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Timing Is Everything: Growth Factor Keeps Brain Development On Track
Just like a conductor cueing musicians in an orchestra, Fgf10, a member of the fibroblast growth factor (Ffg) family of morphogens, lets brain stem cells know that the moment to get to work has arrived, ensuring that they hit their first developmental milestone on time, report scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the July 16, 2009, edition of the journal Neuron.

Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting Set By FDA
Medical Industry E-Mail News Service™ -- July 07 2009 -- The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that its Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee will meet on July 15 2009, in Gaithersburg MD, to discuss (1) new drug application (NDA) 022-447, proposed trade name Yondelis (trabectedin) powder, for concentrate for solution for intravenous infusion, Centocor Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., proposed indication in combination with Doxcil (doxorubicin HCl liposome injection), for treating patients with relapsed ovarian cancer; and (2) supplemental new drug application (sNDA) 050-718/S-039, Doxil (doxorubicin HCl liposome injection), for intravenous infusion, Centocor Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., proposed indication in combination with docetaxel for treating patients with locally advanced or metasatic breast cancer who have received prior anthracycline treatment. There is no charge to attend.
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Opinion: World Must Work Together To Stop Human Trafficking
"To some, human trafficking may seem like a problem limited to other parts of the world," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton writes in a Washington Post opinion piece, but "it occurs in every country, including the U.S., and we have a responsibility to fight it just as others do." According to Clinton, trafficking can produce "destructive effects" on "all of us," because it "weakens legitimate economies, breaks up families, fuels violence, threatens public health and safety, and shreds the social fabric that is necessary for progress." She writes that the problem is "particularly urgent now, as local economies around the world reel from the global financial crisis."
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Budget Deal Slashes Health Care, Saddles California With Greater Costs Over The Long Term

The president of the California Medical Association, Dev A. GnanaDev, issued the following statement today in regards to the announced state budget deal: "The deep cuts to vital health care programs that are contained in this budget deal are unacceptable. This plan takes dead aim at California"s most vulnerable residents - children, the elderly and the poor - at the time of their greatest need. "As a trauma surgeon at a public hospital, I know exactly what this means: A huge increase in the number of people visiting overcrowded and expensive emergency rooms for care. The drastic reductions planned for Medi-Cal, the Healthy Families Program and other essential safety net programs are fiscally unwise. "As the Los Angeles Times recently reported, these health care cuts will result in far greater costs for taxpayers over the long term because patients served by these programs will be forced into nursing homes, emergency rooms and other more costly alternatives. "Lastly, this dramatic downsizing in health care assistance adds another big burden for federal lawmakers who are doing their level best to pass meaningful health care reform. "For all these reasons, CMA has grave concerns about the state budget deal as announced and encourages legislators to go back to the table and come up with another solution." Please Note: Dr. GnanaDev is a trauma surgeon and director of the medical staff at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, San Bernardino County"s public hospital. The California Medical Association


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