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U.S. Government officials and Congressional lawmakers, along with drug industry and doctors' groups, are scrambling to find remedies for critical shortages in a number of drugs that treat life-threatening illnesses, including bacterial infection and several forms of cancer.

Presidential candidate Rick Perry underwent a controversial stem-cell treatment this past month, prompting some doctors to fear the high-profile event would send the wrong signal to desperate patients.

Scientists from the University of Birmingham found that a modified form of Ecstasy (MDMA) could be used in treating myeloma, lymphoma, and leukemia, after scientists modified the drug to increase its tumour-killing properties.

Arsenal faces Liverpool at Emirates.

Over 32,000 children in Vietnam have been struck by hand-foot-mouth disease, 81 of whom have died from the illness.

Adcetris is an antibody-drug that targets a type of lymphoma cell called CD30. It is the first treatment approved by the FDA for fighting Hodgkin lymphoma since 1977, and also the first made to specifically treat anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

The Gunners face the Reds at Emirates Stadium.

Adcetris is the first treatment for fighting Hodgkin lymphoma approved by the FDA since 1977, and the first specifically made to treat anaplastic large cell lymphoma. The drug is marketed by Seattle Genetics of Bothell, Wash.

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have discovered that a modified version of Ecstasy (MDMA) may have great cancer-busting potential, fighting off myeloma, lymphoma, and leukemia.

The Gunners have a depleted lineup against Liverpool.

A killer fresh-water parasite, popularly known as the Brain-eating Amoeba, is suspected to have caused the infection that resulted in the death of three individuals, including a child. Naegleria fowleri, a free-living amoeba found in warm fresh-water bodies, such as ponds, lakes, rivers, and hot springs, is reported to have killed an unidentified man in his early 20s, a 9-year-old boy, and a 16-year-old girl this month, say health officials in Louisiana.

A rare but deadly waterborne brain-eating amoeba called Naegleria fowleri has been blamed for three deaths in the United States within the last few weeks, according to recent reports.

The deadly brain-eating amoeba parasite has claimed a third American life in less than a month, the new victim being a man in his early 20s.

Wenger is short on players for the match with Liverpool

Three people are now dead after being exposed to a brain-eating amoeba that lives in fresh water around the world.

Sixteen-year-old Courtney Nash, who died from a brain infection last week after going for a swim in a Florida river, reportedly is the third person to die after being exposed to the waterborne amoeba Naegleria fowleri.

Three people have died so far this summer

Reports suggest that a "brain-eating" amoeba called Naegleria fowleri has claimed yet another life in the United States, this time a nine-year-old boy in Virginia.

A 9-year-old Virgina boy died from a waterborne amoeba infection only days after a Florida teen was killed by the same ailment.

Researchers in Singapore re-engineered a harmless strain of bacteria to fight another common, drug-resistant microbe called Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which spreads in hospitals and is deadly to patients with weak immune systems, according to findings published in the journal Molecular Systems Biology on Tuesday.

Amoeba Parasite has caused second death in a month's time. The victim is a nine-year-old boy from Virginia, who got infected with a dangerous freshwater amoeba, a Richmond Times-Dispatch report said.