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Tulane receives $15 million NIH contract to develop vaccine and treatment for deadly fever
Published February 9, 2010, 3:06 pm, EurekAlert!
( Tulane University ) The National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a five-year contract totaling $15,254,919 to Tulane University for its ongoing efforts to treat and prevent Lassa fever, an often deadly viral disease that threatens hundreds of thousands of people annually in West Africa and is classified as a potential ...
NIAMS Plans $12M for Research Translation Centers
Published February 9, 2010, 2:30 pm, GenomeWeb News
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases plans to fund up to four new Centers of Research Translation, and renewals of earlier grants, with $6 million in 2011 and another $6 million in 2012.
A useful tool to diagnose primary biliary cirrhosis
Published February 9, 2010, 2:28 pm, EurekAlert!
( World Journal of Gastroenterology ) A research team from United States evaluated the potential application of IgM and IgG immunohistochemistry (IHC) in the setting of autoimmune liver diseases, especially in the differential diagnosis of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) from other conditions -- autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), or primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). Their study showed that IgM and ...
Top Ten Autism Research Findings Of 2009
Published February 9, 2010, 1:10 pm, redOrbit
Leading Autism Advocacy Organization Documents Progress to Discover Causes and Treatments for Autism Spectrum DisordersAutism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, has released its annual list of the 10 most significant research achievements to have impacted autism during the previous year. Every year, Autism Speaks documents the progress made toward its mission ...
Seattle Genetics Reports Fourth Quarter and Year 2009 Financial Results and Provides 2010 Financial Outlook
Published February 9, 2010, 1:10 pm, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
BOTHELL, Wash.----Seattle Genetics, Inc. today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. The company also highlighted recent product development activities and planned milestones and provided its 2010 financial outlook.
Older mothers run greater risk of having child with autism: study
Published February 9, 2010, 12:40 pm, New York Daily News
Older moms have a much greater chance of having a child with autism than younger moms, but older dads only run the risk if the mother is under 30, according to a new study.
Married, with benefits: Calif. mom Terri Carlson starts Will Marry For Health Insurance Web site
Published February 9, 2010, 11:34 am, New York Daily News
Marrying for love or money is so old school. Terri Carlson hopes to tie the knot in order to cash in on her new hubby's health insurance.
Ligon Discovery and Lycera Collaborate to Develop First-in-Class Drugs for Immune Disorders
Published February 9, 2010, 10:52 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Ligon Discovery announced today that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Lycera Corporation to apply its Small Molecule Microarray screening technology to identify first-in-class drug candidates for immune disorders.
New Sequencing Technique Helps Identify Regulatory Region Involved in Diabetes
Published February 9, 2010, 10:45 am, GenomeWeb News
Researchers from the University of North Carolina have developed a sequencing technique to create maps of regulatory regions in the genome, and used it to identify a gene variant involved in diabetes.
Scripps research team reveals how an old drug could have a new use for treating river blindness
Published February 9, 2010, 9:21 am, EurekAlert!
( Scripps Research Institute ) Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a potential new use for the drug closantel, currently the standard treatment for sheep and cattle infected with liver fluke. The new research suggests that the drug may be useful in combating river blindness, a tropical disease that is the world's second leading infectious cause of blindness for humans.
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