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Brittany Maynard. Brittany Lauren Maynard (November 19, 1984 – November 1, 2014) was an American activist with terminal cancer who decided that she would end her own life "when the time seemed right." She was an advocate for the legalization of assisted suicide for the terminally ill. [5][6]
Scientific advances helped avert 4.1 million deaths from cancer in the 30 years between 1991 and 2021 according to a new report, but the disease continues to be a public health challenge. The ...
Mitchell was appointed Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to Older People and the Voluntary Sector. [1][20] She was named by Cranfield University as one of the 100 Women to Watch in 2018, and was recognised as one of the 100 Influential Women in Oncology by OncoDaily. [21][22] She joined the University ...
Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) [1] was an African-American woman [4] whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line [A] and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. An immortalized cell line reproduces indefinitely under specific ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 September 2024. Class of vaccines against human papillomavirus HPV vaccine Vaccine description Target Human papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine type Protein subunit Clinical data Trade names Gardasil, Cervarix, others AHFS / Drugs.com Monograph MedlinePlus a615028 License data US DailyMed: Human ...
Malignant MS cases are not common, less than 5% of patients with MS experience this type of progression. [ 2 ] The National MS Society Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials of New Agents consensus defined it as: disease with a rapid progressive course, leading to significant disability in multiple neurologic systems or death in a relatively ...
Management of multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). Several therapies for it exist, although there is no known cure. The most common initial course of the disease is the relapsing-remitting subtype, which is characterized by unpredictable ...
The Task Force is a 36-member body combining leaders in cancer and global health and co-chaired by Julio Frenk, Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health and Lawrence Corey, President and Director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired of Jordan and Lance Armstrong serve as Honorary Co-Presidents.