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Cell & Gene Therapy Forum 2009/Washington Vaccine Forum 2009
Register now!
Cell & Gene Therapy Forum 2009/Washington Vaccine Forum 2009
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington DC
January 26 - 28 2009
For more information, email Nicola McCall at nicola @phacilitate.co.uk or call her at +44 (0) 20 7839 6137.
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New bird flu cases revive fears of human pandemic
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Posted by administrator on Sunday, January 04 @ 19:43:34 PST (5 reads)
India, Bangladesh, Vietnam and mainland China also experienced new outbreaks in December. During the same period, four new human cases -- in Egypt, Cambodia and Indonesia -- were reported to the World Health Organization. A 16-year-old girl in Egypt and a 2-year-old girl in Indonesia have died.
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Mesothelioma | Support for Mesothelioma cancer Patients
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Posted by administrator on Sunday, January 04 @ 19:25:02 PST (6 reads)
Anonymous writes "Mesothelioma support and resources for patients living with and coping with asbestos cancer and for their caregivers.and their caregivers need support with real life and mesothelioma caregiving issues."
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Novartis and Alphavax ink CMV vaccine deal
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Posted by administrator on Friday, January 02 @ 17:54:13 PST (13 reads)
Novartis has strengthened its vaccines pipeline through an
exclusive agreement to license AlphaVax’ investigational Cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine
program. This CMV agreement adds to Novartis’ promising early stage pipeline of novel
vaccines, which focuses on significant unmet needs for the prevention of fatal diseases
such as meningococcal infections and other hospital and community acquired infections.
These include vaccines to prevent Helicobacter pylori infections, a major cause of gastritis
that can lead to gastric cancer, and a Group B Streptococcus vaccine candidate with
potential to protect against 85 percent of neonatal sepsis and meningitis.
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Gold Nanoparticles to Deliver DNA
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Posted by administrator on Wednesday, December 31 @ 11:15:10 PST (24 reads)
In the study the payload used was a strand of DNA. The nanoparticles could be used for gene therapy, as they can pack hundreds of strands of DNA into a single particle.
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Issues of Immune Stimulation
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Posted by administrator on Wednesday, December 31 @ 10:49:56 PST (25 reads)
While the RNAi field has advanced considerably over the past 12 months, it is a growing appreciation of therapeutic RNAi’s potential for immune stimulation and the need for rigorous experimentation standards, highlighted by two key publications, that is likely to define the past year.
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