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Drug firms open vaults in search for TB treatment
Published October 7, 2008, 9:39 am, The Olympian
Pharmaceutical companies aren't known for sharing trade secrets, but two of the world's biggest drug makers have opened their vaults to a Seattle lab searching for new ways to treat tuberculosis.
Human Microbiome Project Awards Funds for Technology Development, Data Analysis and Ethical Research
Published October 7, 2008, 7:45 am, National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced the first awards for its Human Microbiome Project, which will lay a foundation for efforts to explore how complex communities of microbes interact with the human body to influence health and disease.
Human Microbiome Project awards funds for technology development, data analysis and ethical research
Published October 7, 2008, 7:37 am, EurekAlert!
( NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute ) Human Microbiome Project Awards Funds for Technology Development, Data Analysis and Ethical Research
Drug firms open vaults in search for TB treatment
Published October 7, 2008, 12:09 am, Seattle Times
In an unusual step, two major pharmaceuticals are allowing a Seattle lab to delve into their "molecular libraries" to find a new treatment for tuberculosis.
Taking a different approach in the northern Wimmera
Published October 6, 2008, 8:34 pm, Stock & Land
IN 1996 Don McKenzie took a step back from the operation of his broadacre mixed farming property at Jeparit in the northern Wimmera, a total 1097 hectares between three properties, and took stock of a few things.
A Prize Tarnished
Published October 6, 2008, 2:00 pm, Forbes
Euro-bias robs Gallo of a Nobel Prize.
Gut Microbe Strikes Again: Ulcer-Causing Bug May Also Prevent Cancer
Published October 6, 2008, 9:35 am, Scientific American
The common ulcer-causing bug linked this summer to reduced rates of childhood asthma and allergies may also help protect adults against one type of cancer, according to a new analysis. Researchers report today in the journal Cancer Prevention Research that they found the stomach microbe Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) may help prevent a major form of cancer of the esophagus (the muscular tube ...
Ask Pablo
Published October 5, 2008, 6:16 pm, Salon.com
How can I help save the bees?
Going on a Trip? Protect Your Immune System
Published October 5, 2008, 3:07 am, Carteret County News-Times
(ARA) - The immune system can never go on vacation, summer or winter. A travel bug can ruin a trip that has been planned for months. Independent Traveler magazine says travelers "may be more than 100 times as likely to catch a cold on a plane as in normal daily rounds."
Maltese love popping antibiotics - study
Published October 5, 2008, 1:16 am, Times of Malta
5.6%: the percentage of Maltese that use antibiotics without a prescription. Over five per cent of Maltese who feel a sore throat coming on prescribe antibiotics for themselves without consulting a physician, placing Malta fifth among 19 European countries surveyed on the subject of self-medication.
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