Progress towards effective prevention and therapy for laminitis

Effective Coverage as a New Metric for Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage

Progress towards gene therapy for haemophilia B.

Haemophilia B is an X-linked recessive bleeding disorder, arising from a deficiency of coagulation factor IX. It has been a target for gene therapy ever since the factor IX gene was cloned in 1982. Several distinct approaches have been evaluated in humans over the last 30 years, but none has resulted in tangible corrections of the bleeding phenotype in humans until recently. Our group has now s...

Laminitis: Causes, Risk Factors, and Prevention

Laminitis has been described in many species, but is most common in the equine and bovine. Although bovine laminitis is most common in lactating dairy cows, it has been reported in all ages and sexes. Laminitis is an inflammation of the laminar corium of the hoof wall, and also includes the sole corium in the bovine definition. In general, the term laminitis is used to describe a systemic disea...

Towards safe and effective phytomedicines:the need for standardization

Over the past 20 years herbal medicinal products have become a topic of increasing global importance, with both medical and economic implications. In developing countries in Africa and Asia, botanicals have always played a central role in healthcare. Data from WHO suggest that 65 to 80% of the populations in these countries depend on traditional and botanical medicines as the primary source of ...

Towards safe and effective phytomedicines:the need for standardization

Over the past 20 years herbal medicinal products have become a topic of increasing global importance, with both medical and economic implications. In developing countries in Africa and Asia, botanicals have always played a central role in healthcare. Data from WHO suggest that 65 to 80% of the populations in these countries depend on traditional and botanical medicines as the primary source of ...