Charity News from Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004Salk Study Uncovers New Information About Organ PlacementSalk Institute for Biological Studies | A Salk Institute team of biologists, mathematicians, and physicists has uncovered a novel paradigm for cell communication that provides new insights into the complex question of how the body determines where organs are placed. Promising Drug Fails to Thwart Fatal Lung Disease Duke University Medical Center | A treatment that had shown early promise in alleviating symptoms and preventing the advance of the fatal lung disease pulmonary fibrosis failed to stall the disorder's progression in 162 patients, according to the results of a clinical trial. Understanding Clinical Trials Duke University Medical Center | Clinical trials play a vital role in improving medical care. As new medical treatments are developed, volunteers participating in clinical trials help ensure that treatments are safe and effective. Director of National Immunization Program at CDC Joins Emory University School of Medicine Emory University | Walter A. Orenstein, MD, director of the National Immunization Program at CDC, will join the Emory University School of Medicine as Director of a new Emory Program for Vaccine Policy and Development and as Assoc. Director of the Emory Vaccine Center. Mayo Genomics Researchers Observe Genetic Fusion of Human, Animal Cells - May Help Explain Origin of AIDS Mayo Clinic | Mayo Clinic genomics researchers are the first to demonstrate that mixing of genetic material can occur naturally, in a living body. The researchers have discovered conditions in which pig cells and human cells can fuse together in the body.
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