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Baxter purchase by Gambro a done deal.
Reuters: Healthcare products maker Baxter International Inc said on Tuesday that it would buy privately held Swedish dialysis product company Gambro AB for about $4 billion to expand its kidney therapy portfolio.

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Single-treatment gene therapy targeting telomerase extends lifespan of mouse by 24%.
Science Daily: Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), led by its director Mari?a Blasco, have demonstrated that the mouse lifespan can be extended by the application in adult life of a single treatment acting directly on the animal's genes. And they have done so using gene therapy, a strategy never before employed to combat aging. The therapy has been found to be safe and effective in mice.

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Mystery coronavirus circulating in Middle East causes acute kidney failure.
USA Today: Several of the patients sickened by the new coronavirus have had rapid kidney failure and others have suffered severe pneumonia and respiratory illnesses. The virus is most closely related to a bat virus and scientists are also considering whether bats or animals like camels or goats are a possible source of infection.

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Dialysis patients speak video re infection control practices in 2012.
YouTube: Liza Walworth created this educational video for the ESRD Network of New England, Inc. in 2012 at Dialysis Clinic, Inc.'s facility at Tufts Medical Center. The video seeks to empower hemodialysis patients and to teach the importance of hand hygiene, proper equipment, and careful technique in preventing infection. The project was carried out under contract with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health for Region 1 (New England), United States Department of Health and Human Services, contract HHSP 233201100685P.

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DaVita in the news on CNN regarding accusations of Medicare fraud.
CNN: "A company that runs 2.000 dialysis clinics in the U.S. is accused of making hundreds of millions through Medicare fraud. CNN's Drew Griffin investigates."

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