The Road to the 21st Century Cures Act: a Photo Essay from the Chairman
In the beginning... Michigan’s Brook and Brielle Kennedy, Chairman Upton’s inspiration, drew a picture of “the key to cures” ahead of the Health Subcommittee vote on the 21st Century Cures Act. Over the past two weeks, the Cures initiative has...
Cure Alliance Goes to Washington D.C. for 21st Century Cure Vote
(May 21, 2015 Washington, D.C.) The Cure Alliance issued a statement of support today after the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted unanimously (51-0) to pass the 21st Century Cures Act. “Today’s unanimous vote sends a loud and clear message...
Road to Cystic Fibrosis Cure Discussed
from today's Medpage DENVER -- The "Mile High City" will be: the setting for the American Thoracic Society 2015 International Conference, which gets underway this weekend. The conference will bring together clinicians, researchers, public health...
Cuba Has a Lung Cancer Vaccine
More To Cuba than Vintage Cars this article is from the current issue of Wired CUBA HAS FOR several years had a promising therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer. The 55-year trade embargo led by the US made sure that Cuba was mostly where it...
Cards We Wish We Got When Battling Life Threatening Disease
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Cancer Survivor Nails It With "Awkward" Empathy Cards Los Angeles–based designer Emily McDowell was diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin’s lymphoma at age 24 and went through nine months of chemo and radiation before going into remission. She says the...
Scientists in China Reveal Gene-Editing Experiments on Embryos: No Frankenstein Emerges
Scientists who invented new technology behind gene-editing had, themselves, recently called for a ban on its use, fearful that tinkering with human DNA could open the door to untold horror stories in changing the human race. Oh ye of little faith....