Infectious Diseases – News and Features
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Alnylam Awarded Federal Grant to Develop RNAi Therapeutics for Pandemic Flu
The SBIR grant will provide Alnylam with approximately $590,000 in funding over a one-year period.
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International Accord Gives US Firm Rights to Stem Cell Liver Cure
The focus of the agreement is to extend IIBM's Stem Cell Liver Regeneration procedure to the western world.
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Method of Gene Therapy Alters Immune Cells for Treatment of Advanced Melanoma
Technique may also apply to other common cancers.
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Chemokine Announces Patent Issuance for Chemokine Analogs
The patent covers chemokine analogs that are useful for the treatment of a variety of diseases and disorders.
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Nastech Awarded Development Grant for RNAi Therapeutics
Nastech is developing siRNA therapeutics that specifically target conserved regions of the influenza viral genome.
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Researchers Identify Antibiotic Protein that Defends the Intestine Against Microbial Invaders
The study might lead to medications aimed at helping patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
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Nanoparticles Slip Through Blood Vessel Pores to Attack Tumor
Fatty spheres loaded with siRNA shrink ovarian cancer tumors in preclinical trial.
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Researcher Hits Bulls-Eye for Antibiotic Target
Purdue researcher determines the structure of a protein that controls the starvation response of E. coli.
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NIH Funds Fourteen High-End Instrumentation Grants
Awarded to research institutions around the country, the one-time grants support the purchase of sophisticated instruments costing more than $750,000.
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Researchers Discover Pattern of Gene Activity that can Predict Liver Cancer Spread
Researchers found that metastasis-specific profile included gene activities responsible for increased production of certain cytokines.
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