Medicago, a biotech out of Quebec City Canada that is expecting to enter clinical trials with an avian flu vaccine this year, has just announced, only 14 days after receiving the DNA sequence for the influenza A (H1N1) virus, positive results on an immunogenicity study in mice. Results demonstrated that the Company’s H1 VLP vaccine […]
Archive for June, 2009
New Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Vaccine Tested in Mice
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Posted in Influenza, Immunizations | No Comments »
New Method for Fighting the AIDS Virus
Monday, June 29th, 2009A team lead by Dr. Philip R. Johnson of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and his colleagues published results on a new method to fight the AIDS virus in the journal Nature Medicine. The research was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Dieseases.
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Stem-Cell Therapy Successful in Altering Defective Gene
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009A team of researchers has announced combined stem cell-gene therapy that has corrected a defective gene in cells taken from patients with a disorder called Fanconi Anemia. The study was published on May 31, 2009 in the magazine Nature.
The team of researchers have collaborated from several institutions, including the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and the […]
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