Tag: Joachim Scholz

  • Health

    Simple bedside test improves diagnosis of chronic back pain

    A simple and inexpensive method of assessing pain, developed by Harvard researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), is better than currently used techniques for distinguishing neuropathic pain – pain caused by damage to the nervous system — from other types of chronic back pain.  Being able to more precisely determine the underlying nature of the…

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  • Health

    GlaxoSmithKline and Harvard Stem Cell Institute announce major collaboration agreement

    GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) today announced that they have entered into a five-year, $25 million-plus collaborative agreement to build a unique alliance in stem cell science to hasten the development of treatments and cures for a range of diseases. GSK’s investment, one of the largest by a pharmaceutical company in…

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