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Renfrewshire mum receives brain tumour diagnosis after routine eye test prompted by family photos

The 46-year-old's optician immediately noticed the spasms and sent her for an MRI, where doctors found a 3cm low grade meningioma on Jane’s brain stem which was lying on the optical nerve and had wrapped itself around the carotid artery.

Glasgow Live · Sep 16, 2022

Important Biotech Catalysts For September 15, 2022 - End Of The Day Summary

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) announced positive top-line results from the pivotal Phase 3 trial assessing the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of its investigational pentavalent meningococcal vaccine (MenABCWY) in healthy individuals 10 through 25 years of age. The trial met all primary and secondary endpoints. Pfizer shares traded in a range of $45.7…

Benzinga · Sep 15, 2022

Scientists have mimicked an embryo's heart to unlock the secrets of how blood cells are born

Stem cells are the starting point for all other cells in our bodies. The first such cells to be found were blood stem cells – as the name suggests, they give rise to different types of blood cells.

The Conversation · Sep 14, 2022

Girl, four, saves baby brother's life by donating her stem cells on his 1st birthday

Brave Aubrey Austin, four, donated her own stem cells and saved her baby brother Carey's life on the day he turned one, after he was diagnosed with a rare type of blood cancer aged just eight months

Daily Mirror · Sep 10, 2022

Important Biotech Catalysts For September 9, 2022 - End Of The Day Summary

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Spectrum Pharmaceuticals’ (NASDAQ:SPPI) lead asset ROLVEDON (eflapegrastim-xnst) injection to decrease the incidence of infection, as manifested by febrile neutropenia. Spectrum Pharmaceuticals shares traded as high as 3.17 percent, in a range of $1.21 to $1.30 on day volume of 6.8 million…

Benzinga · Sep 9, 2022

India’s forex reserves fall to lowest in more than 23 months

MUMBAI: India’s foreign exchange reserves fell to their lowest in over 23 months on likely dollar sales by the country’s central bank to stem the fall in the local currency.

The Times of India · Sep 9, 2022

Cancer warning: One of Britain’s most-loved drinks found to cause seven types of disease

The dangers of smoking are well documented, but there's another far more stealthy way we could be harming ourselves - and it's one that many of us indulge in ...

Daily Mirror · Sep 9, 2022

Nigerian oil workers threaten to strike if govt doesn't stem theft

Members of a Nigerian oil workers' union are threatening to go on strike if the government does not do more to stem widespread oil theft they say is putting their safety at risk and has cut exports by hundreds of thousands of barrels.

Reuters · Sep 8, 2022

Best anti-ageing serums for soft, supple, youthful looking skin

Step up your skincare routine with one of these tried-and-tested serums

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2022

Millions in China's Chengdu thrown into extended COVID lockdown

The Chinese city of Chengdu extended a lockdown for a majority of its more than 21 million residents on Thursday to prevent further transmission of COVID-19 while millions more in other parts of China were told to shun travel in upcoming holidays.

Reuters · Sep 8, 2022