Virology in Medical News

JACQUES Initiative Joins Maryland AIDS Administration to Extend HIV Testing to the Faith-Based Community

... Initiative, a program of the Institute of Human virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of ... the technical expertise of the Institute of Human virology to promote education, counseling, testing and ... Initiative In 2002, the Institute of Human virology was awarded $400,000 from The Abell Foundation to ...

JACQUES Initiative Joins Maryland AIDS Administration to Extend HIV Testing to the Faith-Based Community

... Initiative, a program of the Institute of Human virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of ... the technical expertise of the Institute of Human virology to promote education, counseling, testing and ... Initiative In 2002, the Institute of Human virology was awarded $400,000 from The Abell Foundation to ...

Rockefeller University's Center for Clinical and Translational Science funds 18 new pilot studies

... visiting fellow, Charles M. Rice's Laboratory of virology and Infectious Disease, to define the feasibility ... professor, Charles M. Rice's Laboratory of virology and Infectious Disease and Jean-Laurent ... associate, Charles M. Rice's Laboratory of virology and Infectious Disease, to generate mice that ...

Expert on Emerging Infectious Zoonotic Diseases Joining K-State as a Regents Distinguished Professor

... of Experimental Medicine, Journal of virology and Science. Richt's appointment further ... Munich, and a doctorate in veterinary virology from the University of Giessen in Germany under ... 1991. In 1991, he returned to the Institute of virology at the University of Giessen's College of ...

Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology

... report their findings in the August 2009 issue of the Journal of virology . As the highly infectious H5N1 influenza A virus continues to persist ... the potential for protective single-shot immunization. Journal of virology , 83. 15: 7770-7778.) Infection-Causing Amoeba May be Resistant ...

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A Global Call to Action From HIV Co-Discoverers Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier

... co-discoverers Drs. Robert C. Gallo, director of the Institute of Human virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine , and Luc A. Montagnier, ... Cultivate and inspire young scientists in the field of human virology Enhance HIV/AIDS education and prevention, especially in countries ...

Milestone tumor virus publication by Elsevier journal Virology

... Amsterdam, 9 April 2009 A recent special edition of the Elsevier journal virology ( www.elsevier.com/locate/viro ), reviews the past, present, and future ... leaders of the field contributed to this issue", said Editor-in-Chief of virology , Bob Lamb, from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Northwestern ...

UCSF symposium considers biomedical approaches to HIV/AIDS prevention

... symposium on February 24 sponsored by the UCSF-Gladstone Institute for virology and Immunology Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and the UCSF Center for ... said Warner C. Greene, MD, PhD, director of the Gladstone Institute for virology and Immunology (GIVI) and co-director of the UCSF-GIVI CFAR. Use of ...

New approach, old drug show promise against hepatitis C, Stanford research shows

... about this and we're actively moving forward toward clinical trials," said virology expert Jeffrey Glenn, MD, PhD, associate professor of gastroenterology and ... expand the number of drug targets for the disease. After using molecular virology techniques to study the NS4B protein, he and Einav began to suspect it ...

Hidden Kitchen Germs Threaten Families

... said John Oxford, chairman of the Hygiene Council and Professor of virology at St. Bartholomew's & The Royal London Hospital, Queen Mary's School ... Hygiene Council members are: -- Professor John Oxford, Professor of virology at St. Bart's & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK ...

JCI online early table of contents: April 8, 2008

... this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=32878 virology A pox on TLR9: the immune molecule TLR9 is crucial to prevent lethal ... this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=33940 virology How immune cells get lost in chronic Hepatitis B infection An ...

JCI table of contents: Feb. 21, 2008

... infected with HIV-1 by Laura Napolitano and colleagues at the Institute of virology and Immunology, San Francisco, has indicated that daily administration of ... adults AUTHOR CONTACT: Laura A. Napolitano Gladstone Institute of virology and Immunology, San Francisco, California, USA. Phone: (415) 734-4814; ...

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Twelve Months of 2007

... Coumadin 53 57 (7)% 43 48 (10)% (14)% virology Reyataz 334 255 31 % 165 144 15 % 12 ... Coumadin 201 220 (9)% 164 186 (12)% (16)% virology Reyataz 1,124 931 21 % 587 514 14 % 13 ...

