Immunotherapy Weekly articles from March 2001

Immunotherapy Weekly archives from March 2001

Pneumonia Prophylaxis Is Not Necessary After Immune System Renewal.(Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia)
March 7, 2001... 2001 MAR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, staff medical writer -- Successful antiretroviral restoration of immune function is sufficient to ward off opportunistic pneumonia in HIV infected patients, according to...

Daily Interferon Therapy May Prevent Recurrent Infection In Transplants.(hepatitis C prevention)
March 7, 2001... 2001 MAR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer -- New research suggests liver transplant patients could reduce hepatitis C re-infection rates by taking daily, small doses of interferon instead of normally...

Protein Up-Regulated By VEGF Is Suitable Target.(vascular endothelial growth factor; CD55 cell membrane protein)
March 7, 2001... 2001 MAR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer -- The properties of CD55, a cell membrane protein that neutralizes complement activation, make it a good candidate for immunotherapy targeting. ...

Promising New Antivenom Therapy Developed For Snake Bite.(Ovine developed for treatment of rattlesnake and moccasin snakebites)
March 7, 2001... 2001 MAR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Emergency physicians spearheaded the development of a new antivenom for treating rattlesnake and moccasin snakebites that promises to be safer than its predecessor and can be infused within minutes....

p53-Transduced Dendritic Cells Induce Antitumor Immune Responses.
March 7, 2001... 2001 MAR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, staff medical writer -- Dendritic cells (DCs) transduced with wild-type p53 stimulated antitumor immune responses, researchers in the United States report. "Accumulation of...

Autologous Dendritic Cells Shrink Metastatic Tumors.
March 7, 2001... 2001 MAR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, staff medical writer -- Intratumoral injection of autologously-derived dendritic cells (DCs) had anti-tumor activity against metastatic cancers, researchers report. "DCs are...

Peptide-Based Vaccine Has Potential.(MUCI human epithelial mucin peptide-based vaccine has potential in breast, ovarian, and pancreatic cancer treatment)
March 7, 2001... 2001 MAR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, staff medical writer -- Peptide mapping results in discovery of potential anticancer epitopes, researchers in England say. "The human epithelial mucin MUCI is over-expressed...

Beyond Viagra: Other Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors Are Candidates For Potential Therapies.
March 7, 2001... 2001 MAR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The same basic process used by the popular pharmaceutical Viagra may someday help people suffering from a variety of conditions, from allergies to diabetes. Viagra's success has raised interest...

CpG Motifs Have Therapeutic Potential.
March 7, 2001... 2001 MAR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, staff medical writer -- CpG motifs may influence the success of vaccines, immunotherapies, and gene therapies, Genzyme Corp. researchers suggest. "The mammalian immune...

Mass Immunization Has Limited Benefits.(in prevention of meningitis)
March 7, 2001... 2001 MAR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, staff medical writer -- Researchers in Canada report mixed results from a massive immunization campaign against meningitis in that country. During the winter of 1992-1993, a...

Children With Runny Noses At Less Risk Of Developing Asthma.
March 7, 2001... 2001 MAR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Repeated viral infections early in life may reduce the risk of developing asthma up to school age by stimulating the child's immune system, finds a study in the February 15, 2001, issue of the...

Endotoxin Exposure Causes Wheezing In First Year Of Life.(house dust)
March 7, 2001... 2001 MAR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study in the February 2001 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, molecules commonly found in house dust can cause babies to wheeze during their first year of...

Baboon Studies Suggest Strategies For Coping.(with stress)
March 7, 2001... 2001 MAR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Every summer since the late 1970s, Stanford University physiologist Robert Sapolsky has traveled to Kenya to study the stressful lives of baboons, whose competitive, stratified society resembles our...

Combination Therapy Works For Some, But Not All.(interferon/ribavirin therapy for hepatitis C)
March 7, 2001... 2001 MAR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer -- Not all patients with hepatitis C respond to a first round of interferon-only treatment, and only one in 14 may respond to subsequent combination...

Interferon Safe Treatment For Children With Hemophilia.(for hepatitis C treatment)
March 7, 2001... 2001 MAR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer -- Data gathered by researchers in Korea support treating hemophiliac children who also suffer from chronic hepatitis C with interferon-alpha therapy. ...

Lower Doses Of Interleukin-12 Are More Lethal To Tumors.
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) Less is more, say researchers who have uncovered an unexpected dose-dependent relationship between interleukin-12 (IL-12) and tumor suppression. IL-12 appears to stimulate immune response to...

