Infectious Diseases – News and Features

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New TB Diagnostic Proves Effective, Expedient, Study Finds
Early NIH support instrumental to development of new tool.

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MorphoSys Initiates Program Against Drug-Resistant MRSA Infections
MorphoSys secures access to innovative targets through in-licensing and collaboration agreement with Absynth biologics.

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RecipharmCobra Biologics Announces Patent for Novel Antibiotic-Free Plasmid Maintenance System
oriSELECT plasmid maintenance system wins US and European patents.

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Lab21 Launches new Commercial Companion Diagnostic Service for HIV Tropism in UK
Company becomes the first commercial reference laboratory in the UK to provide a companion diagnostic service for the HIV drug, Celsentri.

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Alnylam and Collaborators Publish new Pre-clinical Research on Therapeutic Silencing of Parkinson's Disease Gene
New Research shows silencing of alpha-synuclein in the Substantia Nigra of non-human primates with an RNAi therapeutic.

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New Life Science Conference: “Molecular Diagnostics Europe” at BIOTECHNICA 2010
Focus on new testing systems for the rapid diagnosis of cancer and infectious diseases.

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UK: Norfolk GM potato trial withstands blight
A trial plot of genetically-modified potatoes at Norfolk's John Innes Centre has withstood five days of intense late-blight infection.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Wins R&D 100 Award for Three-Minute Cold Disinfection Solution
The award recognizes Thermo’s HM550 Cryostat’s ability to reduce laboratory staff health risks as they interact with live cells and infectious tissues.

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Nature Medicine Publishes AVI BioPharma Preclinical Studies
Study demonstrates post-exposure efficacy of PMOplus™ Oligomers against Ebola and Marburg Viruses.

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Keeping Tabs on the Next Generation of Transgenic Crops
A team of government and university crop scientists from across Canada has developed a scientific framework for monitoring the release of second-generation genetically modified crops. The framework is designed to assess the risks of novel genes entering wild populations.
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