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Key to Aging Immune System is Discovered
August 1st 2014There’s a good reason people over 60 are not donor candidates for bone marrow transplantation. The immune system ages and weakens with time, making the elderly prone to life-threatening infection and other maladies, and a UC San Francisco research team now has discovered a reason why.
WHO Director-General, West African Presidents to Launch Intensified Ebola Outbreak Response Plan
July 31st 2014The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, and presidents of west African nations impacted by the Ebola virus disease outbreak will meet Friday in Guinea to launch a new joint $100 million response plan as part of an intensified international, regional and national campaign to bring the outbreak under control.