Rituximab May Be Effective For First-Line Treatment.(for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma)
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer -- The monoclonal antibody rituximab may be a useful first-line treatment for patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), researchers in France report. ...

Azodicarbonamide Is Safe, Effective In Preliminary Study.(lowers viral load in HIV treatment)
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, staff medical writer -- A new HIV inhibitor drug has shown encouraging results in an early clinical study, researchers in Germany report. The drug, azodicarbonamide (ADA),...

Monoclonal Antibodies May Effectively Inhibit HIV.
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in New York have shown that monoclonal antibodies targeting the crucial CCR5 co-receptor can potently and selectively block HIV infection to an even higher degree than some natural CCR5...

Role Of Dietary Fat Consumption In Development Of Allergies And Asthma Studied.
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New study findings support the hypothesis that some non-allergic nutritive components in the diet may contribute to allergy development. Regional differences in prevalence of hay fever and...

CCR5 Cell Depletion Has Potential For Treatment.(of HIV)
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, staff medical writer -- Researchers have found ways to selectively attack blood cells with a particular HIV friendly receptor, which may lead to a novel treatment for the...

Electrosurgical Technique Relieves Nasal Stuffiness.(argon plasma coagulation)
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maryclaire Lindgren, staff medical writer -- Argon plasma coagulation (APC), a new electrosurgical technique, relieves nasal stuffiness and congestion of the inferior turbinate in patients with...

Researchers Say Botulinum Toxin Is Major Biological Weapons Threat.(Working Group on Civilian Biodefense)
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Working Group on Civilian Biodefense, an expert panel convened by the Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, says that botulinum toxin poses a...

Worldwide Study Links Diet To Prevalence Of Asthma, Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis.
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The largest study ever to examine diet, asthma, and allergies, has been undertaken in 700,000 children in 53 countries around the world. The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in...

New ELISA Is Useful For Serotyping Ureaplasma Urealyticum.(enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer -- Laboratory methods for serotyping Ureaplasma urealyticum infection are inefficient, but researchers working in Belgium may have overcome that problem with...

Interleukin-11 May Represent Novel Treatment.(for hemophilia-like disorders)
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, staff medical writer -- Interleukin-11 is worth investigating as a treatment for hemophilia-like disorders, researchers at Harvard University suggest. "Interleukin (IL)-11 is...

Common Viral Protein Activates Destruction Of Infected Cells.(NKp46 may be useful in influenza treatment)
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A viral protein enabling natural killer cells to recognize and subsequently kill virus-infected cells has been identified by collaborating researchers in Israel, the U.S., Britain. This...

New Test Offers Rapid Detection of Monoclonal Immunoglobulins.(capillary zone electrophoresis for diagnosis of Bence Jone myeloma)
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Nancy Saltmarsh, staff medical writer -- Capillary zone electrophoresis may offer clinicians an accurate way to detect monoclonal immunoglobulins and to incorporate results into a computer...

Antibody Is Useful For Detecting Nucleosome Antigens.(4H7 can help diagnose systemic lupus erythematosus)
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer -- The antibody 4H7 can effectively measure the presence of nucleosome particles in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), scientists at the...

Drugfacts.Com, NewsRx Collaboration Expands Availability Of Custom Health News For Professionals.
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Drugfacts.com, the premier free drug information resource on the Internet for pharmacists and other healthcare professionals, and NewsRx, the leading provider of daily and weekly health news, have...

Monoclonal Antibodies Deliver Therapy To Targeted Tumors.(pancreatic cancer therapy)
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer -- Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) show promise in targeted therapies for pancreatic cancer. The ability of MAbs to deliver drugs or radionuclides to...

CD8 Cells Can Prevent CD4(+) Cell-Harbored Virus Replication.(HIV infection treatment)
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, staff medical writer -- Researchers in Maryland have clarified the role played by immune cells in HIV patients responsive to treatment. The researchers found that autologous...

Cell Accumulation, Epithelial Disintegration Characterize Condition.(of perennial rhinitis)
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maryclaire Lindgren, staff medical writer -- Eosinophil and mast cell accumulation are characteristic of perennial rhinitis, as is epithelial integrity loss. Perennial rhinitis, caused...

StaphVAX Elicits Antibodies With In Vitro Activity Against Antibiotic-Resistance.(Nabi may be effective against Staphylococcus aureus blood infections)
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New in vitro data confirm that human antibodies elicited by Nabi(R) StaphVAX(R) (Staphylococcus aureus Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine), an investigational vaccine under development to protect...

