NYAS Conference highlights latest advances in primary immunodeficiencies (SCID)
Thirty years ago, a film entitled "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble" starred John Travolta as a child stricken with Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID) who lived in a plastic enclosure until his death. Until recently, a newborn diagnosed with SCID would not survive to his or her first birthday. Today, clinical diagnosis and treatment advances in PI have cured certain of the "Bubble Boy" disea...Latest research and emerging treatments for osteoporosis focus of NYAS conference
Recently, the U.S. Surgeon General issued a report emphasizing the need to recognize osteoporosis as a public health hazard. It is fortuitous that, in recent years, the use of advanced molecular technologies, including transgenesis, gene knockout, and gene array have greatly expanded our understanding of how our bones and joints are affected by aging, health and disease. Researchers have gained...