Circulation publishes phase I study of ENBREL in patients with chronic heart failure
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...the research is toproduce an artificial enzyme for human use that could repair DNA damaged byultraviolet light in humans. Such damage leads to certain types of skincancer, which have reached almost endemic proportions. Skin cancer is now themost common form of cancer in the United States, with an ...Medical tip sheet for June 4 (a)
...study that led to the safe use of the technique in human surgery appearsin the April issue of the 'Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced SurgicalTechniques.' NEW NON-SURGICAL THERMOTHERAPY AVAILABLE FOR TREATMENT OF PROSTATE DISEASE A new non-surgical treatment option that utilizes microwave thermothera...False recall in older adults and Alzheimer's linked to attention, not memory, breakdown
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...opment, manufacture and marketing ofcost-effective human therapeutics using recombinant DNA technology....Brain region used in face recognition is active in new object recognition
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