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5 Spanish Centers Join A Study For A New Leukemia And Lymphoma Treatment Technique
The Gamida Cell-Teva Joint Venture have today that five prestigious cord blood transplantation centers in Spain, three in Barcelona and two in Valencia, have joined the ExCell study.

Former President Clinton, U.N. Advisor Douste-Blazy Announce Voluntary Airline Ticket Donation
Former President Clinton has joined efforts to raise money for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria from travelers purchasing electronic airline tickets, the New York Times reports. At a press conference in Paris with United Nations special advisor Philippe Douste-Blazy, Clinton said, "If you provide a user-friendly, efficient way of giving, the contributors will use this system."The U.N. is behind the effort, which will enable travelers to voluntarily add a $2 donation for projects to fight malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS when buying an airline ticket, the Times reports. Both Clinton and Douste-Blazy are working with a newly formed group - Leading Innovative Financing for Equity, or LIFE. LIFE is comprised of eight different groups working to raising money for health aid. According to Douste-Blazy, efforts targeting small donors will begin in January 2010. He added that "the idea is that the citizens of the world are connected by the Internet and credit cards and can show their solidarity."The groups also hope to reach people renting cars, booking hotels or buying train tickets, the Times reports (Carvajal, New York Times, 5/21). Clinton said U.S. air passengers will be able to voluntarily participate in the program, adding, "There is no question that huge numbers of people will participate in this. They understand that it doesn"t cost much and that 100% will go to save lives." (AFP/Google.com, 5/20).
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SYNTAX Analysis Finds Treatment With TAXUS(R) Express2(R) Stent System More Cost Effective Than Bypass Surgery In Patients With Complex Artery Disease
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced results from an analysis of economic and quality of life outcomes, based on one-year data from its landmark SYNTAX trial. The results found that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using the TAXUS(R) Express2(R) Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System was consistently associated with fewer patient hospital days during the first year after treatment compared to coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Total medical costs at one year were also lower with PCI. Analysis of the data was presented by Ben van Hout, Ph.D., of the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, at the annual EuroPCR Scientific Program in Barcelona.
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Link Between Social Reasoning And Brain Development In Preschoolers -- Queen's Study

New research at Queen"s University shows that the way preschool children understand false beliefs can be linked to particular aspects of brain development. This landmark research may aid in understanding developmental disorders such as autism. One of the most important ways that preschool children develop socially is by learning how to understand others people"s thoughts and feelings. As they mature, most children discover that people"s thoughts and feelings about the world and the way the world really is may not agree. "We know that specific areas of the brain are active when adults think about others" thoughts," says Queen"s psychology Professor Mark Sabbagh. "But our findings are the first to show that these specialized neural circuits are there as early as preschool years, and that maturational changes in these areas are associated with preschoolers" abilities to think about their social world in increasingly sophisticated ways." Researchers compiled EEG results for 29 four-year old children who were engaged in a series of behavioural tasks, and analyzed the activity levels in different regions of the brain when assessing whether another person"s thoughts and feelings agree with the way the world really is. Children with more mature patterns of activity in two specific areas showed more sophisticated understanding of other peoples" false beliefs. By understanding how the typical social brain develops, researchers can investigate what happens when social reasoning is impaired, as occurs in autism. "Individuals with autism seem to have special difficulty understanding false beliefs, which in turn leads to difficulty with several aspects of social interaction, such as practical aspects of language and deception," adds Professor Sabbagh. "By studying the specific areas of the brain identified in our study, researchers may now have starting points for understanding the neurodevelopmental abnormalities that give underlying autism." Professor Sabbagh"s full research paper is released in the July/August journal Child Development. Jeff Drake Queen"s University


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