Academic Alliance Foundation Announces Publishing of Global HIV/AIDS Medicine

... Greene, M.D., PhD, a world-renowned scientist and expert in the field of virology and immunology, is the founding director and senior investigator of the Gladstone Institute of virology & Immunology and professor of medicine, microbiology and immunology at the ...

Southern Research Institute Names Vladimir Yamshchikov Director of Infectious Disease Research Department in Birmingham

... expertise, with more than 20 years experience with research in molecular virology in BSL-3 and ABSL-3 laboratories," said William R. Waud, Ph.D., interim ... at the University of Kansas. He is a member of the American Society for virology and has published more than 35 peer-reviewed research papers. He received ...

Yerkes researchers propose ambitious new strategies for AIDS vaccine research

... AIDS vaccine has eluded scientists because the virus is tricky," says Guido Silvestri, MD, a Yerkes affiliate scientist and director of clinical virology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and lead author of the commentary. Silvestri, along with co-author James Else, DVM, associate ...

Memorial Blood Centers Joins Extreme Makeover: Home Edition As Designated Charity

... staff providing expert technical services to clients around the world, including medical consulting, parentage testing, reference laboratory work, virology testing, and transplantation support services. Operating 11 donor centers and conducting hundreds of blood drives each month, Memorial Blood Centers ...

Boehringer Ingelheim to Commence Phase III Study Investigating the Role of BIBW 2992 as First-Line Treatment for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients with EGFR Mutations

... in Oncology Building on scientific expertise and excellence in the fields of pulmonary and cardiovascular medicine, metabolic disease, neurology, virology and immunology, Boehringer Ingelheim has embarked on a major research program to develop innovative cancer drugs. Working in close collaboration with ...

Scientists learn why even treated genital herpes sores boost the risk of HIV infection

... storm for HIV infection," says Dr. Corey, co-director of the Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Institute at The Hutchinson Center and head of the virology Division in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the University of Washington. "We believe HIV gains access to these cells mainly through ...

Public Health Experts Discuss Infectious Diseases Threats at News Conference

... Carol J. Baker, executive director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research and professor of pediatrics, molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. "Influenza is not easy to recognize and is often confused with less severe respiratory ...

96-Week Safety and Efficacy Findings Presented for INTELENCE(TM) (etravirine) As Part of HIV Combination Therapy

... Tibotec Therapeutics, a division of Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., headquartered in Bridgewater, N.J., is dedicated to delivering innovative virology therapeutics that help healthcare professionals address serious unmet needs in people living with HIV. About Tibotec Pharmaceuticals ...

New HIV Study Shows That Large Numbers of Women and People of Color Can Be Successfully Enrolled In U.S. HIV Clinical Studies

... Tibotec Therapeutics, a division of Centocor Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., headquartered in Bridgewater, N.J., is dedicated to delivering innovative virology therapeutics that help healthcare professionals address serious unmet needs in people living with HIV. Centocor Ortho Biotech Products, L.P. ...

American Hygiene Habits Getting Worse: International Study Reveals More Illness-Causing Germs Than Ever in American Kitchens

... hygiene routines to help protect their families from illness-causing germs," said John Oxford, chairman of the Hygiene Council and Professor of virology at St. Bartholomew's & The Royal London Hospital, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry. The Hygiene Council is comprised of ...

Rare sheep could be key to better diagnostic tests in developing world, says Stanford study

... no idea there was even such a thing," said Baron, who is associate director of Stanford's clinical microbiology lab, interim director of the clinical virology lab, and associate chair of pathology for faculty development. She wasted no time in learning about the animals, finding that they resist parasites, ...

Elsevier Honored as "The Most Influential Publisher of the Last 100 Years in BioMedicine and the Life Sciences" by the Special Libraries Association

... College of Surgeons - The Journal of Urology Elsevier with the American Urological Association - The Lancet Elsevier - virology Elsevier About Elsevier Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. ...

