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J. Craig Venter Institute Awarded $43 Million, Five Year Contract From NIAID to Continue to Develop and Provide Sequencing, Genotyping, and Bioinformatics Expertise and Services in Infectious Diseases

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) announced today that they have been awarded a $43 million, five year contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, as one of their Ge...

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

...portant step toward understanding why HSV-2 infection increases the risk of acquiring HIV and why acyclovir treatment does not reduce that risk," says niaid Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "Understanding that even treated HSV-2 infections provide a cellular environment conducive to HIV infection suggests n...

Genes key to staph disease severity, drug resistance found hitchhiking together

...r prevent and treat serious staph infections," says Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., niaid director. The research involved more than 100 strains of S. aureus and...raditional antibiotics such as methicillin. The studies were directed by niaid senior investigator Michael Otto, Ph.D. In 2007, he and his colleagues foun...

U.S. Expects 160 Million Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine by October

...fficials said. The purpose of the trials, said niaid Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci in a prepared statem...rgency situation like there is now." One of the niaid studies will try to determine if one or two 15-mic...ildren aged 6 months to 17 years, according to the niaid statement. "The response to the vaccine may va...

U.S. Swine Flu Vaccine Trials Set to Begin

...eases (NIAID). The purpose of the trials, said niaid Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci in a prepared statem...rgency situation like there is now." One of the niaid studies will try to determine if one or two 15-mic...ildren aged 6 months to 17 years, according to the niaid statement. "The response to the vaccine may va...

NIAID set to launch clinical trials to test 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine candidates

...ment that is proceeding in stepwise fashion," says niaid Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. After the isol...ilot lots for testing in clinical trials. "Now, niaid will use our longstanding vaccine clinical trials ... discussions between the agencies on trial design, niaid prepared the protocols and submitted them to the F...

Baylor Research Institute Receives Multi-Million Dollar Grant To Develop Flu Vaccine

...and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a department of the NIH. The original grant, received in 2003, totaled $16.5 million and has just been renewed by the niaid for another five years at close to $14 million. "We have made great progress over the past six years because of this grant. We now know that cert...

Scientists develop mathematical model to predict the immune response to influenza

...ply the model to human populations and continue to improve the model as more data become available. In addition to the investigators in Rochester, niaid supports three additional laboratories across the United States as part of the Modeling Immunity for Biodefense program. These scientists are conduct...

NIH multicenter AIDS cohort study commemorates 25 years of discovery

...sts will hear a keynote address by Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of NIH. niaid and the National Cancer Institute developed the MACS and have been its principal sponsors. "The MACS has been one of the most rigorous and product...

InDevR's FluChip detects and distinguishes swine-origin H1N1 from human influenza viruses

...uChip technology with an innovative detection technology (NESA), which InDevR also licensed from the University of Colorado and further developed with niaid support, to make the FluChip assay inexpensive and easy to use in any lab that has basic PCR capabilities. ...

NIAID in Medical Technology

GeoVax Starts Injections for Phase 2a Human HIV/AIDS Vaccine Trial in USA

... to statistical design and analysis; from community engagement to rigorous laboratory analysis. Working with the HVTN also affords us the input of the niaid Prevention Science Research Committee, a committee with breadth of experience and knowledge in human vaccine development." GeoVax's unique two ...

Sequella Lead Drug Compound SQ109 Selected for Phase 1B Clinical Trial Program

... health threats with significant market opportunity. About the NIH and niaid The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research ...eleases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the niaid Web site at http://www.niaid.nih.gov . This project has been funded ...

SARS Vaccine Achieves Neutralizing Responses in First U.S. Human Trial

... DNA vaccination as a potential vaccine platform for future emerging infectious diseases." After completion of the NIH Phase I clinical trial, niaid transferred the Investigational New Drug application (IND) for the vaccine to Vical, and the company has evaluated its options to continue development...

Research Attributes Lack of HIV/AIDS Vaccine to Use of Chimpanzees

...iled and dangerous model for humans in not only AIDS research but in areas such as heart and cancer research as well. In a May 2008 essay in Nature, niaid Director and AIDS expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, when reflecting on the era of HIV/AIDS, noted: "We must learn from our missteps, build on our successes in...

The New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Study Investigating the Safety and Efficacy of Baxter's Cell-Based Pandemic, Avian Flu Vaccine

... planned international stockpile program. Baxter is also working with the niaid in partnership with Fisher BioServices Inc., and with the U.S. Department o...c reassorted (RG) Indonesia strain vaccine. Baxter is also working with the niaid in partnership with Fisher BioServices Inc. on a Phase I trial in the Unite...

AlphaVax Continues to Expand the Use of Its Vaccine Platform

...on both grants, at the XVII International Poxvirus and Iridovirus Conference in Grainau, Germany on June 7-12th, 2008. "The work completed under the niaid grant to date is an excellent demonstration of the potential of our alphavirus vector platform to address many different diseases as well as bioterror...

