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Intelligent InSites Announces Solution to Track and Control Spread of Infectious Diseases Fargo, ND (PRWEB) June 19, 2009 - Last week, the World Health Organization declared the H1N1 virus, also commonly referred to as "swine flu", a worldwide pandemic. Nation...Pennsylvania Working Closely With Federal Partners to Contain Impact of Swine Flu
Federal Health and Human Services Department declares a Public Health Emergency HARRISBURG, Pa., April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is working with federal officials to contain the impact of an outbreak of swine flu in Mexico that resulted in the declaratio...WHO Warns of Possible Pandemic as Mexico Seeks to Contain Swine Flu
No new cases reported in United States, CDC says SATURDAY, April 25 (HealthDay News) -- Mexican authorities continued to take dramatic steps Saturday to try to contain the swine flu outbreak that has killed as many as 68 people, and sickened more than 1,000 others. While the number...Children's Bath Products Contain Contaminants
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RICHLAND, Wash. -- Researchers sequencing the DNA of blue-green algae found a linear chromosome harboring genes important for producing biofuels. Simultaneously analyzing the complement of proteins revealed more genes on the linear and the typical circular chromosomes then they'd have found with D...Button mushrooms contain as much anti-oxidants as expensive ones
The humble white button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) has as much, and in some cases, more anti-oxidant properties than more expensive varieties. Although the button mushroom is the foremost cultivated edible mushroom in the world with thousands of tonnes being eaten every year, it is often thou...Study suggests that publicly available genome data may contain small but significant errors
Since the genome sequence of the bacterial pathogen Haemophilus influenzae was published in 1995, the genetic code of many other large, complex, medically, and commercially significant organisms including humans has also been elucidated. However, the techniques used to derive these genetic sequen...Navigating in the ocean of molecules
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International travelers will find a new accessory among their standard travel gear starting in late 2006: an RFID-equipped passport. The new passports, mandated by State Department regulations, will feature a 64 KB chip containing a duplicate of the information featured on the passport's physica...DOE awards $377 million in funding for 46 energy frontier research centers
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... DISCLOSURE NOTICE: The information in this press release and other written reports and oral statements made from time to time by the company may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements do not relate str...Curis and Debiopharm Sign an Exclusive License Agreement Covering the HSP90 Inhibitor CUDC-305
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