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16 December 2016, GENEVA - The World Health Organization is calling for medical evacuation of the sick and injured from east Aleppo to be resumed as quickly as possible. Almost 200 patients were safely transferred to hospitals in western rural Aleppo, Idlib and Turkey before all evacuations were aborted this morning, leaving many more in need of medical care stranded.

“The medical...

WHO statement by Director-General Dr Chan 16 December 2016. This year ends in uncertain times, for the world's political order, the fate of a damaged planet, the seemingly boundless human suffering experienced by civilians and health care staff in war zones, and the continuing failure of antibiotics that once gave medicine its "miracle" cures.

WHO has chronicled some of the year’s major...

Issue d’un travail collaboratif avec l’équipe Biologie et ingénierie du cartilage du laboratoire de Biologie tissulaire et ingénierie thérapeutique1, la start-up lyonnaise ACS Biotech propose une solution brevetée2 unique pour la réparation du cartilage. Basée sur l’injection d’un hydrogel comprenant des cellules de cartilage, elle laisse entrevoir la possibilité d’un...

Genopole Young Biotech Award 2016 : Biostart remporte le premier prix de 100 000 €La 6e édition du Genopole Young Biotech Award a récompensé, mardi 13 décembre à la Caisse d'Epargne (BPCE), la société Biostart qui a convaincu le jury* à l'unanimité. Des prix spéciaux ont été également attribués à deux des cinq finalistes. Un prix spécial " Potentiel industriel " revient au...

Le prix Puyoo récompense et encourage les initiatives destinées à accompagner ou promouvoir des projets de sensibilisation ou d'aide à la recherche sur le Sida. En 2016, ce sont quatre projets qui ont été sélectionnés. Les prix ont été remis le 13 décembre en présence des lauréats. Ils se traduisent par une aide financière et, pour le premier prix, également par un...

15 December 201 - WHO is saddened by the death of Dr Halfdan T. Mahler on 14 December 2016. Dr Mahler served as Director-General of WHO from 1973-1988.

As WHO's third Director-General, Dr Mahler will be remembered as a champion for primary care. He played a key leadership role shaping the 1978 Alma Ata Declaration that defined the Health for All by the Year 2000 strategy. Under his leadership...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Researchers have outlined for the first time a key mechanism by which low-dose aspirin may inhibit cancer cell proliferation and metastasis.

Aspirin reduces the ability of blood platelets to raise the levels of a particular protein that can support malignant cells and allow them to survive and spread, scientists say.

It has long been known that low-dose, or...

Copenhagen, Denmark, 15 December 2016 - Over one million refugees and migrants arrived in Europe by sea in 2015. 2016 has become the deadliest year ever for these travellers, with over 4700 people found dead or missing at sea so far. Sudden and large influxes of refugees and migrants can disrupt entire health systems in countries of transit and destination, if these are not adequately...

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