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A much-needed shot in the arm for HIV vaccine development

International efforts towards developing avaccine against HIV infection have been given a much-needed boost bythe publication today of the Global HIV/AIDS Vaccine Enterprise'sscientific strategic plan, published online in the freely available,open-access global health journal PLoS Medicine.The Global HIV/AIDS Vaccine Enterprise is an international alliance ofindependent agencies and organiz...

Needling Chromosomes Reveals Cell Division Secret

By impaling individual chromosomes with glassneedles one thousandth the diameter of a human hair, a Duke Universitygraduate student has tested their "stickiness" to one another duringcell division. Her uncanny surgical skills have added a piece to thelarge and intricate puzzle of how one cell divides into two -- aprocess fundamental to all organisms.In the Dec. 14, 2004, issue of Current Bi...

New therapy for HIV/AIDS eliminates needles and excessive toxicity

A team led by Johns Hopkins scientists hasfound the first clear evidence that the process behind the human immunesystem's remarkable ability to recognize and respond to a milliondifferent proteins might have originated from a family of genes whoseonly apparent function is to jump around in genetic material. essentially cut...

Institute for Systems Biology Symposium Addresses Need for Better Computational Tools

The Institute for Systems Biology announced today at its 2005 international symposium on Computational Challenges in Systems Biology that ISB's Human Proteome Folding Project launched on IBM's World Community Grid in November 2004 has already predicted 50,000 protein structures. "This project showcases the enormous power of collaborations," stated Dr. Richard Bonneau, senior scientist at t...

Chemicals in tattoo inks need closer scrutiny

As tattoos have grown in popularity, so have complaints of adverse side effects associated with both their application and removal. A new study, done by chemistry students at Northern Arizona University, looked at the chemical composition of a variety of tattoo inks to better understand their potential health risks. The findings, presented today at the 229th national meeting of the Americ...

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Wisconsin Needs More Investment Capital

MADISON Practical ideas for spurring capital investment are included in economic development plans released this week by Gov. Jim Doyle and state Senate Republicans, said Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council. The Grow Wisconsin plan unveiled by the Governor and the package released by the Senate Republicans show there is bipartisan agreement on the need to create new...

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RNAi: The Controls You Need

Ambion scientists use and recommend a number of different controls for siRNA experiments. Most of these coincide with the suggested controls detailed in an editorial published in Nature Cell Biology [1]. Here we outline these various controls and discuss the importance of each in RNAi experiments....

To be a player in the "Knowledge Economy," Wisconsin needs more tech workers

Wisconsin's assets in the 21st century knowledge economy are impressive when compared with other states of its size. But its weaknesses are intimidating, especially when it comes to training and retaining a skill...

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Doctors needed urgently in Gujarat

The quake-devastated state ofGujarat in India is now slowly coming to terms with the full fallout of thecalamity. While different news channels and papers are busy increasing thedeath toll by the thousand in every other bulletin, the state government andthe central government are now faced with the unenviable ta...

Skinny people need to exercise too

Every one knows that exercising reduces the risk of heart disease. But almost everyone feels that exercising is only for obese and fat people. But recent study shows that skinny people are also prone to developing heart diseases because fitness and fatness are both important factors in the genesis of various heart ailments. Dr. Peter T. Katzmarzyk of York University in North York, Canada...

Need for Colon cancer screening

Colon cancer should be screened periodically once in 5 years in older people (above 50).The usual test is the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) which looks for traces of blood shed by a tumour, or the sigmoidoscopy - an examination of the lower colon. According to researchers at the Finland Affairs Medical Centre in the US, death rate from colon cancer has been decreased due to the routine s...

Need to use defibrillators

Defibrillator use can help those who have a cardiac arrest and are easier to use. Nearly quarter of a million people die from cardiac arrest each year in the United States.// Many lives could be saved if prompt action is taken to restart the heart, using an automated electrical defibrillator (AED), a device which delivers an electric shock to the heart muscle. There are moves to put more...

vitamin D needed in elderly for bone development

Vitamin D has an important role to play in proper development of bones in infants, thereby it is procured by sunlight exposure.// But a study says that a greater need is there in elderly especially when exposure to sunlight is limited. The American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) today issued physician recommendations to generate greater understanding of the role of vitamin D in bon...

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Vical's Vaxfectin Adjuvant With Needle-free Delivery Enhances DNA Vaccine Performance; Yields Antibody Responses Comparable to Electroporation Without Tolerability Issues

MALAGA, Spain, May 23, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VicalIncorporated today announced that in a recently completed animalstudy, a DNA vaccine formulated with the company's patentedVaxfectin(TM) adjuvant and delivered by needle-free injectionyielded significantly higher antibody responses than anunformulated DNA vaccine delivered by needle and syringe. In aseparate animal study, electro...

New Critical Path Report Highlights Research Needed to Foster Generic Drug Development

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 2, 2007-The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) today issued the "<a target="_blank" href="http://www.fda.gov/oc/initiatives/criticalpath/reports/generic.html">CriticalPath Opportunities for Generic Drugs " report identifying manyof the unanswered scientific questions that impede the developmentof generic versions of commonly used drugs. The report is part...

Apollo develops needle-free topical vaccine

SYDNEY, April 30, 2007-Australian bio-discovery company ApolloLife Sciences has released results of preliminary trials of itspatented needle-free vaccine technology, which delivers tetanusvaccine transdermally (through the skin) without the need for aninjection. According to Apollo CEO John Priest, the research points the wayto the possibility that flu injections may soon be a thin...

Iomai Dose-Ranging Trial Demonstrates Needle-Free Patch Vaccine for Travelers' Diarrhea Stimulates Immune Response Even at Low Doses

-- Data Gathered to Assist in Design of Future Trials, OtherPrograms -- GAITHERSBURG, Md. and LISBON, Portugal, April 26, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Iomai Corporation today announced resultsfrom a 400-patient, Phase 2 dose-ranging trial of its patch-basedvaccine for travelers' diarrhea. The trial was conducted to assessthe ability of a range of vaccine doses to generate an immunerespo...

Alzheimer's Growth Shows Need for Increased FDA Funding

Coalition for a Stronger FDA says drug review programs need moremoney WASHINGTON, March 21, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A newestimate by the Alzheimer's Association shows that more than fivemillion Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease -- a 10percent growth over previous estimates and a number that could morethan triple in the coming decades unless new treatments and curesare...

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Lung needle biopsy

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