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- Novartis halts research on MRSA drug after poor tests
- GENEVA AFP — Novartis said Friday it was halting research into its Aurograb treatment designed to combat bacterial infections such as the deadly MRSA bug after disappointing clinical tests. The Swiss pharmaceutical giant said in a statement that it had decided to halt the programme "after Phase II results...
- Research articles 2008-08-29
- What You Don't Know Could Hurt You -- Herpes, U.T.I.s & Vaginal Yeast Infections Revealed as Part of the "Hidden Epidemic"; Clear S.H.U.T.I.(TM) for Shingles, Herpes, & U.T.I.s Relieves Symptoms Naturally
- The alarming fact is that over half of all Americans have oral herpes and at least twenty percent one out of five suffer from genital herpes or herpes simplex 2 (HSV-2). Studies indicate that more than 500,000 new cases of genital herpes are diagnosed in the United States each year...
- Research articles 2008-08-29
- Tainted deli meats outbreak in Canada spreads
- OTTAWA AFP — Sixty-five people have either died or become sick likely from contaminated deli meats in Canada, health officials said Thursday, as a nationwide outbreak of listeriosis expanded. The death toll from listeria infections remained unchanged at 15. So too was the number of confirmed cases, at 29....
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- South Sudan's vision to tackle blindness
- JUBA, Sudan AFP — Tapping down the rough track with metal sticks, blind Sudanese schoolchildren negotiate a route between stinking pools of muddy rainwater and zooming motorbikes. Life is tough in southern Sudan, a grossly impoverished region struggling to rebuild after 21 years of civil war with the north....
- Research articles 2008-08-25
- Big spike in rabies cases in China: study
- PARIS AFP — China has seen a more than twenty-fold jump in the number of human rabies infections over the last decade, a Chinese study released Thursday says. Transmitted by animal bites that attack the nervous system, the rabies virus causes over 50,000 deaths worldwide each year, mainly in...
- Research articles 2008-08-20
- Medegen Grows Product Distribution Via Co-Marketing Agreement with Bard
- MaxPlus[R] Clear[TM] Needleless Access Device Now Available in Bard Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter PICC Kits ONTARIO, Calif. -- Maximus, a business unit of leading infusion therapy firm Medegen Inc., today announced that as a result of a Co-Marketing Agreement between C.R. Bard and Medegen Inc., the MaxPlus[R] Clear[TM] needleless...
- Research articles 2008-08-18
- Alnylam Awarded Continued Funding Under U.S. Government Contract to Develop RNAi Therapeutics for Biological Threats
- Commitment for Continued Funding of $7.5 Million Supports Alnylam Biodefense[TM] Efforts and Broad Technology Development CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, today announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIAID, a component of the National Institutes of Health NIH,...
- Research articles 2008-08-06
- Jack's New Start; Swap-Op Boy Plays With Pals After Being Given All Clear Give Jack A Chance
- Byline: By LISA HUTCHINSON IT WAS the magnificent news they had been waiting for. Doctors have revealed that swap-op patient Jack Close has been given the all clear. And after being in isolation for months, the excited schoolboy celebrated by pulling on his football strip and running...
- Research articles 2008-07-25
- Optimer Reports Additional Data on Investigational Compound OPT-80 at Anaerobe 2008 Congress
- - Epidemic Hypervirulent Strain BI/NAP1/027 Was Well Represented in the Phase 2A Study - SAN DIEGO -- Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPTR) presented new data from its Phase 2A clinical study of OPT-80 finding a 42% presence of the super toxin-producing strain of C. difficile known as BI/NAP1/027 strain...
- Research articles 2008-06-26
- Brazilian samba star Jamelao dies
- RIO DE JANEIRO AFP — Brazilian samba superstar Jose Bispo dos Santos, better known as Jamelao, has died at the age of 95 following a serious infection, his samba school said. His death Saturday was announced by the Estacion Primera de Mangueira, two days after he was hospitalized with...
- Research articles 2008-06-15
- Tomato salmonella outbreak hits 167 people in US
- WASHINGTON AFP — At least 167 people have been infected with salmonella from tainted tomatoes across 17 US states, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday, as growers warned the industry was "in complete collapse." The government food regulator said that at least 23 people had been hospitalized for...
- Research articles 2008-06-11
- Fear of flying infections exaggerated, study finds
- SYDNEY AFP — The widely-held belief that passengers crowded aboard airliners are exposed to a high risk of catching infectious diseases is exaggerated, an Australian government study has found. The belief that the air in planes is full of contaminants is based on the perception that it is continually...
- Research articles 2008-06-09
- Swiss company says malaria vaccine tests 'successful'
- NYON AFP — A Swiss biotechnology company said Wednesday that it has successfully tested a malaria vaccine which could be marketed as early as 2014, according to a statement from directors. Mymetics, who acquired the trial vaccine from Swiss research and development company Pevion Biotech, said it had carried...
- Research articles 2008-05-28
- China on gangrene alert in quake zones: state media
- BEIJING AFP — Chinese doctors have been asked to test all survivors of last week's earthquake for a potentially deadly bacterial infection after they had to perform 30 amputations, state media said Wednesday. Central authorities have told local medical workers to test patients immediately for gas gangrene and, if...
- Research articles 2008-05-21
- Oculus Innovative Sciences to Participate in Third Congress of the World Union of Wound Healing Societies in Toronto
- Microcyn[R] Technology Demonstrates In Vivo Anti-Inflammatory/Wound Healing Properties PETALUMA, Calif. -- Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: OCLS), a biopharmaceutical company that develops and markets innovative, stable oxychlorine compounds based on the Microcyn[R] Technology platform that are intended to treat a wide range of infections, including those in chronic and...
- Research articles 2008-05-15
- Ear infection likely to sideline Cavaliers' Ben Wallace
- CLEVELAND, Ohio AFP — The Cleveland Cavaliers will likely be without center Ben Wallace for game three of their National Basketball Association playoff series aginst Boston on Saturday. The Cavaliers, who trail in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final series 2-0, said Friday that Wallace has a viral inner ear...
- Research articles 2008-05-09
- Canadian teen makes sticky molecule in bid to diagnose, prevent flu
- OTTAWA AFP — A Canadian high school student has won a national science competition for her new molecule that binds to flu viruses, which may eventually be used to diagnose or prevent flu infections. Maria Merziotis, 17, took first prize in the 2008 Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge, and will now...
- Research articles 2008-05-08
- bioMerieux Bestowed 2007 Frost & Sullivan European Healthcare-Associated Infection Control Technology Leadership Award
- LONDON -- The 2007 European Healthcare-Associated Infection Control Technology Leadership Award is conferred upon bioMerieux in recognition of its unparalleled leadership and commitment toward healthcare-associated infection control and its pioneering and extensive work in this field. Healthcare-associated infections HAI are among bioMerieux's six strategic disease areas. It is the...
- Research articles 2008-04-15
- Upsurge in measles across Europe: EU agency
- STOCKHOLM AFP — Several European countries, with Switzerland topping the list, have recently seen a disturbing increase in measles cases, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC said Friday. "This is very concerning ... particularly in light of the WHO World Health Organisation aim to rid Europe...
- Research articles 2008-04-11
- Britain's Prince Philip hospitalised with chest infection: Palace
- LONDON AFP — Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip has been admitted to hospital for treatment for a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said Friday, but he was reported to be continuing to work. The 86-year-old is understood to be sitting up and dealing with correspondence after being admitted to...
- Research articles 2008-04-04
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