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Combined Stem Cell Gene Therapy Approach Cures Human Genetic Disease In Vitro
A study led by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, has catapulted the field of regenerative medicine significantly forward, proving in principle that a human genetic disease can be cured using a combination of gene therapy and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell technology. The study, published in the May 31, 2009 early online edition of Nature, is a major milestone on the path from the laboratory to the clinic.
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ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Reports Additional Data From Promising Brain Cancer Clinical Trial
ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. (OTCBB: IMUC) (IMUC), a biotechnology company, presented promising clinical data from a Phase I trial evaluating ICT-107, the company"s dendritic cell-based cancer vaccine product candidate for the treatment of glioblastoma. These data were reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Meeting in Orlando, Florida (Abstract #2032), and supplement the preliminary data from the completed clinical trial that the Company reported in December 2008.
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Hospital Disaster Potential Highighted By Swedish Study

Factors that lead to emergency department overcrowdings, ambulance diversions and other incidents that endanger patient safety have been revealed. A study published in BioMed Central"s open access Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine has shown that reductions in the number of hospital beds and downsizing or closure of emergency departments may create a dangerous loss of "surge capacity". Amir Khorram-Manesh, from the Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden, worked with Annika Hedelin and Per Ortenwall to study all data concerning "hospital-related incidents" in Sweden"s Region Vç¤stra Gç¶taland between January 2006 and December 2008. He said, "Disasters seldom occur, but if they strike, a fast and effective response from healthcare services is expected. The incidents we document, where emergency hospitals, for different reasons, could not operate at their normal capacity are a matter of concern for patient safety as well as disaster response preparedness". The researchers found increasing numbers of "incidents" over the three years studied. Bed shortages in intensive care and ordinary wards were the most common, followed by technical dysfunctions in the radiology department. They blame cost-cutting reductions in the size and staffing of emergency departments and increased pressure to treat people on an out-patient basis for the rise. Khorram-Manesh said, "Although these measures seem to be logical steps taken to improve healthcare effectiveness and reduce costs, they also, in a negative way, affect the surge capacity of a hospital". "Hospital-related incidents; causes and its impact on disaster preparedness and prehospital organisations" - Amir Khorram-Manesh, Annika Hedelin and Per Ortenwall - Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine (in press) - http://www.sjtrem.com/ Graeme Baldwin BioMed Central


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