Infantile spasms, a rare form of epilepsy, strike 2, 500 babies in the U.S. every year.
The hope for TGN1412 was to have it used to treat a rare form of leukemia.
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It was retinoblastoma, a rare form of cancer affecting the retina that typically strikes children.
Underground beneath the shack there is a training facility for a rare form of karate called Jah-Kwo-Ton.
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Nikia Hammonds-Blakely was only 16 when she was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer in 1994.
The 30-year-old is recovering from a rare form of cancer, called mediastinal seminoma.
Ruby was first diagnosed with a rare form of brain tumour in 2009.
Matt is one of 13, 000 boys in the U.S. who have a rare form of muscular dystrophy known as Duchenne.
In this case, the USDA reports that it was a rare form of BSE not likely carried by contaminated feed.
After a seven year battle with a rare form of pancreatic cancer, Steve Jobs passed away on Wednesday, October 5th 2011.
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Hundreds of people have gathered for the funeral of a North Lincolnshire boy who died from a rare form of cancer.
The father of an eight-year-old boy with a rare form of cancer has criticised health chiefs for not funding treatment available abroad.
In this case, the Agricultural Department reported that the cow had a rare form of BSE not likely carried by contaminated feed.
It was about that age that Sundquist contracted a rare form of cancer in his femur, which led to losing that leg.
Diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer when he was nine years old, Sundquist had his left leg amputated a year later.
Sophie Maloney's two-year-old son Oliver, who has a rare form of cancer, spent two months at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) in 2011.
Soliris is very valuable in treating two conditions: a rare form of anemia and an even rarer kidney ailment known as atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Hundreds of sky lanterns were released by a community in Derby to pay tribute to a seven-year-old boy who died from a rare form of cancer.
These so-called targeted therapies got their biggest boost from Gleevec, a Novartis drug for a rare form of leukemia, which some studies said helped 80% of patients.
While Novartis has managed to profit from a string of cancer medicines, most notably Gleevec for a rare form of leukemia, most other drug companies have faced hurdles.
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Carolyn Boone had a rare form of cancer, a sarcoma that started in her uterus and spread to her liver and lungs even after she had a hysterectomy.
But after looking it up on the internet with his father, Alex, they discovered that it was likely to be a rare form of vomit from a sperm whale.
The approval comes amid a flurry of research showing broader promise for the approach in a range of disorders, from a rare form of blindness to hemophilia to heart failure.
After years of attempts, AstraZeneca has gotten a targeted cancer drug approved vandetanib, a treatment for a rare form of thyroid cancer after it has spread and is inoperable.
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Mr Jobs has stepped aside from day-to-day management at Apple on a couple of occasions before, after having surgery for a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2004 (see timeline).
We see that story: Orlean (Meryl Streep) tags along with John Laroche (Chris Cooper), a Florida man who was arrested while stealing a rare form of orchid from a state wilderness preserve.
Some drugs, such as Gleevec, a treatment for a rare form of leukemia developed by Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people ), can actually change the way a disease is treated.
Jobs was treated for a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2004, and his gaunt appearance last year spooked many, even as he introduced the 3G iPhone in June, new iPods in September and new notebook computers in October.
In April this year I wrote about my friend Bobbie and the horrifying tale of how badly her daughter, who suffers from a rare form of epilepsy, was treated by both the medical community and their medical insurance company.
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