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A drug now used to treat cancer may also be able to restore memory deficits in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study conducted by scientists at Columbia University Medical Center, which appeared in the September issue of The Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (Volume 18:1). The loss of short, day-to-day memories is often the [...] An Australian-developed healthcare information system is to be deployed at a major teaching hospital in the United Arab Emirates in a deal secured by InterSystems with the yet-to-be completed state-of-the-art Sharjah Teaching Hospital. InterSystems will deploy the web-based TrakCare health IT system in all areas of the 210-bed hospital which is in the final stage of [...] Scientists have found three new major genetic links to Alzheimer’s, affecting up to 20 percent of people with the brain-wasting disease, and said on Sunday it was the most significant such discovery in 15 years. Two large studies found that the three new genes join the better-known APOE4 gene as significant risk factors for the most [...] Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc., (Stemedica), a world specialist in stem cell research and manufacturing, announced the signing of an agreement for its breakthrough stem cell and related technology. The Jordanian Stem Cell Company has signed a five year multi-million dollar agreement to purchase the technology from Stemedica’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Stemedica International, S.A. The signing ceremony took [...] Mubadala Leads Corporate Community in Support of ICLDC’s Ramadan Call to Address A Healthy LifestyleMore than 150 budding football champions representing leading organizations in the capital are set to embark on the second Ramadan football tournament organized by the Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, in partnership with Emirates Foundation for Philanthropy. The event’s official sponsor, Mubadala, leads the eight teams through the friendly, five-night tournament (that kicks-off this evening, September [...] |
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