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Get Involved: the Salary Survey is Now Open for Life ScienceHelp The Scientist compile the latest data on salaries within the life-science community. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 25, 2012 The Scientist’s annual Salary Survey is now open to the life science community. With the help of researchers, the magazine provides insights into how salaries from various specialties and fields range in this dynamic industry. Responses are used to compile the most up-...

Fewer Stillbirths Among Pregnant Women Vaccinated Against FluFRIDAY, May 25 -- Pregnant women who received a flu shot to protect them against the H1N1 swine flu virus had a significantly reduced risk of stillbirth, preterm birth and of having a baby small for gestational age, according to a new study. The...

GenVec Reports Inducement AwardGAITHERSBURG, Md., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GenVec, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNVC) announced today that on May 23, 2012 it granted an option to purchase shares of its common stock to Cynthia Collins, its newly appointed President and Chief Executive Officer. The option grant was approved by the Compensation Committee of GenVec's Board of Directors and the Board of Directors, and was ma...

Endocytic processing of adeno-associated virus type 8 vectors for transduction of target cells

FDA approves Aurobindo Pharma generic HIV drugAurobindo Pharma has gained final FDA approval for its generic Nevirapine tablets and oral suspension used for treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Among HIV Patients In ICU, Mortality Rates Have Decreased, Chronic Disease Rates Have IncreasedThe expanded use of antiretrovirals, potent drugs used to treat retroviral infections such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has been linked to significant decreases in hospital mortality rates among severely ill HIV-positive(HIV+) patients nati...

Another inconvenient truth for Take the Flour Back. GM saved the Hawaiian papaya industry from disease

British Green politician Jenny Jones has announced that she is going to join the Take the Flour Back protest group who are threatening to vandalise a legal trial of aphid protected GM wheat that's now underway in Britain.In her statement about this, besides announcing she joining a vandalism threat that's euphemistically termed a "decontamination", she makes a claim in justific...

Screen all baby boomers for hepatitis C, advises US public health agencyOne in 30 US baby boomers is infected with hepatitis C and doesn’t know it. They should all be tested for the virus at least once, said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The...

Health Canada approves Biogen Tysabri label changeThe Health Canada has approved a label change for Biogen Idec's Tysabri to include anti-JC virus (JCV) antibody status as a risk factor for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Chronic diseases, bloodstream infections on the rise among HIV+ ICU patientsThe expanded use of antiretrovirals, potent drugs used to treat retroviral infections such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has been linked to significant decreases in hospital mortality rates among severely ill HIV-positive (HIV+) patients nat...

Prednisolone's Considerable Effect On Bells Palsy SymptomsA report in JAMA's May edition of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery reveals that by treating Bell's Palsy, a form of facial paralysis that is usually temporarily, with prednisolone within 72 hours, seems to considerably reduce the numb...

Mortality rates decrease, chronic disease rates increase among HIV+ ICU patientsThe expanded use of antiretrovirals, potent drugs used to treat retroviral infections such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has been linked to significant decreases in hospital mortality rates among severely ill HIV-positive(HIV+) patients nati...

Infection of Epstein Barr Virus shown to be more complexNeuherberg, 04.05.2012. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) not only causes various infectious diseases in...

Inhibition of Hepatitis C Virus Replication by Intracellular Delivery of Multiple siRNAs by Nanosomes

Lentiviral Vectors Displaying Modified Measles Virus gp Overcome Pre-existing Immunity in In Vivo-like Transduction of Human T and B Cells

MicroRNA Research to Trigger Tremendous Growth in Related Tools Market, Says Frost & SullivanLONDON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A number of large pharmaceutical and biotech companies are keen to invest in life science research. Advances in genomic technologies and molecular biology segments will boost the microRNA (miRNA) research and tools market in the future. MicroRNA is set to unveil a new era in molecular diagnostics and in the development of effective therapeutics. New analy...

HVTN opens enrollment in GeoVax’s GM-CSF adjuvanted vaccine Phase 1 trial for HIVGeoVax Labs, Inc., an Atlanta-based biopharmaceutical firm developing vaccines to prevent and fight Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections, today announced that the NIH-funded HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) has opened enrollment for a Phase...

Researcher restructures innovative virus-tracking softwareA biomedical informatics researcher who tracks dangerous viruses as they spread around the globe has restructured his innovative tracking software to promote even wider use of the program around the world.

B cells in breast milk can produce HIV-neutralizing antibodiesAntibodies that help to stop the HIV virus have been found in breast milk. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center isolated the antibodies from immune cells called B cells in the breast milk of infected mothers in Malawi, and showed that the B...

CORRECTION: Gay men have higher liver-related mortality from HBV than HCVNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a population of men who have sex with men (MSM) -- with a high prevalence of HIV infection -- chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) led to twice as many liver-related deaths as chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV), researc...

Antibodies Against Multiple Flu Strains Produced By Pandemic 2009 H1N1 VaccinationThe pandemic 2009 H1N1 vaccine can generate antibodies in vaccinated individuals not only against the H1N1 virus, but also against other influenza virus strains including H5N1 and H3N2. This discovery adds an important new dimension to the finding la...

PSI Announces New Leadership in Latin AmericaPSI CRO, a full service Contract Research Organization, known for predictable, on-time enrollment and project delivery, announced today that Osca

Hepatitis C Causing Liver Damage in Greater Numbers: StudyTUESDAY, May 22 -- Hundreds of thousands of Americans infected with chronic hepatitis C virus could develop potentially life-threatening liver complications over the next few years, according to a new study. Researchers evaluated medical insurance......

Differential regulation of miR-21 and miR-146a by Epstein–Barr virus-encoded EBNA2

HIV Vaccine Trials Network Opens Enrollment for Phase 1 Trial of GeoVax Labs' Second Generation HIV VaccineATLANTA, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GeoVax Labs, Inc. (OTCQB/OTCBB: GOVX), an Atlanta-based biopharmaceutical firm developing vaccines to prevent and fight Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections, today announced that the NIH-funded HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) has opened enrollment for a Phase 1 trial for the company's second-generation HIV vaccine. The second-generation vaccine is i...

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