Tag Archives: Target

UK government hits 100,000 tests target by including unanalysed tests

By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Health Secretary Matt Hancock arrives at 10 Downing Street on 1 May 2020Alberto Pezzali/AP/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 6 pm on 1 May UK government hits 100,000 daily tests target by including unanalysed tests UK health secretary Matt Hancock said that the… Read More »

Potential for new therapies to target acute myeloid leukaemia

Eight people are diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in the UK each day, accounting for over 2000 deaths each year. But a new potential therapeutic target has been uncovered, which could help improve future treatments. Scientists from Cardiff University have identified a biological molecule, Gata2, which could provide new avenues for developing effective therapies for… Read More »

Three years after undergoing gene therapy, his ‘last shot’ hit the target

Brenden was the first patient enrolled in what became a nine-patient, four-center trial that also involved patients at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Maryland, the University of California at Los Angeles, and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London. The trial, funded by the NIH and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine,… Read More »

Transphobic Parent Activists Target Journalists With Misinformation About Pediatricians

In this Thursday, April 28, 2016 photo, Theo Ramos, 14, visits a neighborhood park in Homestead, Fla. Theo knew he sometimes “presented like a girl” _ like when he would Snapchat crowns of flowers on photos of his kitten, or how he colored his hair every shade of the rainbow. And he spent hours watching… Read More »