CureHIV Reaches Out to Bill and Melinda Gates to Fund LiSAVIOR

...tive. The monies will be used to begin clinical studies of a new drug and treatment method, LiSAVIOR. This unique new drug is also known as compound niaid #11039 and has received a patent from the United States with patent number: 6,821,958 on November 23, 2004. Also, the World International Patent Organ...

Indevus Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on PRO 2000 Program

..., M.D., chairman and chief executive officer of Indevus. "Additionally, the niaid trial, which has completed enrollment, continues to test the 0.5% dose of P...althy women were enrolled before planned recruitment ended in July 2007. An niaid Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) reviewed the unblinded data from th...

SAIC Awarded Malaria Vaccine Production Support Contract Extension by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

...epresents a follow-on effort for previous work SAIC has been performing for niaid since 2000. The SAIC-led team will deliver research and development servic...y support for investigational new drug applications. "SAIC is honored that niaid has selected us to continue to support the development and characterization...

Dr. Roger Kenneth Hershline PhD MD, CEO of Global Humanceuticals, Inc. Donates New HIV Drug

...tnerships, to spur theoretical, objective, mechanistic, developmental or clinical research. This unique new chemical entity is referred to as compound niaid #11039. However, this invention has already received a patent called: Antiviral Composition, U.S. patent number: 6,821,958 on November 23, 2004. The W...

NIAID in Medical Dictionary

Tuberculosis

...n live only in people. ... Definitions of Tuberculosis , Multidrug-Resistant TB (MDR TB) and Extensively ... Receive notifications by e-mail when niaid updates information on tuberculosis . ... Tuberculosis — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment, prevention of this common infecti...

Parasite

...word games. A community about parasite . Tag and discover new products. Share your images and discuss your questions with parasite experts. niaid supports basic research on parasite biology to unravel the complexities of ... how the human immune system responds to invasion of malaria para...

Malaria

...e anaemia and other ... World Malaria Day - Global Research Needed to Address a Disease without Borders ... Receive notifications by e-mail when niaid updates information on malaria . ... ...

Infectious Diseases

...seases ... Some infectious diseases , such as the common cold, ... Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases Research Topic ... Current niaid list of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases . ... The differences between bacterial infections and viral infections ... He is ...

Food allergies

...reatment of food allergies . ... Encyclopedia: Food Allergies from ... the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy ... by e-mail when niaid updates information on food allergy . ... Covers signs, causes, treatment, and living with food allergies . Food allergies can cause...

Food allergy

... is exercise-induced food allergy ? ... Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy ... Receive notifications by e-mail when niaid updates information on food allergy . ... Food allergy " refers to a particular type of response of the immune system in ... Therefore, if...

Drug Resistance

... ) Resistance > Research. Antimicrobial ( Drug ) Resistance ... Combating Drug Resistance with Basic Research. Translating Basic Knowledge. niaid Labs ... Review Article from The New England Journal of Medicine -- HIV Drug Resistance ... DNA bar coding and pyrosequencing to identify rare...

AIDS

...trips, activity pages and school homework help for kids. Official website of the National Institutes ... HIV/ AIDS : Prevention of Mother-to ... niaid Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trial Group. NIAID's HIV Vaccine Trials ... Get information about HIV and AIDS , including HIV causes, symptoms, diagno...

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AVAC comments on NIAID decision not to move forward with PAVE 100 Trial

New York, NY The AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) today urged Dr. Anthony Fauci and the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to act swiftly to clarify the path ahead suggested by the announcement that NIAID would not go forward with the proposed PAVE 100 AIDS v...

New NIAID grants strengthen national biodefense and emerging infectious diseases research network

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced four-year grants totaling approximately $80 million for two new Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research (RCE). The grants to ...

UCI awarded $45 million for infectious disease research

...g Infectious Diseases Research and its director, Dr. Alan Barbour, a UCI infectious disease expert. Created in May 2005 with a four-year, $40 million niaid grant, the center and is one of only 11 federally funded research sites dedicated to countering threats from bioterrorism agents and emerging infectio...

NIH funds development of resistance-breaking insecticides to reduce malaria transmission

... use on nets and effective against pyrethroid-resistant mosquitoes. The niaid award builds on results from three years (2005-2008) of research funded by ... However, the team made two important advances which form the basis for the niaid grant for "Development of vector-specific, resistance breaking insecticides...

NIAID scientists to speak on range of infectious disease topics at major scientific meeting

...ding the Human Microbiome Project, which is exploring how the billions of bacteria that inhabit our bodies contribute to health and illness. Other niaid scientists are scheduled to present findings during the four-day meeting as well. The range of topics covered reflects the broad scope of NIAID's rese...

New Systems Biology Awards enable detailed study of microbes

...eractions of those components with human cells. Their work will build upon and expand the data, technologies and other resources generated through the niaid microbial genomics program and complement Institute-supported systems biology research in human immunology. The new awards represent NIAID's strong co...

