- 500,000 Londoners Prepare for the World’s Largest Medical Experiment
London scientists will soon be carrying out the biggest
medical experiment in the world. It will consist of collecting DNA
samples from 500,000 British citizens that are between the ages of 40
and 69. The plan is to use the samples they collect over four
London scientists will soon be carrying out the biggest medical experiment in the world. It will consist of collecting DNA ...
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- Advancis Increases Amoxicillin’s Effectiveness
Amoxicillin is a wide spectrum antibiotic used to treat many
common infections, including strep throat. The usual prescription for
treatment requires three 500mg amoxicillin doses daily. Advancis
Pharmaceutical just released positive phase III trial resul
Amoxicillin is a wide spectrum antibiotic used to treat many common infections, including strep throat. The usual prescription for treatment ...
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- Ancient Viral DNA May be Essential to Mammal Reproduction
A recent experiment supports the theory that certain DNA sequences in mammals, which originated from ancient retroviruses, played a key role in the evolution of the placenta.
A recent experiment supports the theory that certain DNA sequences in mammals, which originated from ancient retroviruses, played a key ...
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- Angiotech Develops Product to Reduce Vascular Graft Failures
For those unfamiliar, hemodialysis is a method of filtering
waste from a patient’s blood when their kidneys are no longer able to
function. But before a patient can undergo hemodialysis, a vascular
graft must be implanted in order to allow a connection
Vancouver based Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc., plans to aid hemodialysis patients with their new vascular graft technology that will soon begin ...
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- Archon X PRIZE for Genomics Announced
The contestants are challenged with the task of creating a process that can successfully map 100 human genomes in 10 days. No small feat considering that the first human genome to be sequenced took 13 years and cost around $3 billion.
Yesterday a new X Prize was announced for the field of Genomics. For those that do not know about the ...
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- Arthritis Drug Receives Expanded FDA Approval
The Food and Drug Administration expanded its marketing
approval for Remicade on Monday. Remicade is a psoriatic arthritis
treatment produced by Centocor that first received FDA approval in May
of last year.
The Food and Drug Administration expanded its marketing approval for Remicade on Monday. Remicade is a psoriatic arthritis treatment produced ...
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- Biodiesel from Bacteria
Alexander Steinbuchel and his colleagues from the University of Munster in Germany have created a strain of bacteria that is able to produce biodiesel from plant oils. Biofuels from bacteria could greatly increase the efficiency of using them as an alternate energy source.
Alexander Steinbuchel and his colleagues from the University of Munster in Germany have created a strain of bacteria that is ...
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- Biophage Pharma Inc Developing Alternative Treatment for Drug Resistant Bacteria
The Montreal based Biophage Pharma Inc. announced that it is
developing a method to treat bacterial infections without the use of
antibiotics. Their treatment consists of using Biophage PDS Biosensors
to diagnose the infection and phage therapy to treat i
The Montreal based Biophage Pharma Inc. announced that it is developing a method to treat bacterial infections without the use ...
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- Canadian Biotech Leaders Looking for Tax Breaks
Over 50 Canadian biotech leaders will be calling on federal politicians this week to increase funding and decrease taxes for their industry. They are hoping that the tax breaks will be an incentive for emerging biotech companies to spur an increase in medical developments.
Over 50 Canadian biotech leaders will be calling on federal politicians this week to increase funding and decrease taxes for ...
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- Chinese Biotech Company Reveals Positive Results for Bird Flu Vaccine
An experimental vaccine developed by Chinese scientists has produced an immune response in healthy people to the H5N1 avian flu virus. Sinovac Biotech Co. Ltd. released early trial results in The Lancet medical journal today.
An experimental vaccine developed by Chinese scientists has produced an immune response in healthy people to the H5N1 avian flu ...
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An experimental vaccine developed by Chinese scientists has produced an immune response in healthy people to the H5N1 avian flu virus. Sinovac Biotech Co. Ltd. released early trial results in The Lancet medical journal today.
An experimental vaccine developed by Chinese scientists has produced an immune response in healthy people to the H5N1 avian flu ...
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- Diagnosis of a Virus with a Microchip
A microchip with the ability to rapidly diagnose
illness-causing viruses has recently been developed by the University
of Colorado and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The FluChip is able to distinguish the type and subtype of 72 infl
A microchip with the ability to rapidly diagnose illness-causing viruses has recently been developed by the University of Colorado and ...
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- Embryo-Safe Stem Cells Still Not Good Enough?
With recent stem cell laws grinding research to a crawl,
scientists have made a welcoming discovery. A new procedure is able to
extract stem cells from an embryo while leaving it viable. Researchers
are hoping that this method will help avoid any restrict
With recent stem cell laws grinding research to a crawl, scientists have made a welcoming discovery. A new procedure is ...
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- Fast-Healing Gel Derived from Maggot Enzymes
Stephen Britland from the University of Bradford and his research team have discovered that removing dead flesh is not the maggot’s only secret to speeding up the healing process. It turns out that they also secrete a combination of enzymes that accelerate tissue repair in patients.
It is pretty well know that maggots have been used to treat serious wounds in humans. Although it is not ...
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- Help Wanted: Looking for Researchers to Create Life
Anthony C. Forster and George M. Church proposed that a living cell should be created entirely from simple molecules. Once more research is done; they plan to build a living system that only contains simple molecules and genes that are absolutely essential to life. Upon doing this, each part of it can be examined in detail not seen before.
In a Molecular Systems Biology review article, Anthony C. Forster and George M. Church proposed that a living cell should ...
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- If You Don’t Use Them, You May Lose Immature Brain Cells
Its already known that the human brain continues to produce
new nerve cells throughout its life, but recent studies show that many
of these new cells die before they have a chance to mature. An
experiment performed by Fred Gage of the Salk Institute for B
It's already known that the human brain continues to produce new nerve cells throughout its life, but recent studies show ...
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- Iran Claims to Have Cloned a Sheep
Even without seeing any visual proof of their accomplishments,
my congratulations go out to the Iranian researchers for almost being
successful in an experiment that was already carried out a decade ago.
Doctors in Iran claim to have overseen the birth of a cloned lamb that died five minutes after birth. Even ...
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- Japanese Launching Project to Convert Wood Chips into Biofuel
The Japanese Environment Ministry announced yesterday that it
will launch a project to create enough biomass fuel to power 40,000
cars annually. The fuel will be produced in the world’s first wood
waste to ethanol conversion facility. They are expecting
The Japanese Environment Ministry announced yesterday that it will launch a project to create enough biomass fuel to power 40,000 ...
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- Med BioGene Inc Reports Promising Pre-clinical Results for Lymphoma Diagnostic
Vancouver based, Med BioGene Inc. announced August 3rd the
results of its pre-clinical tests of its Diagnostic Lymphoma Bioarray.
It will be used to detect if a patient has lymphoma.
Vancouver based, Med BioGene Inc. announced August 3rd the results of its pre-clinical tests of its Diagnostic Lymphoma Bioarray. It ...
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- Red Cross Warns EU to Halt the Spread of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
The secretary-general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies issued a warning to the European Union leaders to halt the spread of tuberculosis. TB is an extremely deadly and contagious respiratory disease, but it is curable for now.
The secretary-general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies issued a warning to the European Union ...
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