Immunobiology (ImmBio), a UK-based biopharmaceutical company, has bagged £0.2m in funding from the UK government-backed Biomedical Catalyst (BBC) for the pre-clinical development of pneumococcal vaccine PnuBioVax. The pharma company ...
The Vaccine World Summit India 2013 conference has honored Novavax, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Biologicals (CPLB) and the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) collaboration for having the 'most promising ...
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An estimated 582,000 chicken across seven farms have been affected by the bird flu virus outbreak in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. The virus was confirmed after security laboratory technicians of high security laboratory of the ...
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The MSU Department of Virology headed by Professor Joseph Atabekov is studying the in vitro assembly of compositions, consisting of artificial plant virus particles and antigens, potentially attractive for vaccines development. Artificial ...
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Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 31st January 2013). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. ID1,639 / $1,773 (+3.8%) (weekly change). The ...
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Vaccines aren't just for kids. There are nearly a dozen recommended vaccines besides flu shots for grownups age 19 and older to protect against preventable diseases, such as pneumococcal disease, whooping cough, and shingles. But most ...
Pfizer has obtained FDA approval for the expanded use of Prevnar 13, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, in children and adults between six to 17 years of age who are new to the vaccine. The single dose Pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate ...
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There are a bunch of flu-related apps you can now download to your smart phones. We haven't tested any, but those described below are free and seem to offer some useful features. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a flu ...
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Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 10th January 2013). ID1,613 / $1,745 (-0.6%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 23.3bn and the weekly trading volume was ID30.5bn ($25.4mn). ...
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Yes, for several reasons. First, unless you were tested for the flu virus it's possible that your symptoms actually stemmed from the common cold, sinusitis, or some other respiratory illness. And even if you're certain you had the flu, this ...
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If you haven't come down with the flu yet, there's still a good chance that you will. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says flu season is likely to last several more weeks, leading to fever, aches, headaches, and general ...
This year's flu season is coming on fast and strong, especially in the South and Southeast. The extra bad news: Only about a third of people got vaccinated early this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ...
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While the overall death rate from cancer has dropped in recent years, more people than ever are being diagnosed with anal cancer and certain cancers of the throat and mouth. Both are linked to infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV), ...
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Boston already has 700 confirmed cases of the flu,10 times as many as this time last year,and the state has 18 reported deaths from the virus.Nationwide,nearly 6 percent of Americans have already contacted a health care provider about the ...
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Inovia Pharmaceuticals will move its hepatitis C DNA vaccine into a phase 1/11a clinical trial by the end of 2013. The advancement of this work is based on exceptional results of a preclinical study, which showed for the first time that a ...
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