Last year, humanitarian aid workers in the Central African Republic were involved in more than three hundred sixty five security incidents — more than Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia.
The security challenges in the C.A.R. make it difficult for aid workers to stay safe and to produce much needed aid. …
Cancer cells seen on a large screen connected to a microscope at the CeBit computer fair in Hanover, Germany, in 2012. Reuters
United States pharmaceutical company Kite Pharma has released results from the initial half-year trial of its fresh chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell treatment, resulting in finish remission in thirty six percent of the one hundred one patients in the trial. …
Paraneoplastic and autoimmune retinopathies belong to a spectrum of uncommon ophthalmic disorders in which autoantibodies directed at various retinal proteins cause progressive vision loss. [1, Two] Paraneoplastic retinopathies (PR) are characterized by retinal antibodies in the setting of an underlying malignancy, whereas autoimmune retinopathies (AR) are characterized by autoantibodies directed against retinal proteins without a known malignancy. [Three] The onset of visual symptoms and detection of antibodies may precede the diagnosis of malignancy by months to years, the longest reported interval being eleven years. [Four] In some cases, patients with an underlying malignancy have been found to have high titers of antiretinal antibodies but no evidence of visual loss. …
By Anneta Konstantinides For Dailymail.com 17:34 BST nine Jun 2016, updated Nineteen:27 BST nine Jun two thousand sixteen
A 15-year-old teenager was tragically killed when a California Highway Patrol officer became dispersed by his computer and rear-ended the vehicle in front of him, causing a four-car pile-up. …
2nd UPDATE One person has died after a car slammed into a group of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, the city’s mayor Mike Signer has confirmed. “I am heartbroken that a life has been lost here,” he tweeted. “I urge all people of good will-go home.” Media accounts put the number of injured as high as 34. …