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Ex InterMune CEO Indicted for Actimmune Promotion  -  Mar 19, 2008
Newsinferno.com,In severe, malignant osteopetrosisâ€”a rare life-threatening congenital disorderâ€”the patient develops abnormally dense and brittle bone structures,

How Important Is The Umbilical Cord Blood?  -  Feb 2, 2008
American Chronicle,Krabbe Disease, Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, DiGeorge Syndrome, Osteopetrosis, etc. Why do we need to preserve the cord blood?

...donated marrow used by Cole Sierens (c.)  -  Jan 28, 2008
New York Daily News,Little Alex was diagnosed in infancy with osteopetrosis, a rare bone disorder that doctors said would kill him by age 4 unless he received a bone-marrow

Jean-Marie Eveillard Buys Legg Mason Inc., Verizon Communications ...  -  Feb 12, 2008
GuruFocus.com,It offers Actimmune for the treatment of chronic granulomatous disease and severe, malignant osteopetrosis. InterMune Inc. has a market cap of $625.58

Fluorosis attacks the bones as well as the teeth  -  Nov 29, 2007
Afriqu'Echos Magazine,A gradual accumulation of fluoride in the bony tissue leads to joint stiffness and even bone deformation : this is osteopetrosis. With the help of UNICEF we

Avandia: Going Under for the Third Time?  -  Dec 5, 2007
Corante,...(Thatâ€™s called osteopetrosis, a word that you donâ€™t hear very much compared to its opposite). Examining the tissue confirmed that there seemed to be normal

intermune Buys Back Rights To Pirfenidone: $13.5M Cash  -  Nov 26, 2007
BioWorld Online,...intermune's Actimmune, marketed for chronic granulomatous disease and severe, malignant osteopetrosis, has fizzled in Phase III trials against ovarian

Father's stem cells provide new life for son with rare disease  -  Oct 5, 2007
Catholic Online,As an infant, Andrew was diagnosed with malignant infantile osteopetrosis, an exceedingly rare blood disorder that affects approximately 20 US babies a year

Artist sold work in shops worldwide  -  Sep 22, 2007
Chicago Tribune,The cause was osteopetrosis, a bone disease the artist had had from birth. She began making jewelry as a teenager in the 1960s, while she worked as a cook,

Art through the eyes of the blind  -  Oct 12, 2007
Orange County Register,Sarkis became legally blind as a young child after osteopetrosis damaged his optic nerve. He has learned Braille and can create detailed drawings of

Laurel Burch, 61, created art with junk  -  Sep 21, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution,Rick Sara, her husband, said Wednesday that the cause was complications of osteopetrosis, a painful bone disease she had her entire life, suffering more

Pamidronate relieves pain and swelling in children with mandibular ...  -  Aug 28, 2007
Medicexchange (press release),In the absence of long-term data for bisphosphate treatment in children, and "given the potential risk of irreversible osteopetrosis, cautious monitoring is

SC Pharmaceutical Startup Receives Orphan Drug Status for Diabetes ...  -  Jul 25, 2007
Local Tech Wire,...treatment could protect pancreatic beta cells, which create insulin, from being destroyed. In 2000, Key won FDA approval for a drug to treat osteopetrosis.

POORLY ALISA BACKS OUR LIFELINE FOR LIAM  -  Jul 21, 2007
This is Nottingham,It has been a tough year for the little girl, who has a condition called infantile osteopetrosis. It is so serious that a simple infection could kill her.

Risk And Gain Assessment Of Stem Cell Transplantation In ...  -  Jun 14, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Experts present an analysis of long term data on the success of stem cell transplantation for osteopetrosis patients which suggests second transplants

Hearing loss gene discovered  -  Jun 19, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full story New Gene Defect Causes Heavy Bones (April 4, 2007) -- Osteopetrosis is an inherited disorder whereby bones harden and become denser.

Imaging Findings of Bisphosphonate-Associated Osteonecrosis of the ...  -  Jun 14, 2007
AJNR (subscription),...osteonecrosis was osseous sclerosis. This varied from subtle thickening of the lamina dura and alveolar crest to attenuated osteopetrosis-like sclerosis.

New Gene Defect Causes Heavy Bones  -  Apr 3, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Science Daily â€” Osteopetrosis is an inherited disorder whereby bones harden and become denser. There are several different types of osteopetrosis caused by

InterMune Updates Expense Forecasts and Development Plans  -  Apr 6, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),...the Company estimates that there are approximately 1200 patients with CGD and less than 500 patients with severe, malignant osteopetrosis.

Life-threatening diagnosis overturned for ailing baby  -  Feb 6, 2007
CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador,Her mother, Charlene Barnes, said physicians at a clinic in Minnesota have found that Kira-Hope actually does not have malignant osteopetrosis.

Referral delay caused unnecessary pain for daughter, mother says  -  Jan 11, 2007
CBC British Columbia,Charlene Barnes's 11-month-old daughter Kira Hope was born with a rare genetic disorder called malignant osteopetrosis. The painful bone disorder has made

Gentium's Defibrotide Highlighted at American Society of ...  -  Dec 8, 2006
Genetic Engineering News (press release),..."Stem Cell Transplantation in Children with Infantile Osteopetrosis Is Associated with a High Incidence of VOD, Which Could Be Prevented with Defibrotide.

United States: Intermuneâ€™s CIA Signals OIGâ€™s Expectations For ...  -  Dec 5, 2006
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription),...malignant osteopetrosis, the vast majority of sales of the drug between August 2002 and January 2003 resulted from prescriptions for the treatment of

Gentiumâ€™s Defibrotide Highlighted at American Society of ...  -  Dec 8, 2006
Business Wire (press release),...â€œStem Cell Transplantation in Children with Infantile Osteopetrosis Is Associated with a High Incidence of VOD, Which Could Be Prevented with Defibrotide.â€?. ...

United States: Intermuneâ€™s CIA Signals OIGâ€™s Expectations For ...  -  Dec 5, 2006
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription),...was approved by the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") for the treatment of chronic granulatomous disease and severe, malignant osteopetrosis, the vast ...

Health Watch  -  Nov 20, 2006
Organiser,Myeloid Metaplasia, Neutrophil Actin deficiency, Niemann-Pick Disease, Non-Hodgkinâ€™s Lymphoma, Omennâ€™s Syndrome, Osteopetrosis, Paroxysmal Nocturnal ...

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