Vasogen Receives Regulatory Approval to Commence Clinical Trial in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.
TORONTO, April 5 /PRNewswire/ - Vasogen Inc. (TSE: VAS; AMEX: MEW) today announced that it has received approval from Health Canada to proceed with a clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of its immune modulation therapy in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). CLL is...

Time for immune work-up?
"Why is my child sick so often?" As primary care pediatricians, you hear that question a lot, especially from parents with a first child in day care. Of course, chances are good that the child simply has an immature immune system, and the problem of multiple infections...

RXPEDITE TO MANAGE COMMERCIALIZATION OF FAMPRIDINE-SR.
Rxpedite(SM), an alliance between inChord Communications and Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH), has signed an agreement with Acorda Therapeutics to manage the commercialization of Fampridine-SR, a product candidate in development for treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI) and multiple sclerosis (MS). Rxpedite provides comprehensive sales and marketing solutions to...

Immune System Disorders Sourcebook.
Immune System Disorders Sourcebook Joyce Brennfleck Shannon Omnigraphics 615 Griswold St., Detroit, MI 48226 0780807480 $78.00 www.omnigraphics.com The updated second edition of IMMUNE SYSTEM DISORDERS SOURCEBOOK is a 'must' for any consumer health library seeking a solid resource covering...

The infection connection; the controversial role of viruses in schizophrenia is being examined from all angles.
Michael Harrington, a neurologist at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in Bethesda, Md., knows that his slides of protein patterns taken from the spinal flu id of healthy and schizophrenic persons are not setting the scientific world on fire. "Many people have criticized ourwork and called it...

Mouse tests hint at protein's role in lupus.
Complement proteins are aptly named. These molecules help antibodies round up foreign invaders in the body and assist immune cells in removing dead cells. Like so many things, however, complement isn't fully appreciated unless it's missing. About 90 percent of people who lack the complement protein C1q,...

Narcoleptics may have an immune disease.
Narcoleptics may have an immune disease They sleep fitfully at night, drop off unexpectedly during the day, and sometimes fall slumbering face first into their plates at mealtimes. The exact cause of the disorder, called narcolepsy, has eluded researchers so far, but a California group now suggests the...

MelTec GmbH Announces New Technology for High-Throughput Topological Analysis of Human Cells.
MAGDEBURG, Germany, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- MelTec GmbH, a topological and functional proteomics company, today announced the publication of a scientific study in the June 5, 2001 issue of the journal IEEE Transactions, in the Technology in Biomedicine section, describing its Neuronal Cell Detection System (NCDS) for...

PTSD and HIV often comorbid.
NEW ORLEANS -- An estimated 30%-50% of HIV patients meet the criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder, and up to 60% of those are untreated, Dr. Antoine B. Douaihy predicts. Studies suggest that about one-third of patients meet criteria for acute stress disorder (ASD), and a great deal...

Kids: getting under Mom's skin for decades.
The bond between mother and child is unbreakable. Sentimental nonsense? Perhaps not. Investigators have found that descendants of fetal cells that escape into the maternal bloodstream during pregnancy may persist for decades after the birth of the child. "We're finding male DNA [among maternal blood cells] 27 years after...