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PGD Medicare subsidies delayed until 2013
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Poster: sonnie
Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:22 pm
An article appeared in SMH (Tues 8 Nov) front page: Heartbreak for parents with rare genetic condition . To read the full article on the current state of play with PGD and Medicare subsidies - follow the link below.
Interestingly, Federal Dept of Health and Ageing last month decided an embryo might not be "an Australian resident, or eligible overseas representative" (!!!) as required by Medicare legislation and has delayed rulings on subsidies until 2013 at the earliest.
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| HDF raises over $2 Million for research |
Poster: Jason
Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:35 pm
The Hereditary Disease Foundatation recently held a Gala celebrating its 40th birthday with a tribute to its founder Milton Wexler who recently passed away. The event rased over 2 million dollars with an anonymous donar matching all donation up to a million dollars.
The HDF was started by Dr. Milton Wexler in 1968 when his wife was diagnosed with Huntington's disease (HD). The Foundation uses a variety of strategies - workshops, grants, fellowships, and targeted research contracts - ...
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| Approved drugs found to induce autophagy |
Poster: michelle
Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:50 pm
HDlighthouse.org
Approved drugs found to induce autophagy
UK researchers have found that several existing drugs which are already approved for other purposes induce autophagy, an alternate way to clear away the HD protein.
Editor's Comment:
Inducing autophagy as an alternate way to enhance the cleara...
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