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Future Therapies On The Horizon For Advanced Melanoma
Source: Healio.com At the American Academy of Dematology annual meeting, Delphine J. Lee, MD, PhD, FAAD discussed current therapies and future therapies for advanced melanoma. In an interview with Healio.com, Lee, a professor of immunology at the John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, Calif., said “There are a lot of current therapies for [patients with] advanced melanoma who…
Read MoreInmates Volunteer With Canine Partners for Life to Train Puppies to Help People Who Have Physical Disabilities
Source: Observer-Reporter.com The puppies arrived early Wednesday afternoon at the State Correctional Institution at Greene. The five, yellow Labrador retrievers were brought to the maximum security prison to begin their training, not to become guard dogs but to become dogs capable of assisting people in the community who have physical disabilities. With the puppies’ arrival,…
Read MoreGrandmother Lobbies Congress for Continued Financial Support for Tuberous Sclerosis Research
Source: Vernon Hills Review Derrick Brown is a 4-year-old boy from Vernon Hills who always wears a smile despite living with a disease that can randomly create life-threatening tumors. Because of Derrick’s ongoing courage, his grandmother Geri Greenberg traveled from her Northbrook home to Capital Hill this month and lobbied Congress for continued financial support…
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