Charity News from Thursday, Jul. 12, 2001Foreign Relations Panel Approves Bill Calling On Bush, Congress To Boost Aid To AfricaBread for the World | WASHINGTON (July 12)-The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee today unanimously approved a bipartisan proposal calling for significant new development assistance to Africa and for President Bush to work with other world leaders to dramatically ... Scientists Find Similar Survival Rates for Eye Cancer Therapies: Research Also Increases Nationwide Availability of Treatments National Cancer Institute | Researchers have found that the survival rates for two alternative treatments for primary eye cancer - radiation therapy and removal of the eye - are about the same. Also, as a consequence of this research, the capability of doctors nationwide to... Small Blood Vessels Shown to Be Target of Radiation Therapy Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Damage to the gastrointestinal tract, lung, and brain has long been the dose-limiting factor for chemotherapy and radiation therapy. But until now scientists didn't know which cells targeted in those organs were responsible for the lethal responses. Salk Scientists Provide New Mouse Model For Autoimmunity Salk Institute for Biological Studies | Salk scientists have created an animal model for autoimmune diseases that closely mirrors the perplexing patterns of symptoms observed in human autoimmunity, including an increased susceptibility of females over males.
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