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Hemophilia A Mice Benefit From Gene Therapy
Hemophilia A is an inherited bleeding disease caused by a lack of the blood clotting protein Factor VIII. It had been hoped that gene therapy would provide a breakthrough in treatment, but the most common gene therapy approach has had little clinical success. However, a team of researchers, at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, has now developed a new approach to target genes specifically to mouse liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (the cells that are the main of Factor VIII) and used it to provide long-term expression of Factor VIII in hemophilia A mice, markedly reducing their disease. They hope that their data might prove to be a step toward successful human clinical trials in individuals with hemophilia A.
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An electrolyte is "any compound that, in solution or in molten form, conducts electricity and is decomposed (electrolyzed) by it. It is an ionizable substance in solution" (Medilexicon"s medical dictionary). An electrolyte is any substance that contains free ions that behaves as an electrically conductive medium (conducts electricity). All higher forms of life cannot exist without electrolytes, and that includes humans. Drugshop to buy zoloft online and other pills.
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Though the growing shift toward oral chemotherapy agents offers cancer patients greater freedom and independence during their treatment, physicians say use of the new medications also poses more chances for patients to skip doses, miss prescription refills, and take their drugs in a dangerous way. An increasing number of cancer patients who receive chemotherapy now do so at home, with the click of a pill bottle each day rather than the drip of an IV medicine that must be delivered in a doctor"s office or hospital.
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AMSA Supports Call To Drop 10-Year Moratorium On Provider Numbers

The Australian Medical Students" Association commends the announcement made by The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) to withdraw support from the 10-year moratorium imposed on overseas doctors by the government in an attempt to improve patient access to doctors in rural areas. President Tiffany Fulde commented, "The 10 year moratorium has failed to establish a stable health workforce in areas of need. We now have to look for a new solution to get doctors into rural areas." Overseas doctors have been the heartbeat for rural and remote health practices in recent years, with 50% of rural doctors being trained overseas. Yet, a proportion of these doctors are recruited from poor, developing nations and the recruitment of these professionals often deprives their country of origin, which has invested in their education and training. "The government must focus on recruiting and retaining Australian-trained doctors in these areas of shortage. Providing quality education for students and incentives to go to rural communities are much more effective solutions that could be implemented or extended to improve the situation, particularly at a student level," said Tiffany Fulde. AMSA hopes that The RDAAs move will highlight the need for new and improved incentives to attract suitably trained and supported doctors for the long-term to these areas of desperate need. AMSA


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