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Eight cases of tuberculosis confirmed at Hong Kong secondary school

The Hong Kong health authorities have confirmed that eight people from a secondary school in Sha Tin were infected with tuberculosis.
- Source: scmp
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AstraZeneca-FASENRA Gets US FDA Approval For Severe Eosinophilic Asthma

AstraZeneca and its global biologics research and development arm, MedImmune, said Tuesay that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved FASENRA (benralizumab) for the add-on maintenance treatment of patients with severe asthma aged 12 years and older, and with an eosinophilic phenotype. FASENRA is not approved for the treatment of other eosinophilic conditions or relief of acute bronchospasm or status asthmaticus.
- Source: businessinsider
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Perflow Medical Announces Issuance of Patent for The Stream™ Dynamic Neuro-Thrombectomy Net to Improve Thrombus Removal Post-Stroke

Perflow Medical, an Israeli-based medtech company focused on next-generation neurointerventional devices,announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 9510855, by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), for the Stream™ Dynamic Neuro-Thrombectomy Net. This is the first device to provide full dynamic wall apposition during the treatment of acute ischemic stroke.
- Source: Prnewswire
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US regulators approve first digital pill to track patients

US regulators have approved the first drug with a sensor that alerts doctors when the medication has been taken, offering a new way of monitoring patients but also raising privacy concerns. The digital pill approved Monday combines two existing products: the former blockbuster psychiatric medication Abilify—long used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder—with a sensor tracking system first approved in 2012.
- Source: medicalxpress
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- November 15, 2017
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Plague – Madagascar

Laboratory confirmation of plague is being conducted by the Institut Pasteur of Madagascar. Twenty-three isolates of Yersinia pestis have been cultured and all are sensitive to antibiotics recommended by the National Program for the Control of Plague.
- Source: who.int
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- November 15, 2017
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Researchers develop new probes to record neural activity in brain

Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) in the US have developed new silicone probes, Neuropixels, to simultaneously monitor the activity of multiple neurons from multiple brain regions.
- Source: medicaldevice-network
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- November 15, 2017
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Real-World Study Confirms Lower Brain Bleed Risk with Dabigatran

Real-world outcomes among patients with atrial fibrillation taking the anticoagulant dabigatran (Pradaxa) mimic those reported in clinical trials, with dabigatran use associated with lower rates of brain bleeds, and similar rates of stroke and extracranial hemorrhage as treatment with warfarin in a new study.
- Source: medpagetoday
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Gene prompts cells to store fat, fueling obesity

Obesity is often attributed to a simple equation: People are eating too much and exercising too little. But evidence is growing that at least some of the weight gain that plagues modern humans is predetermined.
- Source: sciencedaily
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New tool developed to study stem cell transplants as a potential way to treat HIV

A decade ago, the medical world was shocked when a patient in Berlin, Germany, had been declared free of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat cancer. Doctors have repeatedly tried to replicate the result, but this HIV cure has evaded other patients so far.
- Source: sciencedaily
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- November 14, 2017
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Gates streams $50m into Britain’s Dementia Discovery Fund

British venture the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF) has received a $50 million investment from Bill Gates, to help fuel progress toward disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer’s disease.
- Source: Pharmatimes
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