND Institute one of only nine such centers in the United States.

3 Apr 2013

Children News and Research

Scientists develop new cancer immunotherapy treatment for children with high-risk solid tumors

Molecular diagnostic testing in lung cancer offers new hope for patients

CHOP, Pfizer join forces to expedite novel treatments for children

Ohio State University to host national summit to promote health and wellness of students

Viewpoints: Obama's brain initiative is 'modest but welcome start;' Disability insurance facing 'immediate crisis'

UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute to drive research on children's health

States continue efforts to find their own way forward on Medicaid expansion

Three institutions partner to create research breakthroughs in children's health

Tris Pharma gets FDA NDA approval for Karbinal ER Extended-release Oral Suspension

FDA clears ERYTECH Pharma' IND to start Phase I clinical trial of ERYASP in patients with ALL

Health law's insurance subsidies hold possible tax risk

New research shows children with autism have excess of duplicated DNA

UAB School of Nursing offers health care services in rural communities

Washington Post examines how mobile technologies are transforming remote parts of Africa

Study suggests gay men in Mexico City willing to participate in HIV prevention activities for $288 per year

Gynecomastia affects mental, emotional health in adolescent males, study finds

Sanford-Burnham selects organizations to participate in Florida Translational Research Program

NTDs have 'devastating consequences' for 1 out of 6 people worldwide

Report shows identical genetic mutations are shared among neurodevelopmental disorders

Researchers at UC Davis MIND Institute to establish Autism Center of Excellence and Treatment Network

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