Biologists discover why 10% of Europeans are safe from HIV
Biologists at the University of Liverpool have discovered how the plagues of the Middle Ages have made around 10% of Europeans resistant to HIV. Scientists have known for some time that these individuals carry a genetic mutation (known as CCR5-delta32) that prevents the virus from entering the cells of the immune system but have been unable to account for the high levels of the gene in Scandinavi...OneWorld Health drug receives 'Orphan' designation from U.S. and European regulatory agencies
The Institute for OneWorld Health, the first nonprofit pharmaceutical company in the U.S., announced today it has received Orphan Drug Designation from the two leading regulatory agencies in the world, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA), for paromomycin to treat visceral leishmaniasis (VL). VL, also known as kala a...Oldest cranial, dental and postcranial fossils of early modern European humans confirmed
The human fossil evidence from the Mladec Caves in Moravia, Czech Republic, excavated more than 100 years ago, has been proven for the first time, through modern radiocarbon dating, to be the oldest cranial, dental and postcranial assemblage of early modern humans in Europe. A team of researchers from the Natural History Museum in Vienna, from the University of Vienna in Austria and from t...Virulizin granted orphan drug status in Europe
Leading marine scientists for the first time have assessed dolphin and porpoise populations around the world which are severely threatened by entanglement in fishing gear and recommended nine urgent priorities for action in a report commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund. These nine projects highlight species threatened by bycatch that will most likely benefit from immediate action and will cont...CnC (Cn402-05) from European Collection of Cell Cultures (ECACC)
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MADISON announced Tuesday a four-year marketing and distribution agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Third Wave has granted Belgium-based Innogenetics the exclusive European marketing and distribution rights for select Invader molecu...Merge launches diagnostic mammography workstation in Europe
Merge, a medical imaging software and services provider, said the workstation, known commercially as Merge Mammo version...Europe On High Bird Flu Alert: European Commission
Health officials in Europe have expressed the ‘high alert’ situation, following confirmation of three bird flu deaths in Turkey and hospital admission of several others// (26) believed to be afflicted with the disease. In addition, this situation has prompted fears of a human-human transmission. The health officials have undertaken strict monitoring of the bird flu spread from East...15 Anti-SARS Drugs Identified By China-Europe Team of Researchers
SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) has been a major killer in the last two years in July 2003; SARS had killed // 774 people worldwide and infected a further 8,000. A collaborative group of researchers from China, Germany, Denmark and Poland have spent the past year screening more than 8,000 existing drugs to find those that could combat SARS and now have identified 15 existing drugs that...Lung Cancer Deaths Declining In Men But Not Women In European Countries
Researchers have found that death among men from lung cancer is now falling// in most EU countries, however they are still rising among women. Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of preventable death in the world. Researchers this week have reported that lung cancer deaths among men are now falling in most EU countries, including all new member states from central and easte...Bird flu infection spreads from Asia to Europe
Recent reports of Bird flu outbreak in Russia was spread by infected migratory birds. H5N1 avian influenza virus attack in the Chinese province for the past three months, and earlier outbreaks, which occurred in Southeast Asia, is moving towards European countries. Earlier reports of the virus// attacking Poultry in Russia and in Kazakhstan killing more than 6,000 birds and caused a su...European Bipolar Foot Activated Forceps
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LUGANO, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 9, 2007 - ZIOPHARMOncology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIOP) announces that positive interim datafrom an ongoing phase II trial of ZIO-201 (isophosphoramide mustard- IPM) to treat advanced sarcoma patients was presented at theEuropean Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) meeting held July 5-8,2007 in Lugano, Switzerland. The abstract entitled, "Phase-I/IIStudy of...European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
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