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Biotech nonprofits immune to recession - for now
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... downturn affect their support," said Jerry Sadoff, president and CEO of Rockville-based Aeras, which develops tuberculosis vaccines. "We don't know how long that will stay. So we're worried too." In the meantime, Aeras is growing. The nonprofit ... Comment?
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GLOBAL: Global Fund approves $2.4 billion in new grants
NAIROBI, 13 November 2009 - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved US$2.4 billion in its ninth round of grants, bringing the total amount of approved funding since its inception in 2001 to $18.4 billion. Comment?
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Md. biotech plans to hire 125 in Baltimore
... $161 million in sales last year from anthrax vaccine BioThrax. The company is also developing products to treat tuberculosis, typhoid, hepatitis B and chlamydia. It employs 141 at its headquarters. Comment?
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... Berlin were packed off to Beelitz on the assumption that the fresh forest air would alleviate the symptoms of tuberculosis. But Beelitz was not to become a northern rival to Mediterranean Menton; in winter the region was bitterly cold, in summer it ... Comment?
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Partnering For Global Health
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... of malaria episodes. That day, his father had brought him to the remote dispensary to treat what was clearly tuberculosis. It wasn't the first time Dartois had stood before a person with malaria or TB, but her previous encounters had all been part ... Comment?
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Cadila Pharma eyes Rs 80 crore from Risorine
Ahmedabad-based pharma major Cadila Pharmaceuticals is betting big on the latest product from its stable, Risorine, a combination drug for treating tuberculosis, as it plans to take the drug to markets like China, Russia and African countries in the long run and also expects to multiply its turnover from the segment by over ten times in the coming ... Comment?
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Tuberculosis: The Forgotten Disease / Part 6
Aside from improving housing, experts say there are a number of things that would help reduce the number of TB cases: 1) Treat people close to home Experts such as Dr. Comment?
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Health Matters : What are the Symptoms of Hepatitis ?
... hepatitis occurs from chronic abuse of alcohol. This may result in liver failure. INH, a drug used to treat tuberculosis, tylenol and some blood pressure medicines can produce hepatitis. One of the anesthetic gases, halothane, is thought to be ... Comment?
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Scientists Reveal A New Mechanism That Increases Atherosclerosis In Mice
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... Breslow, may have direct clinical consequences for patients taking drugs such as the antibiotic rifampicin for tuberculosis treatment, the antiretroviral drug ritonavir for HIV treatment and the antiepileptic drugs carbamazipine and phenobarbital, ... Comment?
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Sir John Crofton: Physician whose research revolutionised the...
Crofton: in the words of the citation for the award of the Galen Medal in 2001, 'a master clinician, a remarkable teacher, an academic administrator of consummate ability, a leader in campaigning on health issues' enlarge For seven decades John Crofton conducted a professional and public battle against tuberculosis and lung disease. Comment?
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Tributes paid to TB cure doctor
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The man who pioneered life-saving treatment for tuberculosis sufferers has died in Edinburgh at the age of 97. Comment?
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Tuberculosis treatment pioneer credited with saving thousands of lives dies at 97
SIR John Crofton a ' the medical pioneer whose work on tuberculosis is credited with saving many thousands of lives a ' has died, aged 97. Comment?
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Adherence to isoniazid prophylaxis among HIV-infected children: a...
Tuberculosis contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected children in sub-Saharan Africa. Comment?
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Proteome-wide profiling of isoniazid targets in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Abstract Isoniazid is an essential drug used to treat tuberculosis. The mycobactericidal agents are INH adducts [INH-NAD ] of the pyridine nucleotide coenzymes, which are generated in vivo after INH activation and which bind to, and inhibit, essential enzymes. Comment?
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... These walking TB reservoirs are the main obstacle to eradicating the disease. The current treatment for latent tuberculosis lasts nine months and causes many unwanted side effects. But a team of researchers from the Research Institute of the McGill ... Comment?
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Advocates Call For Increased U.S. Investment In Global Health
... couples," IPS writes. Additionally, the report calls for continued investments in efforts to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and highlights the need for a U.S. global health initiative to contribute to supporting the U.N. Millennium ... Comment?
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TMC set for $120M update of facilities
... when the hospital campus was the site of its predecessor, the Desert Sanatorium, which opened in 1927 to treat tuberculosis patients. TMC was founded in 1943. Under the new plan, the only building that will be torn down is the education building, ... Comment?
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Historic house on Hickman bought, to be renovated
... a civil engineer from Moriches, New York, who relocated to Augusta in an effort to ease the symptoms of tuberculosis. He lived in the home only three years until his death in 1900. Later owners of the home include: August F. Hilleke, who managed ... Comment?
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... IPS writes. Additionally, the report calls for continued investments in efforts to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and highlights the need for a U.S. global health initiative to contribute to supporting the U.N. Millennium Development ... Comment?
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... a civil engineer from Moriches, New York, who relocated to Augusta in an effort to ease the symptoms of tuberculosis. He lived in the home only three years until his death in 1900. Later owners of the home include: August F. Hilleke, who managed ... Comment?
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