Experimental Drug May Prevent Plaque Buildup

...y News) -- An experimental drug called A-002 appears effective in preventing atherosclerosis, according to a phase II study that included American and ukrainian participants. In atherosclerosis, arteries become blocked and inflamed by a buildup of white blood cells and fatty material, or lipids. Two potenti...

Ukraine's First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko Receives Inaugural MaxWell International Public Health Award

...honored for her work to improve healthcare for ukrainian children, women - WASHINGTON, June 24 /PRNewswir...rly detection and treatment of breast cancer among ukrainian women. "Improved medical care in Ukraine is a pr...( http://www.max-well.com/eng/press_whale.php ). ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oleh Shamshur rece...

Alticor's 2007 Global Sales Top $7 Billion

... The largest regional gain overall was registered in Europe, where sales rose 33 percent, thanks in significant part to the buoyant newer Russian and ukrainian markets, but also to very strong gains in much of Eastern Europe, including Poland, Slovakia, Turkey, the Czech Republic and Romania. "We're proud t...

Ukrainian Invents a Musical Condom

... A ukrainian has invented a condom that plays music during sex, Korrespondent magazine r...the quality of the condom's sound)," he said. An inventor in the east ukrainian city Zaporizhia, Chausovsky said he was looking for a financial backer to p...

Bird flu makes its presence felt in the Crimean peninsula

...onducted to determine if the virus is the deadly strain that has killed almost 70 people in Asia. A state of emergency has been called for by the ukrainian president in some parts of the Crimean peninsula. This follows more than one-thousand wild and domesticated birds having been found dead. In order ...

Ukrainian in Medical Technology

Are Muramyl Peptides the Magic Bullet in Probiotics?

... characteristics for decades, and took investigations further by deconstructing the friendly bacteria to study cell components. In fact, Russian and ukrainian researchers used special strains of probiotics as raw materials for high-powered immune-support supplements during the Cold War period up until the mi...

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Mineral oil contamination in humans: A health problem?

...egal limit of 50 mg/kg to the mineral paraffins in ukrainian sunflower oil and in September 2008 it organized a...he Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, titled "Does the ukrainian sunflower oil contaminated with mineral oil wake u...be hoped that the mineral oil contamination of the ukrainian sunflower oil and the inconsistencies regarding th...

Arable land can have a negative impact on air quality

...later the air with its cargo of fine dust from the ukrainian fields had arrived in Germany. Tracking do...ust load must be about 3 million tons because this ukrainian "plume" contained also bigger particles till size ... the air with dust samples taken directly from the ukrainian soil. The lead isotope ratio showed that the dust ...

Ukrainian in Biological Technology

Ukrainian President Yushchenko: Pharmaceuticals 'Very Important'

... Asking the first question, Dr. Alibek asked the ukrainian President about prospects for ensuring timely regi...the latest and most effective pharmaceuticals. The ukrainian President promised he would monitor this situation... Club, and laid a wreath at the monument to famous ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko in Washington, DC. About M...

Sinovac Initiates Clinical Trials for Inactivated Hepatitis A Vaccine in Ukraine

...aging our GMP-certified manufacturing capabilities, which are capable of providing low cost, highly scalable production. We look forward to seeing the ukrainian market contribute to our sales growth." About Biolik "Biolik" is well known in Ukraine and ex-USSR as the manufacturer of many immunobiological an...

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gutierrez Cuts Ribbon on MaxWell Biocorporation's New Pharmaceutical Development Center and Quality Control Laboratory in Ukraine

...yiv, held a roundtable discussion with U.S. business leaders, and met with Ukraine's President Yushchenko, Prime Minister Tymoshenko, and other senior ukrainian officials to promote greater bilateral trade and investment. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, bilateral trade between the United States...