Gilead's AIDS Drug Awaits Patent in India
American bio-pharmaceutical major Gilead, which has entered into generic licensing deals with 10 Indian pharma firms to distribute its HIV drug Viread, is hoping to get a patent in India soon. "We have made considerable progress in implementing our access programme and licensed Indian phar...Pfizer Awaits FDA Approval for New AIDS Drug, Maraviroc
Washington –According to the recent communiqué from US drug reviewers, the experimental AIDS drug from Pfizer Inc. promises to contain the HIV virus when used in combination with popular drugs.// The drug, in question named as maraviroc may find a prominent place amongst drugs meant for AID...Three-year-old AIDS Patient Awaits Death
She rarely utters a word or opens her eyes. In fact, three-year-old Pooja, afflicted by AIDS that has already killed her parents, hardly moves on her bed//. Doctors say she is on the verge of death. Her poor uncle is shattered. Pooja's birthday falls next month and her maternal uncle Naresh is...India Awaits Test Results To Confirm The Bird Flu Virus In Humans
The result of the blood samples, taken from the people of Nandurbar district, is yet to confirm whether the H5N1 strain of avian influenza virus had spread to humans, even as the culling of thousands of birds goes on unhindered. // Officials said the massive culling exercise in the region th...Australia awaits US FDA reports on ADHD drugs
United States has asked the US Food and Drug Administration to study the safety of the drugs used in the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) following reports that the drug usage // causes cardiovascular diseases such as strokes and heart attacks. The US committee would m...Vaccine For Cervical Cancer Awaits Approval
Sanofi Pasteur MSD is in the process of developing a vaccine called Gardasil against cervical cancer. The regulatory approval for the new vaccine is being sought by the organization in Europe and the US.// The European Medicines Agency for Sanofi Pasteur MSD has to approve of the marketing authoriz...Legion Demands 'Courage' From Legislators in Battle Over Children's Home
...i Association, and other interested groups and individuals, legislators restored funding for the home for one year to the 2010 budget. That budget now awaits a special session of the General Assembly to iron out areas of concern to Gov. Mitch Daniels. "I am convinced it has been the governor's intentio...Nation's Laboratory Response Network Marks First Decade of Protecting Public Health
...politan public health laboratories at three levels of capability now participate in the LRN-C. Development of a radiological component of the LRN awaits availability of funding. Currently the CDC is pursuing newer and more rapid methods to analyze clinical specimens for radioactive materials. "Th...Interacting protein theory awaits test from new neutron analysis tools
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sept. 27, 2007 -- An international collaboration directed by an Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher has performed the first-ever atomic-detail computer simulation of how proteins vibrate in a crystal. Jeremy Smith, who leads ORNL's Center for Molecular Biophysics, said ex...Technology guide: Principles -- applications -- trends
...ated by technical developments, and we will be increasingly moulded and changed by them. We can only actively help to shape the future if we know what awaits us. So how can we maintain a clear overview? The Technology Guide: Principles Applications Trends can provide sound assistance. It contains over ...American Chemical Society's weekly PressPac -- Jan. 14, 2009
...igger premature death in certain aquatic animals. But whether or not tungsten can cause chronic health effects in humans, and its mechanism of action, awaits further study, the article suggests. ARTICLE #5 EMBARGOED FOR 9 A.M., EASTERN TIME, Jan. 19, 2009 "Unease Over Tungsten" This story will be avai...Researchers analyze how new anti-MRSA abtibiotics function
...e novel antibiotics, resulting in bacterial cell death. "Both antibiotics are highly effective in killing MRSA," Mobashery said. "It's a promise that awaits the outcome of the clinical trials." ...International team compares 12 fruit fly genomes
...e in Drosophila and other organisms indicates that Pol II frequently exists in a "paused" state at the promoter: Already having made a short RNA, it awaits further regulatory signals before completing transcription. This is leading to new questions about the regulation of transcription. "The field is cha...Scientists discover 5 new species of sea slugs from the Tropical Eastern Pacific
...ected by Alicia Hermosillo from a floating buoy southeast of Isla Coiba, Coiba National Park, Panama. The new species status and naming of this animal awaits the discovery of additional specimens. ...First study to show how immune cells 'speak' to each other in vivo
...The mechanism of how immunological synapses "speak" to each other in vivo has not been observed prior to this research. Although formal proof of this awaits the development of drugs or mutations that interfere selectively with synapse formation, the confirmation of these cellular structures increases the u...The secret to longevity in tubeworms
...ms. To date, the proposed return of sulfate to the sediments through the roots is only a hypothesis--albeit one with much to support it--that still awaits direct confirmation. By providing a model in which this hypothetical interaction provides real benefits and explains real observations, the authors ho...Billy Mays Endorses New Odor Eliminating Product, What Odor?
... product, What Odor?®, featuring prominent television marketer Billy Mays. Nelson Grist, Founder and CEO of For The Earth Corp, anxiously awaits the debut of his company's odor eliminator product into the market place. "From day one What Odor?® was successful," said Grist. &quo...UW Board of Regents approves $134 million medical research facility
...w medical research facility to be built near UW Hospital and Clinics and the Waisman Center . The project, expected to be completed in spring 2008, awaits approval from the State Building Commission on November 17. The first phase of the project will include laboratory facilities, offices, an imaging ...Rockwell software thieves plead guilty
...ts, according to an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . The article said six men have agreed to plead guilty in Milwaukee, while one more awaits sentencing in Michigan. Two other men who were linked to the crime, one in Michigan and one in Indiana, were sentenced in March to six months in priso...