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Community MRSA is re-emergence of 1950s pandemic, study suggests

An early type of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that caused a global epidemic of infections in the 1950s has re-emerged as one of the community-acquired MRSA 'superbugs', according to a study published in The Lancet tomorrow (Saturday 2 April 2005). This "re-equipping and re-emergence" of a clone that caused a pandemic 40-50 years ago could mean that community acquired MRSA will spread fast...

Understanding biases in epidemic models important when making public health predictions

Mathematical models have become invaluable decision-making tools for public health officials. As demonstrated during the United Kingdom's foot-and-mouth epidemic of 2001, models can be useful in two ways: they can reveal the underlying characteristics of an infection and they can allow the comparison of alternative control measures. Often, however, such models make implicit assumptions that may s...

Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Spreading in Uganda

A drug first used to reduce the risk of stomach ulcers in people taking certain types of painkillers offers an alternative to surgery after miscarriage, according to a study by researchers at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health and other research institutions. The study appears in the August 18, 2005, New England Journal of Med...

Preventing a pandemic: Study suggests strategies for containing a flu outbreak

Though quick to caution about the many things that could go wrong, researchers say that it may be possible to contain a Southeast Asian outbreak of avian influenza in humans, buying precious time for the production of a vaccine. Using a computer model to simulate an outbreak in a rural Southeast Asian population, the scientists have shown how a combination of strategies, including targeted...

Researcher says flu responders can learn from 1918 epidemic

A doctoral student's research brings lessons and insight to a looming pandemic While that prospect would terrify the average person, it also intrigues Jim Higgins, a doctoral candidate at Lehigh Unive...

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Feature Extraction Software; 2-year License for Not-For-Profit/Academic from Agilent Technologies

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Feature Extraction Software; 1-year License for Not-For-Profit/Academic from Agilent Technologies

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New biomedical institute aims to unite business and academia in SE Wisconsin

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National Academies induct five UW researchers

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Wisconsin stands at the center of scientific efforts to avert flu epidemics

Don't take that title the wrong way and run screaming for the nearest border. Wisconsin has yet to become a hot spot for the spread of avian influenza and, it can be hoped, won't become one. However, it may be the place where a possible pandemic is monitored and even controlled. Wisconsin i...

IT critical in pandemic response, but many are not paying attention

Scientists say it's not a matter of if, but when. And when pandemic flu hits an event that could, at the least, keep large sections of the population from working, shut down travel and public institutions and cause infrastructure outages information technology may be called on to ease the burden of coordinating both public efforts and business. And if private companies do pr...

Demise of SkyCable is opportunity for TDS Telecom

"We've not had an opportunity like this for some time," said TDS spokeswoman DeAnne Boegli. She emphasized that TDS did not purchase <a href="http:/...

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Leptospirosis epidemic feared in mumbai - 12 killed

Leptospirosis, the one of the feared form of epidemic fevers, is spread by a virulent bacteria in the urine of rats and dogs. "We have 12 deaths (in the past fortnight) from leptospirosis as of Thursday evening and 45 confirmed cases in city hospitals, " Maharashtra state Health Minister Digvijay Khanvilkar told.Leptospirosis, which is a 'great mimicker' of symptoms is being misdiagnos...

New genital gel could empower women against the AIDS epidemic

John Moore of Cornell University in New York and his colleagues are enthused by their finding of a new viral blocker that prevents the virus from burying into human cells. This blocker, in its initial testing in monkeys was found to curb sexual transmission of HIV between monkeys. The new study has backed the belief that microbicides - chemicals that hobble viruses - could act as shields...

Undertaking the obesity epidemic

According to a new survey, many people trying to lose weight are not using the right scheme. Researchers phoned 1000 local residents and found that 60 per cent of men and 50 per cent of women said they were overweight or even obese.// Most of these were trying to lose weight or at least not gain any more. But only a third of those trying to lose weight and one fourth of those keeping t...

Diabetes could become an epidemic

The Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation is predicting a 300pc rise in the number of people affected by Type 2 Diabetes, though other experts say this figure is possibly a little high. In a new report from the DRWF it is indicated that an epidemic of type two diabetes is to occur. If left untreated or mismanaged the condition can lead to heart disease, blindness and kidney failure. I...

Teens' vitamin D deficiency an epidemic

Those habits contributed to a vitamin D deficiency that has helped weaken the 18-year-old's bones and left him prone to fractures.//Doctors say it's an often overlooked problem that may affect millions adolescents. Often undetected and untreated, vitamin D deficiency puts them at risk for stunted growth and debilitating osteoporosis later in life. There's even evidence that chronic def...

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Milli-Q Academic A10 bench-integrated system

Description:Millipore has developed a range of Milli-Q ultrapure water systems designed to match specific water quality requirements. Each of the five new Milli-Q systems is designed to specifically target contaminants detrimental to particular applications such as HPLC, molecular biology and ICP-MS. The systems incorporate a high precision resistivity monitor that records conductivity or resistivity (compen...
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Metabasis Therapeutics Presents Results of Preclinical Studies for MB07811, Its Novel Product Candidate for the Treatment of Hyperlipidemia, at the Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 6, 2007 - Metabasis Therapeutics,Inc. (Nasdaq:MBRX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on thediscovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs for thetreatment of metabolic and liver diseases by applying uniquecapabilities for targeting the liver and liver pathways, announcedtoday that two posters were presented at the Endocrine Society's89th Annu...

Novavax Pandemic Flu Vaccine Provided Protection Against a Lethal Challenge of Live Virus, Pre-Clinical Data Show

Study Presented at Second International Conference on AvianInfluenza at France's Pasteur Institute PARIS, June 01, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Very low doses ofNovavax Inc.'s pandemic influenza vaccine provided protectionagainst a lethal challenge of live H5N1 viruses, according topre-clinical data presented here today at the Second InternationalConference on Avian Influenza in Humans....

VGX Pharmaceuticals' Novel HIV and Pandemic Influenza DNA Vaccine Candidates Trigger Robust Immune Responses and Protection in Pre-Clinical Models

MALAGA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2007 - VGX Pharmaceuticals'novel pandemic influenza vaccine candidates triggered protectiveimmune responses in pre-clinical challenge studies, according todata presented for the first time today at the Third InternationalConference on DNA Vaccines in Malaga, Spain. VGX scientists created four synthetic consensus DNA vaccines toprotect against a leth...

Discovery Labs Presents Surfaxin and Aerosurf Data At the Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting

Surfaxin Phase 2 BPD Clinical Data Selected and Presented asPlatform Presentation Aerosurf Utilizing Chrysalis Aerosol-Generator TechnologyDemonstrates Optimal Functional Activity WARRINGTON, Pa., May 8, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- DiscoveryLaboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq:DSCO) announced that results from itspreviously completed Phase 2 clinical trial of Surfaxin(r)(lucinactant intr...

Novavax Reports Positive Pre-Clinical Study Results from Live Virus Challenge to Pandemic Flu Vaccine

Ferret Study to be Part of Data Package Required to Begin ClinicalTrials ROCKVILLE, Md., May 03, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NovavaxInc. said today that it has received positive study results from alive virus challenge to ferrets inoculated with its pandemicinfluenza vaccine, paving the way for clinical trials to begin onschedule later this year. In the study, ferrets were inocu...

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