Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully developed an environmentally-friendly food packaging material that is free from chemical additives, by fortifying natural chitosan-based composite film with ...
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Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an environmentally-friendly food packaging material capable of doubling shelf-life of food products. The new material, which is free from chemical additives, has ...
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The flu season is in full swing starting mostly in the second week of January when emergency rooms are more busy than usual with patient with flu like symptoms.Dr.James Kojian,E.R.expert and founder of DRTOHELP.COM,warns the public about ...
A new strain of bird flu appears to retain its ability to cause serious disease even after it develops resistance to anti-viral drugs, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Nicole Bouvier, an assistant professor of medicine, infectious diseases at ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Sovaldi -- sofosbuvir -- to treat chronic hepatitis C virus infection without interferon, officials say. Dr. Edward Cox, director of the Office of Antimicrobial Products in the FDA's Center ...
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Pathogenic bacteria already exist in even a healthy gut. But the healthy gut maintains a balance between beneficial and pathogenic bacteria of usually 80 to 85 percent beneficial to 20 or 15 percent pathogenic. This ratio is normal for a ...
In my article The 5 best natural antibiotics and anti-virals that destroy superbugs and just about everything else, I discuss some of the best natural substances for treating MRSA and other antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Natural News ...
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Mosquitoes are on the rise this summer, and several cases of West Nile virus infections from mosquitoes have been reported in Texas along with a few deaths. Other states have reported cases of West Nile virus infections as well. After ...
Coconuts are a versatile superfood providing nutrition, health benefits, and amazing medicinal properties all wrapped in one delicious package. Coconuts are totally natural, easily available and affordable; and every part of the fruit is ...
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Google's new app scanner in Android 4.2 Jelly Bean moves the platform closer to Apple's model of vetting software before it is made available to mobile device users, a security expert says. Google isn't expected to copy Apple's model of ...
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CytoDyn has entered into an agreement to purchase Progenics Pharmaceuticals' proprietary humanized monoclonal antibody HIV viral-entry inhibitor drug candidate, PRO 140, for $3.5m. Upon successful continued clinical development of PRO ...
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Evotec and Haplogen have signed a drug discovery partnership targeting viral infectious diseases. The drugs resulting from the partnership are expected to target a human protein that is vital for the spread of pathogenic viral ...
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Sweden based Karolinska Institutet and Immunomedics scientists have collaborated to design and test new class of drugs that destroy the AIDS virus, HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), which may also help in eliminating the virus completely. ...
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