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Byline: BY MICHELLE O'KEEFFEThe Mirror (London, England)
The rationale for the Orphan Drug Act, which was passed in the United States by the US Congress in 1983, and the Orphan Regulation, which was passed by the European Commission in 2000, are that adequate drugs have not been developed for many rare diseases and conditions. Because very few i...
Shark’s Fin is the fine filamentous cartilage in the fin, which is a very expensive sea food. It contains lipid-lowering, anti-arteriosclerosis and anticoagulant ingredients, which can prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases. But 80% of it is protein, and this protein does not contain the e...
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The bulk of the international banana trade is based around the Cavendish, a low-priced and sterile, cloned banana that’s extremely susceptible to a deadly fungus called Tropical Race 4 (TR4). However, most banana varieties co-evolve with the fungal diseases that try to take them down,...
Golden delves into the development of a "mechanical nose" that could detect diseases by identifying specific odor profiles. Until that technology is fully developed, he explains how we can train humanity's furry allies to identify illnesses — and help stop the spread in its tracks. Hosted on ...