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Smallpox News : Innovation: Sending botnets the way of smallpox
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:01:09 GMT
Could forcing computer owners to keep their machines up to date with the latest security software help stop cybercrime in its tracks?

Smallpox News : Cow vaccine pioneer dies
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:57:11 GMT
Walter Plowright helped eradicate so-called cattle plague, rinderpest

Smallpox News : Response Biomedical Corporation Announces 2009 Financial Results
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:21:50 GMT
Vancouver, BC, March 11, 2010--(T-Net)--Response Biomedical Corporation (TSX: RBM) reported that it recorded total revenues of $9,946,269, an increase of 69% compared to $5,876,337 in 2008. Clinical products revenue for the year ended December 31, 2009 increased 85% to $6,828,651 compared to $3,683,706 in 2008.

Chimerix Initiates Phase 2 Study Of CMX001 In Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Seropositive For Cytomegalovirus
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:18:45 GMT
Chimerix, Inc., a biotechnology company developing orally-available antiviral therapeutics, today announced the initiation of a multi-center Phase 2 clinical trial designed to evaluate CMX001 in stem cell transplant recipients who are seropositive for cytomegalovirus (CMV).

Could Australia already have atypical BSE?
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:22:13 GMT
NO matter what trade defences Australia erects, it may not be able to prevent domestic cases of “atypical” BSE - a cattle disease that seems to occur spontaneously, and which despite having no known health risks carries the same damaging trade implications as “classical” BSE.

Vaccination equation: the search goes on
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:27:06 GMT
By: Brian Mastroianni Situated across from a parking lot, the two-story grayish-brown building at 146 Clifford Street is an unimposing site, nestled in the heart of Providence’s Jewelry District. The building is home to EpiVax Inc. — a company dedicated to the desi...

End-of-Days Danger
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:08:24 GMT
I don’t know how many e-mails I have received from children who are terrified that 2012 will somehow involve the end of life as we know it, all because of an unfounded fringe religious prophecy that has received mass-market exposure with the release of a recent Hollywood movie. I have tried to reassure those children (and not a few adults) that this date represents nothing more cosmically ...

Bouncer Goes on a Blind Date with an Explorer of Sorts
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:28:32 GMT
In this week's issue: Bouncer columnist Katy St. Clair ponders the life of an explorer while waiting for her hot date with a stranger. I was sitting at Specs' Cafe in North Beach, waiting ...

SIGA Technologies Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year of 2009
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:05:00 GMT
NEW YORK -- SIGA Technologies, Inc. , a company specializing in the development of pharmaceutical agents to fight biowarfare pathogens, today announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Chimerix Initiates Phase 2 Study Of CMX001 In Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Seropositive For Cytomegalovirus
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:29:56 GMT
Chimerix, Inc., a biotechnology company developing orally-available antiviral therapeutics, announced the initiation of a multi-center Phase 2 clinical trial designed to evaluate CMX001 in stem cell transplant recipients who are seropositive for cytomegalovirus (CMV). CMX001 is a broad-spectrum antiviral agent with demonstrated activity against double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viruses...

APA To Spotlight Symposium On 'Hot Topics In Afro-American Mental Health'
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:18:35 GMT
The American Psychiatric Association will spotlight several sensitive issues on African Americans and Mental Health, on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at the APA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The overall session title is: Hot Topics in Afro-American Mental Health. Heading the team for this symposium is David Wayne Smith, Addiction Psychiatrist with the Center for AIDS Research, Education ...

GlaxoSmithKline dedicates its facility to WHO
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:28:20 GMT
Nashik, Mar 9 : Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline has reaffirmed its commitment to global public health by dedicating its new 'Albendazole' manufacturing facility here to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF), a parasitic infection spread by mosquitoes.

American Psychiatric Association to Spotlight Symposium on 'Hot Topics in Afro-American Mental Health'
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT
This year the American Psychiatric Association will spotlight several sensitive issues facing the African American community, at its annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 22-26. Leading the team is David W. Smith, M.D., Addiction Psychiatrist with the Center for AIDS Research, Education and Services in Sacramento, California.

Christopher Columbus Was a Real Jerk
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:14:53 GMT
I was sitting at Specs' Cafe in North Beach, waiting for my blind date to arrive, and thinking about Christopher Columbus. One thing I've learned about explorers is that some of them fell into the job haphazardly. For example, Cortez was like 15th on the list of people Spain chose to explore the ...

Chimerix Initiates Phase 2 Study of CMX001 in Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Seropositive for Cytomegalovirus
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:14:03 GMT
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Chimerix, Inc., a biotechnology company developing orally-available antiviral therapeutics, today announced the initiation of a multi-center Phase 2 clinical trial designed to evaluate CMX001 in stem cell transplant recipients who are seropositive for cytomegalovirus (CMV). CMX001 is a broad-spectrum antiviral agent with demonstrated activity ...

Inovio Develops Cordless Electroporation Device For Delivering DNA Vaccines
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:48:42 GMT
Inovio Biomedical Corporation , a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, has unveiled its new CELLECTRA®-SP series of hand-held, cordless electroporation devices at the DNA Vaccines 2010 conference being held in New Orleans, LA

Phase III study demonstrates superiority of imiquimod cream 2.5% and 3.75% in treatment of AK
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:52:33 GMT
The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD) has published Phase III data evaluating the safety and efficacy of imiquimod cream at two doses - 2.5% and 3.75% - administered daily on a 2-week treatment cycle. The study demonstrates that both formulations were superior to placebo, and that imiquimod 3.75% on a daily 2-week treatment cycle is superior to imiquimod 2.5% in treating ...

Bavarian Nordic Publishes Its 2009 Annual Results
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:18:06 GMT
KVISTGAARD, Denmark -- Today Bavarian Nordic published the company's Annual Report 2009. The report is available on the company's website: www.bavarian-nordic.com

Exposure to BPA during pregnancy causes permanent abnormalities in uterus of offspring
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:52:23 GMT
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have discovered that exposure during pregnancy to Bisphenol A (BPA), a common component of plastics, causes permanent abnormalities in the uterus of offspring, including alteration in their DNA. The findings were reported in the March issue of Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.

In tough climate, GSK dedicates plant to fight elephantiasis
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:32:13 GMT
Note: The Skinny blog is written by Rick Smith, editor and co-founder of Local Tech Wire and business editor of WRAL.com. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. –

TV best bets: Sat., March 6
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:22:10 GMT
INKHEART — Characters from a book wreak havoc on the real world in this adaptation of Cornelia Funk's novel, with offbeat-adventure specialist Brendan Fraser as the man responsible for the turn of events.

Barangaroo, a woman worth remembering
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:38:58 GMT
Sydney is once more embroiled in a passionate stoush over the future of that vast, neglected area, Barangaroo. Visions of public parklands and fantasies of landscape restoration compete with a looming army of towering offices and hotels.

Lecture combines art and information
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:29:18 GMT
California-based sculptor Loren Madsen visited Lafayette this past week as the third of four guest artist speakers this academic year. His lecture, Information as Art, Art as Information, focused on not only some of his work, but also that of other artists pursuing systems art.

SIGA to Discuss Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2009 Results of Operations on March 10, 2010
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT
NEW YORK -- SIGA Technologies, Inc. , a company specializing in the development of pharmaceutical agents to fight bio-warfare pathogens, announced today that it will report fourth quarter and full-year 2009 results on Wednesday, March 10, 2010.

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