London siblings’ bone marrow Twitter plea boosts Jewish donors
From BBC News:
A brother and sister’s search for a bone marrow match for their mother has led to a jump in the number of Jewish people joining the Anthony Nolan Trust.
Jonni, 34, and Caroline Berger, 31, appealed on Twitter – #spit4mum – after Sharon Berger was told she needed an urgent bone marrow transplant in weeks.
Spit test ‘improves’ asthma care
From BBC News:
A simple spit test could identify thousands of children with severe asthma who are taking medication which will never help them, scientists say.
One in seven people will not respond to salmeterol, found in purple or green inhalers, which is given to tens of thousands of children in the UK.
A study of 62 children showed those patients could be identified and given effective treatment.
Totally blind mice get sight back
From BBC News
Totally blind mice have had their sight restored by injections of light-sensing cells into the eye, UK researchers report.
The team in Oxford said their studies closely resemble the treatments that would be needed in people with degenerative eye disease.
Similar results have already been achieved with night-blind mice.
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