SARS vaccine shows promise in Animal Testing
...lly made from dead or weakened viruses and work by mobilizing the body's immune system to build defenses by showing it what the targeted virus looks like. That approach is used every year, for example, to develop flu shots to combat emerging strains of influenza. But the SARS vaccine was made from a small pie...Cervical Cancer Vaccine To Be Developed In India
...an Council of Medical Research has already started mobilizing things to implement the plan in association with Merck which has produced the vaccine. Trial of the vaccine on 13 to 15-year-old girls has already taken place in South Africa and the trials is believed to take place in India on women above 18 years. ...Stem cells mobilized by hyperbaric oxygen
...nd offers a new theoretical therapeutic option for mobilizing stem cells.” "We reproduced the observations from humans in animals in order to identify the mechanism for the hyperbaric oxygen effect," adds Dr. Thom. "We found that hyperbaric oxygen mobilizes stem/progenitor cells as it increases synthesis of n...Safe Drinking Water To Be Made Available
...ilding capacity for management of water supply and mobilizing communities to spread awareness of the linkages between good health and safe water supply. He admitted that there was substance in the criticism that the water sector suffered from the policy of build - neglect and rebuild'. Urging the state govern...Chess Champion Anand to Champion HIV/AIDS for Avahan
...sides raising awareness, Anand would also focus on mobilizing the much-needed engagement by business, industry and non-resident Indians on HIV/AIDS.. "It is imperative for all sections of the society to join hands and work together to contain the epidemic," Anand said. "We hope to create significant understan...Church Supports HIV Test Before Marriage
...e of HIV infection in the country and is intensely mobilizing resources to curb its further spread,' it said. The Church authorities felt that any proposed legislation in this regard will rather stress the need for intensive preparation courses before marriage and adequate professional counselling that will l...Clues Found On How Deadly Bacterium Gains Foothold
...identify how the bacteria prevent neutrophils from mobilizing its defenses and learn more about how those defenses normally function. Additional insights could help with the eventual development of therapies or vaccines against tularemia. A person infected with tularemia cannot pass the disease on to another ...Common BP Drug Treats Muscular Dystrophy
...M.D., lead author on this study, normal muscle, by mobilizing muscle stem cells, can repair itself after injury. The team discovered that excessive TGF-beta blocks muscle regeneration and repair. "The simplest things can injure muscle," explains Cohn, an assistant professor of pediatrics and neurology at Hopkin...Canandian Firm Announces Positive Results from Anti- Cervical Cancer Drug Trials
...an antiviral response within infected cells and by mobilizing the body's natural immune system to destroy the infected cells. Helix's Topical Interferon Alpha-2b is expected to offer a safe, discreet, self-administered and pain-free therapy. GP...... and also volunteers have been identified. Work on mobilizing the people has begun." The department has 13 nurseries with 10 million saplings, he added. "Where security permits, we will go in for planting ornamental and fruit trees. Jatropha is also on the list for its use as a bio fuel." A committee from t...