The federal government plans to give the exclusive license for a new liver cancer drug to a pharmaceutical company owned by Chinaâs 63rd-richest man, HuffPost has learned. The National Institutes of Health proposes to grant Salubris Biotherapeutics, Inc. exclusive worldwide rights to a portfolio of patents on antibody drugs used to treat liver cancer, according to a notice published Monday on the Federal Register.
Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness and is critical to achieving Millennium Development Goal 4:2 to reduce child mortality.revalence of vitamin A deficiency. Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a lack of vitamin A in humans. It is common in poorer countries but rarely seen in more developed countries. Nyctalopia (night blindness) is one of the first signs of VAD.
Pernicious anemia is one form of vitamin B-12 deficiency that results from the autoimmune process described above. However, other causes of vitamin B-12 deficiency can also produce the same signs and symptoms as pernicious anemia.s discussed previously, true pernicious anemia results from an autoimmune condition that impairs absorption of dietary vitamin B-12, resulting in vitamin B-12 deficiency. Vitamin B-12 deficiency of any cause will result in anemia and neurologic symptoms.