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			<title><![CDATA[Drug delays progression in myeloma, but is it worth the cost?]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-09 14:15:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Lenalidomide, sold under the tradename Revlimid, significantly improves progression-free survival in patients with myeloma, according to three clinical trials published Wednesday. All three trials were so successful that the results were unblinded early...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[George B. Rathmann dies at 84; co-founder of biotech giant Amgen]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-george-rathmann-20120424,0,197685.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-04-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[George B. Rathmann, a far-sighted entrepreneur whose small team of talented scientists created two blockbuster drugs that helped turn his upstart Thousand Oaks firm, Amgen Inc., into the world's most successful biotech company, died Sundayat his Palo Alto...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[My Turn: A bumbling dance with Dr. Web]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-he-myturn-self-diagnosis-20111017,0,7931103.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2011-10-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[My doctor recently suggested that a diminishing number of my white blood cells might signal a serious condition. After eliminating all the usual suspects, he referred me to an oncologist. I wondered whether anyone is ever happy to see the doctor whose...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dr. Ernest McCulloch dies at 84; he and research partner were first to isolate and identify a stem cell]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-02-05 21:06:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Dr. Ernest McCulloch, who with biophysicist James E. Till was the first to isolate and identify a stem cell, opening the door immediately to bone marrow transplants and eventually to what researchers believe will be a host of treatments for a broad...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rehabilitated sea turtles rescued from Gulf oil spill are released in Florida waters]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-08-19 04:34:21</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Dr. Ernest McCulloch, who with biophysicist James E. Till was the first to isolate and identify a stem cell, opening the door immediately to bone marrow transplants and eventually to what researchers believe will be a host of treatments for a broad...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[High hopes for a malaria vaccine]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2009-11-06 19:11:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Each year, malaria kills more than 1 million people -- 90% of them in sub-Saharan Africa and 80% of them younger than 5 -- and makes 300 million people seriously ill. Major progress in controlling the disease has been made by the widespread adoption of...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Now for a look at non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a diagnosis that could increase]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2009-11-16 21:32:35</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Each year, malaria kills more than 1 million people -- 90% of them in sub-Saharan Africa and 80% of them younger than 5 -- and makes 300 million people seriously ill. Major progress in controlling the disease has been made by the widespread adoption of...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fake blood, real benefits]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2009-12-16 16:32:33</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Each year, malaria kills more than 1 million people -- 90% of them in sub-Saharan Africa and 80% of them younger than 5 -- and makes 300 million people seriously ill. Major progress in controlling the disease has been made by the widespread adoption of...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jewish legacy inscribed on genes?]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2009-04-18 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Gregory Cochran has always been drawn to puzzles. This one had been gnawing at him for several years: Why are European Jews prone to so many deadly genetic diseases?

Tay-Sachs disease. Canavan disease. More than a dozen more.

It offended Cochran's sense...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[FDA approves immune-boosting therapy for prostate cancer]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-04-29 17:15:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration approved a new immune-boosting therapy for prostate cancer on Thursday, the first therapeutic vaccine for cancer ever approved by the agency. The approval opens the door to a whole new approach to cancer therapy, adding...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dr. Helen M. Ranney dies at 89; pioneering female physician explored sickle cell genetics]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-05-03 20:44:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Dr. Helen M. Ranney, a pioneering female physician who was among the first to explore the genetics of sickle cell disease and scored a number of firsts for women in her profession, including being the first to head a department of medicine at a U.S....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dr. Jean Dausset dies at 92; scientist's discovery made tissue typing for transplants possible]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2009-06-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Dr. Jean Dausset, the French Nobel laureate who discovered the human leukocyte antigen, or HLA, system on human tissue that made tissue typing for transplants possible, died June 6 in Mallorca, Spain. He was 92.

The HLA antigens are molecules on the...]]></description>
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