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NOVAVAX Announces Publication of a Preclinical Study Demonstrating that a Virus-like Particle Vaccine Provided Protection Against Highly Pathogenic H1N1 and H5N1 Influenza Strains

... and Ferrets Against the Spanish Flu and Highly pathogenic H5N1 Bird Flu ROCKVILLE, Md., April 14 ... against both the Spanish flu and a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza strain. The study, ... against a lethal dose of a contemporary, highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 virus strain, ...

DNA Software, Inc. Awarded $2.5 M in NIH Funding to Develop Pioneering Nucleic Acid-based Technologies

... molecules. Yet, the 3D structures for the complete ribosomes of many pathogenic bacteria are still unknown. Thus, the ribosome represents an important ... prediction and future drug development, including antibiotics for pathogenic bacteria that have developed drug resistance. DNA Software has a ...

Ocular Biopharmaceutical Company Charlesson Announces $1.6MM in New Funding and Upcoming Presentations at The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

... is that inflammation and vascular leakage in the retina are early pathogenic components that cause retinal neovascularization, which is the underlying ... in the eye. Recent evidence suggests that inflammation is also a key pathogenic feature of AMD. Charlesson's approach is to develop therapies that inhibit ...

Improving Transfusion Safety: Fenwal, Verax Biomedical Sign Agreement for Rapid, Point-of-Care Bacteria Test

... patients. The Verax PGD(R) test, a rapid immunoassay, targets antigens found on the surface of a wide spectrum of common bacteria known to be pathogenic to humans in high concentrations. "Bacterial contamination in platelets is a serious concern in transfusion medicine," said Darrell J. ...

BioNeutral's Ygiene(TM) Hospital Grade Achieves World Class Independent Test Results in Killing Life Threatening Spores/Organisms

... spread. Ygiene(TM) safely and efficiently solves that problem. 2- The safe, rapid and effective killing of all multi-antibiotic drug resistant pathogenic bacteria like MRSA, VRE, ESBL, AmpC, KPC, etc in the hospital environment is again easily accomplished by Hospital Grade Ygiene(TM). In short, having ...

Novel method predicts impact of a covert anthrax release

... the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology , predicts where the most critically affected areas will be following the release of this highly pathogenic agent, which may enable preventative treatment of individuals at risk and protection from the disease. Previously published methods can estimate ...

Novel method predicts impact of a covert anthrax release

... the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology , predicts where the most critically affected areas will be following the release of this highly pathogenic agent, which may enable preventative treatment of individuals at risk and protection from the disease. Previously published methods can estimate ...

Beactica Announces Drug Discovery Agreement With Cubist Pharmaceuticals

... Beactica will use its Sprint(TM) surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-integrated drug discovery platform to target multi-component proteins from pathogenic bacteria of interest to Cubist. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. "We are pleased to be working with Cubist in their quest ...

Novavax Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

... showing that an investigational H1N1 VLP vaccine based on the 1918 Spanish influenza strain protected against both the Spanish flu and a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza strain. Announced the initiation of enrollment in the second Phase II study of its trivalent seasonal influenza VLP ...

Avian Adenovirus Genotyping Diagnostic Service

... infections in domestic poultry. Although often implicated in sub-optimal performance of breeding birds, clear diagnosis of the presence of pathogenic adenoviruses (and hence their appropriate control) has been difficult historically due to a reliance on serological typing methods. In a similar ...

Novel method predicts impact of a covert anthrax release

... the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology , predicts where the most critically affected areas will be following the release of this highly pathogenic agent, which may enable preventative treatment of individuals at risk and protection from the disease. Previously published methods can estimate ...

Fitting pieces for biosensors

... from the Institute of Food Technology and Bioprocess Engineering at TU Dresden, Dr Regina Stoltenburg wants to select aptamers that can recognise pathogenic bacteria. These aptamers are supposed to develop a biosensor-based detection method for pathogens in water. This research is being conducted within ...

FasterCures Rewards Two InnoCentive Solvers for Innovative Ideas to Accelerate Medical Research

... medicine unfolds. A biomarker is "any characteristic that can be objectively measured and evaluated as an indicator of normal biological or pathogenic processes, or of pharmacological response to a therapeutic intervention" (Institute of Medicine, USA). Accurate and reliable biomarkers can shave ...

Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology Receives Gates Foundation Grant for Avian Influenza Vaccine Development

... to support continued development of an avian influenza vaccine that uses transient plant-based technology. CMB will develop vaccines against highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses of H5N1 subtype, and work to advance promising candidates into clinical trials. Dr. Vidadi Yusibov, CMB's Executive ...

Virginia Tech researchers discover how mosquitoes avoid succumbing to viruses they transmit

... fighting mosquito-borne diseases by upsetting the balance so the virus kills the mosquito. "We didn't know it was possible to unleash this kind of pathogenic potential in the mosquito," Myles said. "We would still have mosquitoes biting us, but they would not be transmitting viruses," said Adelman. ...

Waters Corporation Gives Boost to Clinical Research Programs at University of Sherbrooke Hospital

... will enable us to identify previously unknown biomarkers, that is, characteristics that can be objectively measured biochemically as indicators of pathogenic processes. This will enable us to better understand certain diseases, such as Fabry disease, establish correlations with the severity of the ...

Peptimmune Presentations at Upcoming Events

... of multiple sclerosis. PI-2301 works through immune modulation by enhancing the regulatory response of the immune system and thereby controlling the pathogenic autoimmune response observed in some diseases. In a Phase I single ascending dose, double blind placebo controlled randomized study, all doses of ...

STC.UNM Signs License Option Agreement With GeneThera for E. coli O157:H7 Vaccine

... that are known to induce food borne illness such as E. coli O157:H7. Vaccinated cattle will have a greatly diminished ability to carry and shed these pathogenic bacteria. The result will be the reduced contamination of meat and water sources with these potentially deadly microbes. The overall result is safer ...

Dr. Charles Sanders to Become Lead Director of Epiphany Biosciences

... Epiphany Biosciences is a privately-held company developing therapeutic products and diagnostic technologies that treat or help prevent the spread of pathogenic viruses, including varicella virus (VZV), Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV). Contact: Fred Volinsky CEO of Epiphany ...

Peptimmune Presentation at Upcoming World Congress on Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis

... of multiple sclerosis. PI-2301 works through immune modulation by enhancing the regulatory response of the immune system and thereby controlling the pathogenic autoimmune response observed in some diseases. In a Phase I single ascending dose, double blind placebo controlled randomized study, all doses of ...

PTC124 Shows Promising Activity in Cystic Fibrosis; Phase 2 Proof-of-Concept Data Published in the Lancet

... nonsense-mutation CF. More than 90 percent of patients had severe CF with compromised lung function, pulmonary infection with Pseudomonas or other pathogenic bacteria, and pancreatic insufficiency. Patients were assessed in two 14-day treatment courses of oral PTC124 therapy, the first given at a lower ...

MicuRx Pharmaceuticals Selects Next-Generation Antibiotic Candidate Targeting MRSA and Expands Operation in China

... dramatic drop in mortality rates over the past 30 years. However, due to widespread use of existing drugs in the community and hospital environment, pathogenic bacteria resistant to current antimicrobial therapies have evolved and become ubiquitous, presenting a global health threat. The World Health ...

Ondine Biopharma Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results

... in high volume settings, such as hospitals and large institutions. This system will initially be directed towards decolonization of potentially pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ("MRSA") in the nose, as well as for the decolonization of ...

Interleukin Genetics Licenses its PST(R) Genetic Test to OralDNA Labs

... of diagnostic tests performed in our new U.S. based laboratory. We believe that by combining our MyPerioPath test, which identifies specific pathogenic bacteria causing an infection within the gum structure, with the PST(R) Genetic Test, we are providing the dental community with the proper tools to ...

Canopus Biopharma and Leading Chinese Researcher Team Up to Treat Avian Influenza, to Prevent Possible Pandemic

... (OTCPK:CBIA), a US corporation who discovered and patented the potential of this antiviral candidate. "The global distribution of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has caused the World Health Organization to show its profound concern regarding the possibility of the virus spreading from ...

PURE Bioscience Announces DuraBan International as Distributor of SDC-Based Disinfectant

... kill time on some resistant strains of bacteria, 10 minute kill time on fungi, 30 second kill time on HIV Type I, and 10 minute kill time on other pathogenic viruses. These claims distinguish the efficacy of DuraClean from many of the leading commercial and consumer products currently on the market, while ...