NIAID announces 25 new awards to develop radiation countermeasures

...ject Bioshield Authority, legislation that enables niaid within the Department of Health and Human Services...to HHS specifically for this purpose. HHS assigned niaid the leadership role in managing basic research eff...l treatments and diagnostics for CBRN threats, and niaid and the Biodefense Advanced Research and Developme...

American Society for Microbiology honors Arturo Casadevall

...2007 NIH Merit Award. He is also President of the Medical Mycology Society of America, Chair of the ASM Career Development Committee, Co-Chair of the niaid Board of Scientific Counselors, a member of the American Association of Physicians, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Scienc...

NIAID announces grants to stimulate food allergy research

...ne of the key objectives of this initiative," says niaid Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., whose institute i...ort food allergy research. Since fiscal year 2003, niaid has increased its food allergy research spending f...ted $13.4 million in fiscal year 2008. For more on niaid Food Allergy Research see http://www3.niaid.nih.g...

NIH launches Human Microbiome Project

...t of information about these microbial communities, which in turn will bolster the development and refinement of analytical tools and strategies, said niaid Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., co-chair of the Human Microbiome Projects Implementation Group. Following the precedents set by other large-scale...

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NIAID in Biological Technology

Integrated BioTherapeutics Awarded NIAID Contract For Up to $65 Million for Development of a Vaccine against Ebola and Marburg Viruses

Vaccine Has Potential to Save Millions of Lives GERMANTOWN, Md., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrated BioTherapeutics Inc. (IBT), a biotechnology company focused on development of medical countermeasures for biodefense and emerging infectious diseases, announced they have been awarded...

PharmAthene Awarded NIAID Contract For Up to $83.9 Million For Third Generation rPA Anthrax Vaccine Program

ANNAPOLIS, Md., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PharmAthene, Inc. (Amex: PIP ), a biodefense company developing medical countermeasures against biological and chemical threats, announced today that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Inst...

CSC's DVC Wins $32.3 Million NIAID Contract to Establish Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit

Quintiles Transnational Teams to Provide Clinical Research and Support FALLS CHURCH, Va., July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CSC (NYSE: CSC ) announced today that DynPort Vaccine Company LLC (DVC), a CSC company, has received a contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Di...

Transave Enters Into Cooperative Research Agreement With NIH To Study ARIKACE(TM) In Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

...with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) lung infections. Transave and niaid will collaborate on the planning, design and implementation of a clinical t...imited options, which is why we welcome the opportunity to collaborate with niaid to study this new treatment," said Renu Gupta, MD, Transave's Executive Vic...

Advanced Life Sciences' Restanza(TM) Shows 100% Survival In Confirmatory Anthrax Study

...e regulatory package for Restanza in the post-exposure prophylactic treatment of inhalation anthrax indication. We are looking forward to working with niaid on the final study report and submitting our data package for regulatory review based on our NDA for Restanza, which is currently under review by the ...

Sequella Commences Phase 1B Study for New Tuberculosis Drug SQ109

...icant market opportunity. About the NIH and niaid The NIH -- The Nation's Medical Research Agency... and its programs, visit http://www.nih.gov . niaid conducts and supports research -- at NIH, througho...other NIAID-related materials are available on the niaid Web site at http://www.niaid.nih.gov . ...

ImmunoVaccine Technologies Signs Agreement with National Institutes of Health to Explore Vaccines for HIV and Malaria

...A. The research collaboration involves formulating niaid antigens in DepoVax(TM), IVT's vaccine enhancement...d the world. www.immunovaccine.com . ABOUT niaid and NIH niaid conducts and supports research-on the NIH campus, ...

Sequella Receives SBIR Funding Grant from the NIH for Further Development of Tuberculosis Drug SQ609

...resentative drug compound SQ609, and we appreciate niaid support of these important preclinical studies wit...icant market opportunity. About the NIH and niaid The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The ...other NIAID-related materials are available on the niaid Web site at http://www.niaid.nih.gov . For...

Bolder BioTechnology Receives $1.9 Million NIH Grant to Continue Development of Long-Acting Growth Hormone Product

... for the grant, stated, "We are delighted to receive continued support from niaid for our long-acting growth hormone program. Funding from a Phase I SBIR grant from niaid allowed us to complete many of the studies required by the Food and Drug Ad...

Cascades Technologies, Inc. and SAIC Team on $19 Million Contract with National Institutes of Health

...n and operate a regulatory management database for niaid known as the Human Subject Research Oversight and ...d about continuing to support the vital mission of niaid as well as NIH in general," stated Alfredo Casta, ... SAIC to ensure the clinical research supported by niaid is as effective as possible in saving lives and im...

NIAID in Biological Dictionary

Gene conversion

... Conversion Tool. DAVID Bioinformatics Resources 2008, NIAID/NIH ... Gene Functional Classification Gene ID Conversion Gene Name Batch Viewer niaid ... Genes . Chromosomes. Handbook. Glossary. Resources. Glossary ... Gene conversion . Definition(s) ... coding sequence of the gene or if ...