New Light Shed On Memory Loss Following Paradoxical Alzheimer's Finding Do you remember the seventh song that played on your radio on the way to work yesterday? Most of us don't, thanks to a normal forgetting process that is constantly "cleaning house" - culling inconsequential information from our brains.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comASHP Offers Assistance To Sponsor Of Technician Registration Bill ASHP staff visited the office of Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-Ohio) last week to discuss ways to strengthen recently introduced legislation that would require standardized training and registration requirements for pharmacy technicians.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBudget: ABPI Welcomes Boost For Science In Schools The extra £10 million spending on science in schools, announced by Chancellor Alistair Darling in his Budget, has been welcomed by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI).It is part of a package of measures designed to improve schoolchildren's skills.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGene Therapy Could Save Kids With Rare Metabolic Disorder From A Lifetime Of Eating Cornstarch A gene therapy treatment that restores a missing liver enzyme in test animals could provide a cure for a rare metabolic disorder in humans, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers.People born with the disorder, called glycogen storage disease type 1a (GSD-1a), can't make an enzyme that helps the liver store and release glucose, the sugar that all cells use for energy.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCommittee Recommends FDA Approve Novel Anesthesia Drug To Reverse Muscle Relaxation Within Minutes Schering-Plough (NYSE: SGP) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committee on Anesthetics and Life Support has recommended sugammadex for approval. After reviewing data on the safety and efficacy of the medication, the committee unanimously recommended approval of the company's application for marketing.
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