Symbiotic microbes induce profound genetic changes in their hosts

... appearing online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences may help reveal what sets a platonic relationship apart from a pathogenic one. In the paper, researchers from the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and the University of Iowa identify a slew of microbe-induced ...

Microscopic 'clutch' puts flagellum in neutral

... genes that affected whether the cells are mobile or stationary. Although B. subtilis is harmless, biofilms are often associated with infections by pathogenic bacteria. Understanding biofilm formation may eventually prove useful in combating bacterial infections." Once the scientists learned EpsE was ...

Tasker Products Receives Authorization from USDA for its Tasker Clear for use in Meat and Pork Industries

... -- Tasker Products Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: TKER), a distributor and marketer of proprietary technology effective in inhibiting pathogenic bacteria, today announced that it has received authorization from the Food Safety and Inspection Service ("FSIS") of the United States Food and Drug ...

Tasker Products Installs Scalder Application at New Poultry Processor's Facility

... -- Tasker Products Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: TKER), a manufacturer and marketer of proprietary technology effective in inhibiting pathogenic bacteria, today reported that it has installed its equipment to dispense its poultry processing application, Tasker Blue, in a new plant operated by ...

Tasker Products to Showcase Tasker Blue at International Poultry Expo

... -- Tasker Products Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: TKER), a distributor and marketer of proprietary technology effective in inhibiting pathogenic bacteria, today reported that it will exhibit its poultry processing application, Tasker Blue, an anti-microbial and yield enhancement product, at ...

Peptimmune Announces First Close of Series D Private Financing

... Copaxone(R) (Teva Pharmaceuticals). PI-2301 works through immune modulation by enhancing the regulatory response of the immune system to control the pathogenic autoimmune response in certain diseases. PI-2301 has been optimized using Peptimmune's novel platform peptide chemistry and in pre-clinical studies, ...

ActivBiotics Sells Proprietary Assets, Including Drug Product Candidates

... a clinical stage compound which has been tested in approximately 600 patients, is a potent antibacterial agent with activity mainly against pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria. Rifalazil was found efficacious in a Phase II Chlamydia STD clinical trial, and, separately, a protocol has been submitted to ...

Verax Biomedical Receives ISO Certification

... proprietary Pan Genera(R) Detection technology, which targets common antigens found on the surface of all species of bacteria known to be pathogenic to humans. For additional information, visit http://www.veraxbiomedical.com . Verax is located at 377 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01608. ...

European Expert Consortium Combines Forces to Develop a Novel Pandemic Influenza Vaccine

... be coordinated by Nobilon International BV which is part of Organon, the human healthcare business unit of Akzo Nobel. The recent epidemic of a new pathogenic strain of H5N1 influenza in birds in Asia has fuelled further concerns about a potential pandemic influenza outbreak. In the event of an influenza ...

BioCryst Reports Preliminary Results From a Phase II Clinical Trial of Peramivir in Subjects With Acute Influenza

... of birds are susceptible to avian influenza, but domestic poultry, including chickens and turkeys, are among the more susceptible to the highly pathogenic strain. According to the World Health Organization, as of September 2007 at least 328 people have been infected with H5N1 avian influenza, of which ...

Verax Biomedical Receives 510 (k) Clearance from FDA for Platelet PGD Test

... proprietary Pan Genera(R) Detection technology, which targets common antigens found on the surface of all species of bacteria known to be pathogenic to humans. For additional information, visit http://www.veraxbiomedical.com . Verax is located at 377 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01608. Tel.: ...

A Large-Scale Research Project by a Dutch Consortium Addressing a Global Problem

... for RSV infection." Most seasonal influenza vaccines are inactivated, subunit, whole- or split-virus vaccines. Vaccines for the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) strain H5N1, which may well be the basis of the next pandemic in humans, have been modelled on such seasonal vaccines but have ...

Two-dimensional Optimization of a Semi-nested PCR for Detecting Listeria monocytogenes

... usually take several days since the pathogenic bacteria are often present in very low numbers in ... PCR*-based systems for detecting pathogenic microorganisms in dairy products. In ... (PCR) for detection of pathogenic microorganisms in bacteriological monitoring ...
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