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- HepaLife™ Announces Expansion of Exclusive License Agreement with U.S. Government Agency for Liver Cell Line
- HepaLife's expanded agreement with US Department of Agriculture allows for use of patented PICM-19 liver stem cell line as a malaria infection host system, in addition to artificial liver devices and in-vitro toxicological testing platforms. BOSTON -- HepaLife Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: HPLF) (FWB: HL1) (WKN: 500625) today announced that...
- Research articles 2008-10-01
- Quotable & notable
- "The people are waiting in the dark, but that has become normal. '" --The Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Kirkurk, Iraq, Louis Sako, who said Iraqi Christians are forced to live with absolutely no idea of what the future holds "'Most of us spend [more of] our time doing...
- Research articles 2008-08-08
- US triples AIDS, malaria, TB funds for poorest countries
- WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush on Wednesday signed legislation tripling funds to fight the killer diseases of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in the world's poorest countries, mainly in Africa. Congress approved a package earlier this month which lifted funding for the five-year program from 15 billion...
- Research articles 2008-07-30
- Upstream and McGill University to Collaborate on Testing of Potential Tropical Disease Treatments
- Upstream Biosciences Inc. (OTCBB: UPBS) today announced that it has entered into a collaboration with McGill University's Institute of Parasitology in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to begin in vitro testing of the Company's second generation of drug candidates for the potential treatment of tropical diseases leishmaniasis, trypanaosomiasis African sleeping sickness and...
- Research articles 2008-07-09
- Growing Demand for Infectious Disease Diagnostics across East Africa
- CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Infectious disease diagnostics markets across east Africa are expanding steadily. This is mainly due to the increasing number of patients on antiretrovirals ARVs and the scaling up of voluntary counselling and testing programmes in the region. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.medicaldevices.frost.com), East...
- Research articles 2008-07-08
- Reauthorize African aid
- Congress is in recess now. When it returns next week, the Senate ought to quickly approve a $50 billion health initiative that would provide life-saving care to the victims of HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa. The money would reauthorize one of the few Bush administration programs that...
- Research articles 2008-07-03
- Bush to rich countries: Make good on AIDS pledge
- WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush on Thursday scolded members of the Group of Eight industrialized nations due to meet in July for not making good on pledges to help fund Africa's war on HIV/AIDS. "At the last G-8, our partners stood up and made strong commitments...
- Research articles 2008-06-05
- Scientists find new weapon in fight against malaria
- PARIS AFP — Scientists have blocked the sexual development of the malaria parasite in the laboratory, opening the possibility of a drug that could sharply reduce the disease's spread, according to a new study. When a mosquito bites an infected human, it sucks up the gametes, or sex cells,...
- Research articles 2008-06-03
- Spain's Prince of Asturias prize shared by African malaria centres
- MADRID AFP — Spain's 2008 Prince of Asturias prize for international cooperation was shared between four malaria research centres in Africa on Wednesday, its jury president said. The panel wanted to reward "the merit and the work of these research centres which are fighting to break the link between...
- Research articles 2008-05-28
- 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
- Experts call for increased focus on hepatitis
- GENEVA AFP — Chronic hepatitis, which infects 10 times more people than HIV, should be given the same attention such as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the World Hepatitis Alliance said Monday. "Although it is estimated that 500 million, approximately one in 12 people are infected with either chronic viral...
- Research articles 2008-05-19
- WHO warns of cholera, malaria risk in Myanmar
- GENEVA AFP — The World Health Organisation warned Friday that victims of the devastating Myanmar cyclone are at risk from cholera, malaria and diarrhea due to a lack of safe drinking water. "The lack of drinking water and sanitation are the two main problems," WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib told...
- Research articles 2008-05-09
- SKorea to give Nkorea one million dollars to fight malaria
- SEOUL AFP — South Korea will this year provide North Korea with supplies worth 1.18 million dollars to help prevent malaria, the unification ministry said Friday. South Korea will purchase drugs, insecticides and other items and deliver them to the Pyongyang office of the World Health Organisation, said the...
- Research articles 2008-05-02
- Ivuti out of Boston marathon, possibly Olympics
- NAIROBI AFP — Chicago marathon champion Patrick Ivuti confirmed Friday he has pulled out of the Boston marathon because of a bout of malaria, dimming his hopes of participating in the Beijing Olympics. Ivuti, a two-time world cross country silver medallist, was one of the favourites for Monday's race...
- Research articles 2008-04-18
- Kenya to broaden access to anti-malaria drugs: official
- NAIROBI AFP — Kenya announced plans Thursday to broaden access to anti-malaria drugs with the general sale of artemisinin-based therapy ACT -- currently only available in hospitals -- in a bid to reduce deaths. "It is our intention before the end of December to make sure that we'll be...
- Research articles 2008-04-17
- Research partnership launches simplified treatment for malaria
- GENEVA AFP — Malaria patients can soon ditch complicated treatment regimes for one combining two drugs in a single dose, a non profit drug development group and a Brazilian pharmaceutical company said Thursday. The new treatment will cost 2.50 dollars (1.57 euros) and will be made available throughout Latin...
- Research articles 2008-04-17
- African Delegation of Health Officials Visit Washington to Discuss the Importance of the PEPFAR Program in Combating AIDS, Malaria, and TB
- Group co-convened by The AIDS Institute and The Whitaker Group WASHINGTON -- This past week a delegation of 15 leading African health officials representing Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Zambia, Lesotho, and Swaziland was convened in Washington by a partnership between The AIDS Institute and The Whitaker Group....
- Research articles 2008-03-13
- International Funding for African Healthcare Targets Key Problem Areas
- CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Sizeable international funding is targeting the serious health challenges across sub-Saharan Africa. However, even as donors pledge significant amounts to AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis TB projects, information regarding the sources, values and destinations of the funding remain limited. New analysis from global growth consulting...
- Research articles 2008-03-11
- Global malaria map shows lessened risk
- WASHINGTON AFP — Around 35 percent of the world's population is at risk of contracting the deadliest form of malaria but a study released Tuesday found that a larger number than previously thought lives in low-risk areas. The Malaria Atlas Project, run by Kenyan and British researchers, found that...
- Research articles 2008-02-26
- Volunteers tackle Zambezi River to fight malaria
- JOHANNESBURG AFP — A group of international volunteers will confront southern Africa's fierce Zambezi River in small boats to treat malaria and expose its ravages on secluded communities, organisers said Wednesday. Under the guidance of German expedition leader Helge Bendl, the adventure would start on March 29 at the...
- Research articles 2008-02-20
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