DNA Vaccine Clinical Study Underway For Hepatitis B Immunotherapy.(by PowderJect Pharmaceuticals Plc and PowderJect Vaccines Inc.)
March 14, 2001... 2001 MAR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PowderJect Pharmaceuticals Plc (PJP) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, PowderJect Vaccines, Inc., announced the initiation of a clinical trial designed to support the development of a DNA...

Scientists Block Loss Of Eyesight In Animals With Glaucoma-Like Disease.(Copaxone for treatment of gluacoma)
March 21, 2001... 2001 MAR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Weizmann Institute scientists have succeeded in stopping the progressive loss of eyesight in animals with a glaucoma-like disease. Their innovative study, reported in the March 6, 2001 issue of...

Grass Pollen Vaccine Eases Symptoms For Seasonal Sufferers.
March 21, 2001... 2001 MAR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer -- Vaccination with grass pollen can relieve bronchial symptoms and improve quality of life for people with seasonal asthma and rhinitis. Doctors have...

Interleukin-6 Is Too Toxic For Use After Pediatric Chemotherapy.(interleukin-6 is too toxic for thrombocytopenia treatment in children undergoing chemotherapy)
March 21, 2001... 2001 MAR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, staff medical writer -- Oncologists warn that interleukin-6 (IL-6), while effective at improving hematopoietic recovery, is too toxic for use in children undergoing chemotherapy....

A Paradox Helps Explain How Aspirin Works.(aspirin inhibits interleukin-4)
March 21, 2001... 2001 MAR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Even though aspirin's pain-killing capacity was well known to Hippocrates in the fifth century B.C., exactly what it does remains somewhat of a mystery. Now, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions...

Azelastine Nasal Spray Is Effective Therapy.(for chronic rhinitis)
March 21, 2001... 2001 MAR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, staff medical writer -- Although chronic rhinitis is not normally associated with inflammation of the nasal passages, an antihistamine/anti-inflammatory nasal spray has proven...

Cytokines Do Not Help Flush Viral Reservoirs.(HIV therapy)
March 21, 2001... 2001 MAR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, staff medical writer -- Adding cytokines to antiretroviral therapy does not produce HIV remission by cleansing latent viral reservoirs, researchers report. A. Lafeuillade and...

Scientists Explain Mechanisms For Successful Treatment.(for adenosine deaminase deficiency)
March 21, 2001... 2001 MAR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer -- Expansion and stability of oligoclonal T cells in the blood may explain the success of a gene therapy treatment for adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency...

Vaccine Prevents Hyper-Responsiveness In Mice.(BCG vaccine prevents asthma hyper-responsiveness)
March 21, 2001... 2001 MAR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer -- Mice inoculated with bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine 10 days after birth appear able to block an immune hyper-responsiveness characteristic of...

Keliximab Suppresses Some Immune Responses, But Not All.
March 21, 2001... 2001 MAR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer -- The anti-CD4 antibody keliximab suppresses some immune responses, but not all, researchers say. SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals researchers D.J....

Review Clarifies Treatment Protocols For Clostridium difficile.(in the elderly)
March 21, 2001... 2001 MAR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer -- Appropriate therapy for Clostridium difficile infection is becoming more critical due to increasing infection rates among the elderly and ongoing problems...

Chronic Stress May Influence Effectiveness Of Vaccines.
March 21, 2001... 2001 MAR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chronic stress can have an impact on the overall effectiveness of immunizations designed to protect against infectious diseases such as flu, hepatitis, and pneumonia, according to a critical review...

Double B-Cell Purging During Leukapheresis Is Safe And Effective.(in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma treatment)
March 21, 2001... 2001 MAR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, staff medical writer -- Combining two techniques for purging residual non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cells from blood can increase their effectiveness by several orders of magnitude,...

Rituximab Shown Safe, Effective With Chemotherapy.(for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma)
March 21, 2001... 2001 MAR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer -- Response rates were promising in the first study of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) patients given the anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody rituximab along with...

Immunotherapy Should Target Three Genes.(ovarian cancer immunotherapy targets p53, HER-2/neu, and MUC-1 tumor antigens)
March 21, 2001... 2001 MAR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer -- Immunotherapy may offer new hope for women with ovarian cancer, say researchers working in The Netherlands. Three tumor antigens, in particular, are...

Etanercept Suppresses And Stimulates Some Immune Responses.(in rheumatoid arthritis)
March 21, 2001... 2001 MAR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer -- The tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) receptor etanercept may help correct faulty immune response in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Because...

