Big boost for global health called for in IOM report
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Extensively drug-resistant disease deadlier and more common than thought, researchers find FRIDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), is becoming more common and more deadly than previously thought, new research shows. People with XDR-TB are...Previous Claims of siRNA Therapeutic Effects Called into Question by Report in 'Human Gene Therapy'
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The Midwest will become the nation's next "biotech hotbed," the leader of a West Coast venture capital firm said Wednesday, pointing to initiatives in Wisconsin and other states in the region. "The Midwest's biotechnology parts are greater than its whole right now," said G. Steven Burrill, CEO o...Winslow Sargeant: Stepping onto the train called Wisconsin - Part 1
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