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Archive for June, 2009

New Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Vaccine Tested in Mice

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

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 […]

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New Method for Fighting the AIDS Virus

Monday, June 29th, 2009

A 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, 2009

A 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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