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Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics
on January 31, 2006
The European Commission has granted an orphan drug designation to an investigational anticancer drug, 1D09C3, developed for the treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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, Stem Cells
on January 31, 2006
After the fiasco South Korea had to face, will China be the next hub of stem cell research?
A new report by Kline & Company, a consulting and market research firm about life sciences among other...
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Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics
on January 31, 2006
This entry is submitted by Gloria Gamat, via Creative Reporter.To save 14 million deaths from tuberculosis, world leaders have been asked to back a multi-billion dollar plan over the next ten years:
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Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics
on January 30, 2006
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes proliferation of that tissue which lines the joints, referred to as synovial tissue. In theory, compounds which can induce apoptosis, or cell death, should be able to ...
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Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics
on January 30, 2006
There have been theories circulating for some time now that obesity is not just a genetic or physiological disease, but is actually an infectious one, which means that it is a result of contact with ...
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on January 29, 2006
This entry is submitted by Gloria Gamat, via Creative Reporter."Ethanol fuel from plants may be more efficient that petrol, but for now it offers only marginal environmental benefits", stat...
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on January 29, 2006
The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) gave a positive opinion on the generic growth hormone Omnitrope, bringing the first so-called "biosimila...
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Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics
on January 29, 2006
A group of researchers identifies a new region in the brain where the hormone leptin acts upon and subsequently control the regulation of body weight. They report that, in mice, in addition to the ar...
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, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
on January 28, 2006
This entry is submitted by Gloria Gamat, via Creative Reporter.Monday, 23rd January, marked the launch of The Crops Research Informatics Lab (CRIL), the first tangible product of an initiative that&#...
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on January 28, 2006
New York Gov. George Pataki announced that $200 million has been earmarked for a program to promote biotech research.
Of the $200 million, $40 million will be used to build facilities in Manhattan an...
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