Infectious Diseases – News and Features
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AstraZeneca Enhances Clinical Research Capabilities in China with First Clinical Pharmacology Unit
The unit aims to enhance local clinical research capabilities and speed up access to new medicines to benefit Chinese patients.
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Novel Method Enables Genomic Screening of Blood Vessels from Patient Tissue
Scientists have developed a new method of capturing a complete genome-wide screening of blood vessel cells in their actual disease state.
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FDA Approves new Roche West Nile Virus Blood Screening Test
According to Roche, automated test helps ensure safety of blood supply by detecting virus earlier in infection cycle.
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Charles River Laboratories Choses BioTrove OpenArray™ Technology for the Second Time
Charles River Laboratories will use the OpenArray™ system to detect rodent-specific pathogens as part of their effort to evaluate the health of rodent species.
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EPIX Achieves Milestone in Collaboration with Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics
EPIX has identified a hit compound that corrects the functionality of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane conductance Regulator ion channel in a cell-based model system.
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Amyris Co-Founder Named to Technology Review's Tr35 List of Top Young Innovators
Amyris Co-founder Neil Renninger recognized for role in engineering microbes to produce lower cost anti-malarials and high-performing renewable biofuels.
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MedImmune Licenses Reverse Genetics Technology to Novartis
The technology will help Novartis to support the development and construction of new vaccine strains to produce influenza vaccines.
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Enigma Signs Licence Agreement with the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
The worldwide licence covers a broad range of technologies which are important elements of Enigma’s real-time PCR systems.
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Carnegie Mellon Scientist Uses Mass Spectrometer to Weigh Heavy Virus Particle, von Willebrand Factor
The results may lead to new biological discoveries and represent a step closer to disease diagnosis using mass spectrometry.
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AIDS Interferes with Stem Cells in the Brain
Burnham scientists discovered how HIV/AIDS disrupts the normal replication of stem cells in the adult brain, preventing new nerve cells from forming.
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