Steroid Priming Increases Viral Load, Morbidity.(in hepatitis C virus)
March 21, 2001... 2001 MAR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer -- Current research suggests steroid priming before interferon (IFN) therapy increases viremia and worsens disease status in patients with hepatitis C virus...

Stromal Cell Co-Administration Enhances Hemopoietic Colony Formation.
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, staff medical writer - Transplanting bone marrow stromal cells with matched hemopoietic stem cells (HSCs) via the portal vein can enhance HSC engraftment, and may enable bone...

Vector Circumvents Synovial Fluid Resistance To Gene Therapy.(adenoviral vector for gene therapy of rheumatoid arthritis)
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A wild-type adenoviral vector for gene therapy of rheumatoid arthritis is less likely than other adenoviruses to be neutralized by synovial fluid, say...

Chemokines Attract Angiogenic Activity In Arthritic Tissues.(interleukin-8 and epithelial neutrophils activating peptide 78 affect rheumatoid arthritis)
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer - Scientists report two major chemokines add to angiogenic mechanisms in rheumatoid arthritis. Interleukin (IL)-8 and epithelial neutrophils activating...

Osteoprotegerin Gene Therapy May Prevent Bone Loss.
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Delivery of the osteoprotegerin (OPG) gene via a single adenoviral vector inhibits bone loss in mice, researchers at the pharmaceutical company Amgen...

Nuclear Factor-Kappa B May Be Therapeutic Target.(for neonatal inflammatory disorders)
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, staff medical writer - Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) may be a possible future target for treating some neonatal inflammatory disorders. "Polymorphonuclear leukocytes...

DNA Antigen May Lead To Development Of More Effective Vaccine.
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Immunization of mice with a DNA protein protects against leprosy infection at least as well as the Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG)...

Interleukin-10 Has Opposite Effects On Dendritic Cells And Macrophages.(HIV replication)
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, staff medical writer - The cytokine interleukin (IL)-10 can both stimulate and inhibit HIV replication by monocyte-derived cells, according to researchers in France. ...

Egg-Allergic Children Should Receive MMR Vaccination.(measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine)
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - An allergy to eggs should not prevent children from receiving the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Many children with egg allergies do not...

Techinques Promising For Immunologically Competent Fetuses.(stem cell transplantation and gene therapy)
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Stem cell transplantation and gene therapy may offer a useful in utero therapy option for certain fetal conditions, say researchers working in England. ...

Transience Of Gene Expression Can't Be Explained By Animal Model Alone.
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Animal models have their limits when it comes to explaining why gene therapy fails. Humans may exhibit similar response to a therapy but for different...

Cytokine-Secreting Vaccine Stops Metastatic Brain Tumors In Mice.
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Mice vaccinated with allogeneic fibroblasts that secrete interleukin 2 are less likely to develop metastatic brain tumors arising from breast cancer. ...

Novel Therapy Enters Clinical Trials.(gamma interferon inhalation treatment of cystic fibrosis)
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stanford University Medical Center researchers are testing a novel inhaled therapy to help cystic fibrosis patients avoid progressive lung damage that can lead to respiratory failure. Richard...

Extended Interferon Beats Standard Dosing For Sustained Response.(in chronic hepatitis C)
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer - Long-term interferon therapy improves sustained response rates in patients with chronic hepatitis C. A report from The Netherlands indicates initial...

Early Or Late, Meningococcal Vaccine Is Immunogenic.
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Timing of meningococcal vaccine after bone marrow transplant does not appear make a difference in immune response. T. Parkkali and colleagues at the...

Exposure To Cats Can Induce Tolerance.(and reduce childhood asthma risks)
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children exposed to cat allergens at home can produce an immune response without developing asthma, report authors of a study in the March 10, 2001, issue of the Lancet. However, in some...

Oligodeoxynucleotide Co-Administration With HIV-1 Vaccine Boosts Immune Response.
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Administering an oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) DNA sequence together with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) vaccine induces a stronger immune...

Pre-Operative Chemoimmunotherapy For Unresectable Tumors Can Induce Remission.(liver cancer treatment)
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer - Patients with inoperable liver cancer could benefit by being given chemoimmunotherapy and then surgery. Medical researchers in China, using newer...

Study Finds Monoclonal Antibody Is Safe And Beneficial Treatment.(for Crohn's disease)
March 28, 2001... 2001 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new drug for treating Crohn's disease (CD), is safe and beneficial for patients who have not gotten relief from other medications, according to findings of a Mayo Clinic study published in the...