Abatement Technologies Sees Strong Demand as Hospitals Prepare for Stage 6 Flu Pandemic
... use special HEPA filters to remove deadly, infectious airborne pathogens from the air. According to independent testing, these systems can capture or inactivate more than 99.99% of the 0.3-micron size (0.000012-inch) organisms that pass through them. Portable HEPA-CARE models roll quietly to wherever the...LSUHSC research finds single gene controls growth of some cancers
...ancers related to the Epstein-Barr virus and that existing therapeutics can inactivate it, will be published in the June 12, 2009 online issue of PLoS Pathogens ...erapeutics such as Vitamin K that can change oxidative stress within cells, inactivate EBNA1," notes Dr. Aiyar, who is also a member of the faculty of the LSUHSC ...Haledyne Debuts Air Sanitizing Technology for Healthier Home
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... effective means for healthcare facilities to immediately lower operating costs and properly protect patients undergoing surgery." The ability to inactivate all pathogens, including spores, with room temperature techniques in just six minutes to achieve 100% kill was absolutely unimaginable only a couple o...Disruptive Hand Sanitation Product to Save Healthcare Industry Billions
...allowing hospitals to immediately lower infection rates, reach zero tolerance targets, and properly protect patients and workers." The ability to inactivate deadly pathogens such as MRSA and C. difficile spores and fully sanitize a nurse's or doctor's bare or gloved hands, in just one second, was absolutel...Scientists May Have New Way to Fight the Flu
...t a broad range of flu strains. "We identified new human antibodies that inactivate influenza, not just bird flu, but any of the seasonal influenza viruses tha...nstitute. The antibodies recognize a new part of the influenza virus and inactivate the virus by a new mechanism, Marasco said, "so it's really a new target, n...Anti-HIV gel shows promise in large-scale study in women
... PRO 2000 inhibits the entry of HIV into cells; BufferGel boosts the natural acidity of the vagina in the presence of seminal fluid, which can help to inactivate HIV and other pathogens. The volunteers in HPTN 035 were divided at random into four equal-sized groups: Those using BufferGel prior to eng...Silence Therapeutics to Receive $1.9m Milestone Payment as Pfizer and Quark Commence Phase II Trial
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NOAA/Virginia Sea Grant has awarded Virginia Tech $119,000 to study whether high hydrostatic pressure will inactivate Hepatitis A virus in both shucked and unshucked oysters. The project, led by Daniel Holliman, an M.D. with the High Pressure Processing Laboratory, and Laura Douglas, lab manager,...Female human embryos adjust the balance of X chromosomes before implantation
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...ize winning technology and one of the most exciting areas of drug discovery today. It represents a completely new approach to selectively 'silence' or inactivate disease relevant genes and as such it has the potential to create a new class of therapeutic products. RNAi could therefore offer a therapeutic approa...Silence Obtains Important Patent Protection for Lead Internal Development Compound, Atu027
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