FDA Approves The Abbott RealTime HCV assay for Hepatitis C

Abbott just announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its RealTime PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test for measuring the viral load of hepatitis C (HCV), the leading cause of liver cancer in the United States.

The Abbott RealTime HCV assay, developed for use on the Abbott m2000 system, is intended for use as an aid in the management of HCV-infected patients undergoing antiviral therapy. The assay measures HCV RNA levels at baseline and during treatment and can be utilized to predict sustained and non-sustained virological response to HCV therapy. The results from the RealTime HCV assay must be interpreted within the context of all relevant clinical and laboratory findings. The Abbott RealTime HCV assay is not for screening blood, plasma, serum or tissue donors for HCV, or to be used as a diagnostic test to confirm the presence of HCV infection.

The Abbott RealTime HCV test offers precise measurement (quantitation) of HCV in human plasma or serum. It is a highly sensitive HCV viral load test and the only one for which the limit of detection (lowest level of virus that generates a positive result) and the limit of quantitation (lowest exact viral load measurement) are the same, 12 IU/mL. This level of sensitivity enables clinicians to measure very low levels of the HCV virus to gauge success of antiviral drug treatment for eradicating the infection.

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D-Ribose Treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia

While every cell in the body has the ability to make D – Ribose naturally, the metabolic pathway to make D – Ribose is slow and rate limited. In times of metabolic stress the body is unable to produce D – Ribose. This limits ATP synthesis, restricts the formation of important cellular compounds, and delays tissue recovery. The following video was produced by Douglas Laboratories.
More Info about Corvalen, Douglas Labs D-Ribose

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Regeneration of Cells - CBS News

News segment highlighting cell regeneration and the future of growing organs from the body's own cells. A medical break though akin to NatCell & XtraCell products.

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Lloyd Chats About Naringenin

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~ embed it ~ Codes & Links ~ YouTubeScienceDaily (Feb. 4, 2008) — A compound that naturally occurs in grapefruit and other citrus fruits may be able to block the secretion of hepatitis C virus (HCV) from infected cells, a process required to maintain chronic infection. A team of researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine (MGH-CEM) report that HCV is bound to very low-density lipoprotein (vLDL, a so-called "bad" cholesterol) when it is secreted from liver cells and that the viral secretion required to pass infection to other cells may be blocked by the common flavonoid naringenin.

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technorati tags ~ Hepatitis C, Liver Disease, Naringenin

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Deadly Halloween Candy FROM CHINA

Halloween Candy 2008 May Be Laced with Melamine! The Same Ingredient that Harmed and Killed 50,000 Chinese children over the summer. These Candies have been pulled off the shelves of every other country in the world.
The timing is right for your Halloween candy to have been made when the Tainted Milk Problem was beginning over the Summer. They would take several weeks to ship from China to be on Store Shelves in Early September.

Boo! Not Funny. Not kiddining.

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Whistleblower Protections for Scientists

Union of Concerned Scientists presentation on the need to include protections for scientists in whistleblower protection legislation. May 12, 2008, International Assembly of Whistleblowers conference, Washington, D.C.

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