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Ailing Biotech Firms Need
Shot in the Arm

Flatlining economy threatens breakthrough medical research

Bloomberg Bloomberg Nov 21, 08 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - For the first time in years, the biotech industry is in desperate need of a lifeline, Bloomberg reports, as the economic crisis threatens to shove companies into bankruptcy and derail the development of potentially life-saving drugs. “I’m looking down the barrel of a gun,” admitted one CEO. Five such companies declared bankruptcy in the past month, and industry fundraising has dipped 54%. More »

Study: Drug Reverses MS Brain Damage

Doctors hail 'major breakthrough' in treatment

BBC BBC Oct 23, 08 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors are hailing what appears to be a huge breakthrough in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, the BBC reports. A drug used to treat leukemia reversed some of the brain damage caused by MS, researchers found, leaving sufferers less disabled at the end of the 3-year study than they had been at the start. Previous treatments only managed to slow the disease. More »

More about:  scientific study • immune system • brain damage • leukemia • multiple sclerosis • experimental drugs

Guzzle Coffee, Prevent Multiple Sclerosis?

Mice who consumed equivalent of 6-8 cups a day were protected

Daily Telegraph (UK) Daily Telegraph (UK) Jul 1, 08 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - For preventing the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis, caffeine might be just what the doctor ordered, the Daily Telegraph reports. In a study involving what must have been some very jittery mice, researchers found that the equivalent of 6-8 cups of coffee per day conferred protection from the rodent equivalent of MS. Don't rush off to Starbucks yet, though. More »

More about:  coffee • medical breakthrough • caffeine • multiple sclerosis • lab mice

Immune-System Ailments Now an 'Epidemic'

Doctors blame sterile homes, diet, obesity
for making us sick

Washington Post Washington Post Mar 4, 08 7:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Allergies and immune-system ailments like asthma, lupus, and MS are on the rise—and scientists increasingly blame modern life, the Washington Post reports. Many point to sterile conditions in the US and Western Europe, but pollution, diet, and obesity may also play a role. "We have dramatically changed our lives in the last 50 years," one allergist said. More »

More about:  health • immune system • epidemic • asthma • multiple sclerosis • food allergies

Dutch Pharma Firm Preps
Pot Pill

Drug may hit shelves in 5 years for migraine, Parkinson's victims

Reuters Reuters Jan 27, 08 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Why smoke pot when you can pop a pill? Echo Pharmaceuticals is jumping into Phase II trials for a new cannabis pill that could snag 20%-30% of the booming medical marijuana market, Reuters reports. The Dutch firm plans to sell the pill within 5 years, giving medical marijuana users a healthier way to take the drug. More »

More about:  marijuana • Alzheimer's • Parkinson's disease • medical marijuana • pharmaceutical • clinical trials • migraines • cannabis • multiple sclerosis

Bone Marrow Breakthrough Gives New Hope

Safer technique could benefit MS, arthritis sufferers

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Nov 23, 07 2:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists investigating bone marrow transplants have made a breakthrough that could one day help millions. Currently, before transplants occur defective cells are killed with radiotherapy or chemotherapy—which causes widespread damage and can have serious side effects. But researchers have found it's possible to pinpoint and destroy blood-forming stem cells by using antibodies for "a surgical strike," according to the study in Science . More »

More about:  medical research • medical breakthrough • multiple sclerosis • bone marrow • rheumatoid arthritis

Elizabeth Edwards Finds Unlikely Ally in Ann Romney

Both battle illness on campaign trail

Time Time Sep 16, 07 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards' decision to encourage her husband's presidential campaign despite her diagnosis of incurable breast cancer has drawn considerable controversy. Lambasted by some as a "terrible mother" for leaving her young children at home to join the campaign trail, Edwards soldiers on and has found key support from an unlikely ally, reports Time magazine. More »

More about:  presidential campaign • breast cancer • Elizabeth Edwards • multiple sclerosis • Ann Romney

New Genetic Ties to MS Found

Findings represent stunning medical breakthrough

Reuters Reuters Jul 29, 07 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have pinpointed two genes that may be linked to MS, signaling a breakthrough in the fight against the debilitating disease 20 years in the making. In separate studies published today by two medical journals, researchers revealed one specific gene receptor may trigger cells to inhibit the body's autoimmune reaction, the first ever genetic culprit in the crippling disorder. More »

More about:  health • science • genetics • disease • medical breakthrough • genes • immune system • genome • multiple sclerosis

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