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Raymond C. Stevens – Biotechnology Startups

Inflammation

Stevens has started three biotechnology companies (Syrrx (1999), MemRx (2002), and Receptos (2009)), all focused on structure based drug discovery. The company Syrrx was acquired by Takeda Pharmaceuticals in 2005 for the high-throughput structure based drug discovery platform, and because of a phase II clinical candidate alogliptin known to inhibit the enzyme DPPIV and is [...]

Serono – Introduction

Psoriasis

Serono is a biotechnology company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1906 in Italy. A key step in its development was the discovery of a method of extracting urinary gonadotropins by Dr Piero Donini allowing the company to become a leader in the supplier of fertility medications, notably Pergonal. Serono was incorporated [...]

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals – Introduction

Systemic Autoimmune Disease

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of therapeutic products based on RNA interference (RNAi) in the United States. The company is developing a pipeline of RNAi products using Direct RNAi to treat ocular, central nervous system, and respiratory diseases; and Systemic RNAi to treat a range of diseases, [...]

Radiation therapy – Introduction

Radiation therapy (in North America), or radiotherapy (in the UK and Australia) also called radiation oncology, and sometimes abbreviated to XRT, is the medical use of ionizing radiation as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells (not to be confused with radiology, the use of radiation in medical imaging and diagnosis). Radiotherapy may be [...]

St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney – Current hospital

St Vincent’ is a leading medical, surgical and research facility. It has been at the forefront of innovation in areas such as heart, lung and bone marrow transplantation, being the first hospital in Australia to conduct a heart transplant. This was achieved by a team led by Dr Harry Windsor on 24 October 1968. The [...]

Homeopathy – Medical and scientific analysis

Osteoarthritis

Homeopathy’s efficacy is unsupported by the collective weight of modern scientific research. The extreme dilutions used in homeopathic preparations usually leave none of the original material in the final product. The modern mechanism proposed by homeopaths, water memory, is considered implausible in that short-range order in water only persists for about 1 picosecond. Pharmacological effect [...]

Medicine – Branches

Rheumatology

Working together as an interdisciplinary team, many highly trained health professionals besides medical practitioners are involved in the delivery of modern health care. Examples include: nurses, emergency medical technicians and paramedics, laboratory scientists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, respiratory therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, radiographers, dietitians and bioengineers. The scope and sciences underpinning human medicine overlap many other [...]

National University Hospital – Introduction

Rheumatology

National University Hospital (Abbreviation: NUH; Chinese: 国立大学医院; ), established in 1985, is Singapore’s only university hospital. It serves as a tertiary hospital as well as a clinical training centre and a research centre for the medical and dental faculties of the National University of Singapore (NUS). The hospital has many of the world’s, the region’s [...]

David Grant USAF Medical Center – Key Highlights

Rheumatology

Aeromedical Staging Facility The Aeromedical Staging Facility is one of only three in the United States responsible for providing care on a worldwide basis for Wounded Warriors traveling in the aeromedical evacuation system. It is the sole Air Force-bedded ASF on the west coast, serving as the “jumping off” point for the Pacific theater. From [...]

Lakewood Health System – History

Rheumatology

The Staples Municipal Hospital had its first patient on April 12, 1937. Jerry Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Martin had a tonsillectomy. Medical staff included Dr. P.C. Benton, Dr. Jay M. Cook, Dr. E.P. Costain, Dr. W.J. Lund, Dr. C.F. Reichelderfer, Dr. Eugene Skinner and Dr. E.A. St. Pierre. The building that housed [...]









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