Johnson & Johnson Highlights Pharmaceutical Growth Strategies and Robust Pipeline to Address Unmet Medical Needs

... psoriasis. Infectious Diseases -- The company is extending its leadership in HIV and expanding into another virology market, hepatitis C. Its portfolio in this area also includes broad-spectrum antibiotic drugs for the treatment of a wide range of infections. ...

WHO Close to Declaring Swine Flu Pandemic

... of H1N1 swine flu infection have not been spread evenly across the country. For instance, the flu has shut many schools in New York City, but the virology lab at the University of California, San Francisco, has not found a positive flu sample in the Bay Area in weeks, The New York Times reported. ...

Computer simulation captures immune response to flu

... for treatment design and preparation ahead of future pandemics, according to work accepted for publication, and posted online, by the Journal of virology . The new "global" flu model is built out of preexisting, smaller-scale models that capture in mathematical equations millions of simulated ...

Viral Infection Might Trigger High Blood Pressure

... were more likely to have blockage of the heart arteries. The new study brought together specialists from several fields, including cardiology, virology and pathology to look at the phenomenon in mice. The study included four groups of mice, two fed a standard diet, and two fed a high-cholesterol ....

CDC Recommends Flocked Swabs and Copan-Manufactured Viral Transport Media for Collection of H1N1 (Swine Flu) Virus

... a superior recovery of viruses. Several independent scientific studies published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology and presented at Clinical virology Symposium show that the quality of the sample taken using Copan Flocked Swabs is comparable to the quality of a sample collected from a ...

Aethlon Medical Discloses New HIV/AIDS Treatment Data

... Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID); The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); The National Institute of virology (NIV); The Battelle Biomedical Research Center (BBRC); and The Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR). Beyond therapeutic market ...

Midwest Research Institute Selected to Help Companies Advance the Development of Influenza Vaccines

... KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Recognized internationally for its expertise in virology and toxicology, Midwest Research Institute (MRI) has been selected by PATH to support its vaccine partner companies in advancing the development of ...

Roche Women Honored as 2009 TWIN Awardees

... in programs that have supported the hepatitis C community in their efforts to successfully treat this disease," said Tom Klein, vice president, virology Sales and Marketing. "Under her direction, Pegasys has clearly established itself the market leader, and the value of the franchise has grown ...

Aethlon Medical Confirms Hemopurifier(R) Is a Treatment Candidate Against Swine Flu Virus

... Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID); The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); The National Institute of virology (NIV); The Battelle Biomedical Research Center (BBRC); and The Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR). Beyond therapeutic market ...

Skinvisible's DermSafe(R) Hand Sanitizer Kills Swine Flu Virus

... products, has developed a hand sanitizing lotion that has proven effective in killing the H1N1 swine flu virus found in pigs. Retroscreen virology of London England conducted the studies with Skinvisible's Hand Sanitizer Lotion; DermSafe. The product demonstrated it had a greater than 99.99 ...

Copan Diagnostics, Inc. Offers Kit for Rapid Collection of Nasopharyngeal Sample to Detect Swine Flu Virus

... into the assay platform or cell culture tube. Copan Universal Transport Medium (UTM) used with Copan Flocked Swabs is the optimum kit combination for virology culture, rapid antigen testing, and DFA testing; and the use of the combined products is also a universal open platform collection and transport ...

Nobel Laureate Celebrates With Thomson Reuters, Drs. Clotet and Gatell Ten Years of HIV Updates

... Gilead, Janssen-Cilag and Pfizer. Professor Barre-Sinoussi is a researcher at the Retroviral Infections Regulation Unit of the virology Department, Pasteur Institute, Paris, and was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of HIV in 1983. During the event, ...

Aethlon Medical Announces Engagement of RedChip Companies to Initiate Investor and Media Relations Programs

... Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID); The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); The National Institute of virology (NIV); The Battelle Biomedical Research Center (BBRC); and The Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR). Beyond therapeutic market ...

OHSU scientists partner with others to form center aimed at combating infectious diseases

... to participate in this NIAID program," said Dan Dorsa, Ph.D., OHSU vice president for research. "The Northwest has some of the best immunology, virology and bacterial experts in the world, and the formation of this center provides an extraordinary opportunity to combine the expertise of these ...