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Growing Demand For Infectious Disease Diagnostics Across East Africa
09.07.2008 07:14
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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, East African Infectious Disease Diagnostics Markets, finds that the markets earned revenues of USD15.
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Infectious Diseases
Changing Salmonella From Foe To Friend As A Way To Administer Vaccines In The Body
09.07.2008 07:14
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Researchers at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University have made a major step forward in their work to develop a biologically engineered organism that can effectively deliver an antigen in the body. The researchers report that they have been able to use live salmonella bacterium as the containment/delivery method for an antigen.
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Immunology
Protein Marker For Schizophrenia Risk
09.07.2008 07:14
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A protein found in immune cells may be a reliable marker for schizophrenia risk, report researchers in a new proteomics study appearing in the July issue of Molecular and Cellular proteomics. Schizophrenia is a severe and complex psychiatric illness that affects about 1% of the population. Diagnosis currently relies on subjective clinical interviews and the assessment of ambiguous symptoms, which frequently leads to delayed diagnosis and treatment.
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Immunology
Strategic Program For Asthma Research Awards UTMB Professor $750,000 Grant
09.07.2008 07:14
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The Strategic Program for Asthma Research has awarded University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston professor Satish Srivastava a three-year, $750,000 grant to pursue an innovative approach to asthma therapy. Srivastava will use the award to examine the link between the enzyme aldose reductase and asthma-related lung inflammation.
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Immunology
SF Study: Streamlined Consent Increases HIV Testing Among High-Risk Populations, Notes AHF
09.07.2008 07:13
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) lauded a recent San Francisco study which documented a significant increase in HIV testing rates among high-risk groups who have not had to undergo written consent for the procedure, a study finding which supports a change in testing protocol that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) first recommended in its revised 2006 guidelines for HIV testing, but a change that has not been widely adopted nationwide.
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HIV/AIDS
Breast Cancer HER2 Test For Herceptin Candidates Approved By FDA
09.07.2008 07:13
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Tuesday that it had approved a new test that measures the strength of HER2 gene amplification in breast cancer patients so that decisions can be made about whether they should be given the cancer drug Herceptin (trastuzumab).
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Cancer
Antibody To Breast Cancer-Secreted Protein Blocks Metastasis
09.07.2008 07:13
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Scientists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have made a key discovery about the mechanism of breast cancer metastasis, the process by which cancer spreads. Focusing on a gene dubbed "Dachshund," or DACH1, they are beginning to pinpoint new therapeutic targets to halt the spread of cancer. Reporting their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers led by Richard Pestell, M.D., Ph.D.
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Cancer
NICE Final Recommends Treatment Options For Primary, Secondary Prevention Of Osteoporotic Fragility Fractures In Postmenopausal Women, UK
09.07.2008 07:13
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Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals (P&GP) welcome the new Final Appraisal Determination (FAD) Guidance for the primary and secondary prevention of osteoporosis from NICE.
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Orthopedics
Study Points To Cocktail Therapy For Alzheimer's - Beverage Supplement Improves Memory, Learning In Gerbils
09.07.2008 07:12
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A dietary cocktail that includes a type of omega-3 fatty acid can improve memory and learning in gerbils, according to the latest study from MIT researchers that points to a possible beverage-based treatment for Alzheimer's and other brain diseases. The combination of supplements, which contains three compounds normally found in the bloodstream, is now being tested in Alzheimer's patients.
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Alzheimer's Disease
Working To Decode TB,
09.07.2008 06:14
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Tuberculosis may call to mind Old West consumptives and early 20th-century sanatoriums, yet according to the World Health Organization, the disease took the lives of more than 1.5 million people worldwide in 2006. In the United States alone, thousands of new cases are reported annually making TB an enduring menace.
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Infectious Diseases
Internet Crawling: A New Tool For Tracking Infectious Disease
09.07.2008 06:14
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You don't have to be a public health official to know that as of July 1, there are over 40 states with alerts on salmonella outbreaks. Nor do you have to wait for traditional data sources like the World Health Organization or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, whose reporting is sometimes delayed. An online project called HealthMap (http://www.healthmap.
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Infectious Diseases
Proposing A New Global Compact For Infectious Diseases
09.07.2008 06:14
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The following is by Harvey Rubin, M.D., Ph.D.
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Infectious Diseases
Pharmasset Announces Initiation Of Combination Study Of Clevudine And Viread(R) For HBV By French National Agency For Research On AIDS And Hepatitis
09.07.2008 06:14
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The French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (ANRS), with the support of Pharmasset, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRUS) and Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD), has initiated the first head-to-head study of clevudine and Viread(R) (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) administered separately, versus their combination, for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in non-cirrhotic patients.
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HIV/AIDS
ViroPharma Provides Update On Upcoming FDA Advisory Committee Meeting To Discuss Bioequivalence Of Locally Acting Gastrointestinal Drugs
09.07.2008 06:13
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ViroPharma Incorporated (Nasdaq: VPHM) has been informed by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the July 23, 2008 meeting of its Advisory Committee for Pharmaceutical Science and Clinical Pharmacology is not intended to discuss specifically ViroPharma's Vancocin(R) (vancomycin hydrochloride capsules) or any other drug products.
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Gastroenterology
New Resource For Home Health Care Response During A Flu Pandemic
09.07.2008 06:13
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Home Health Care During an Influenza Pandemic: Issues and Resources, a report identifying home health care as a critical component in providing care during a pandemic influenza event and offering resources to home health care providers and community planners to prepare for such an event, was released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in collaboration with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
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