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Treatment For Gaucher Disease From Protalix
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 4, 2009
...n the brain.
Now, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins - Protalix - is currently producing proteins for the treatment of...
FDA Approxes ATryn, First Drug from a Genetically Engineered Animal
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 7, 2009
...ty has approved ATryn , the first ever transgenically produced therapeutic protein and the first recombinant antithrombin approved in the U.S.
ATryn is indicated for the treatment of patients with...
Novel Antibiotic Candidates from Myxobacteria
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 26, 2008
...photo , Image# 320605 German researchers have identified a group of new natural antibiotics against tuberculosis. The compounds have been isolated from Myxobacteria , and works by inhibiting the path...
Gut Microorganisms May Help Prevent Onset of Diabetes
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 22, 2008
...are kept. Previous research has shown that NOD mice exposed to killed (i.e., non-active) strains of tuberculosis or other disease-causing bacteria are protected against the development of Type I diabe...
New Tuberculosis Vaccine Goes Into Clinical Trials
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 12, 2008
... After 80 years, a new live vaccine against tuberculosis enters clinical trials this week. The new vaccine, VPM1002, is based on a vaccine that has been in use since 1921, and has been geneti...
Genetically Modified Salmonella Delivers Vaccine
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 17, 2008
... response. Unlike most vaccines that are entirely manufactured by a vaccine company, the attenuated recombinant salmonella vaccine after entry into the immunized individual serves as its own factory t...
TB Vaccine Against Type 1 Diabetes?
in Daily Diabetic, on April 5, 2008
...Harvard researchers is testing a already known tuberculosis (TB) vaccine against type 1 diabetes .
According to Denise L. Faustman, a Harvard Medical School professor who is helping to lead t...
Aviation News Update: Flight Attendant Retires &
in The Aviation Weblog, on November 30, 2007
... No one got TB from air traveler
Tests of hundreds of airline passengers show that no one caught tuberculosis while flying earlier this year with an infected man who caused an international health ...
Tuberculosis Drug Candidate SQ109 Granted Orphan Drug Status
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 30, 2007
... has granted "orphan drug" status to SQ109, an antimicrobial agent against drug-resistant tuberculosis jointly developed by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) ...
YUM Brands and The World's Largest CSR Project
in Businesspundit, on October 28, 2007
... go to bed hungry in all corners of the globe. More people die from hunger each year than from war, tuberculosis and AIDS combined. In fact, every five seconds, a child somewhere dies from hunger.
Th...
Tuberkulosekontrolle: Deutsche und niederländische Expertenzentren schließen sich mit ihren osteuropäischen Kollegen zusammen
in Das Gesundheits-Weblog, on October 23, 2007
... in die TB-Kontrolle eingebunden. Anlässlich der WHO-Europa-Ministerkonferenz "All against Tuberculosis" beabsichtigen sie, ihr Engagement gemeinsam mit den östlichen Kollegen noch zu intens...
Low Air Quality Aboard Planes
in Hidden Travel Gems, on October 6, 2007
...rt may be due to dehydration.
Remember that guy who flew to Greece despite having drug resistant tuberculosis? I hope, for the sake of humanity, that few people are as selfish or stupid as him. Eve...
Adding Moxifloxacin to Antibiotic Combo, Speeds Up TB Treatment
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 23, 2007
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The standard treatment for the highly contagious form of lung disease - tuberculosis - takes 6 months.
Conventional TB Therapy prescribes a mix of antibiotics, typically four, given in ...
Tuberculosis Drug D-Cycloserine Helps OCD Patients
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 23, 2007
... Originally developed for tuberculosis, the drug D-Cycloserine has been found by University of Minnesota researchers to help people with obsessive-compulsive disorder make more progress in thera...
Update on Quarantined Tuberculosis Traveler
in The Aviation Weblog, on May 30, 2007
... Here's the latest on the quarantined tuberculosis traveler:
1. The still unidentified man knew he had tuberculosis and flew anyway.
2. Doctors advised him not to travel, but didn't demand ...
Man Quarantined After Flying with TB on Two Trans-Atlantic Flights
in The Aviation Weblog, on May 29, 2007
... An unidentified man, with a rare strand of tuberculosis, was quarantined at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital - the first such government regulated quarantined since 1963 - after he ignored med...
Antifungal Drug, Potential TB Killer
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 15, 2007
... Tuberculosis or TB remains one of the world's deadly infectious diseases killing an estimated 2 million people worldwide each year.
Because of the rise of multi drug-resistant TB strains (M...
Lactiva™ and Lysomin™ in Electrolyte Solution = Faster Recovery from Diarrhea
in Straightfromthedoc, on February 2, 2007
...nchez J, Alfaro S, Lonnerdal B. Efficacy of rice-based oral rehydration solution containing recombinant human lactoferrin and lysozyme in Peruvian children with acute diarrhea. J. Pediatric Gastroente...
The Netherlands Invested Euro 18.4 Million to Make Better Vaccines to Fight Raging TB Pandemic
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 7, 2006
... project), a Product Development Partnership (PDP) that is collaborating with Crucell N.V. , KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation , Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI-AVI) and other Dutch organizations for...
Emerging Threat: XDR (Extensively Drug-Resistant) Tuberculosis
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 1, 2006
... According to an article published online last week in The Lancet , tuberculosis (TB) strains that are resistant to both first-line and second-line drugs are a threat to the success of not only tub...
NIH Launches $52 Million Knockout Mouse Project
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 7, 2006
...ses such as cancer, heart disease, neurological disorders, diabetes and obesity. Recent advances in recombinant DNA technologies, as well as completion of the mouse genome sequence, now make this proj...
Bausch & Lomb Acquires Rights To Recombinant Plasmin from Talecris Biotherapeutics for Ophthalmic Use
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 31, 2006
...ucts is expanding an agreement with biotechnology firm, Talecris Biotherapeutics , to develop a recombinant plasmin .Bausch & Lomb believes r plasmin have potentials for use in developin...
Argatroban Enhances Effects of Stroke Medications in De-Clogging Arteries
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 18, 2006
...d flow to the brain. Some patients with this condition are treated quickly with intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA), which works to help dissolve the clot and reopen t...
In Search of a Better Anthrax Vaccine: Researchers Found Potential in VaxGen, Inc.'s Candidate Vaccine (rPA102)
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 16, 2006
...lp design strategies for testing of this vaccine in the future."
The vaccine, rPA102 , is a recombinant Protective Antigen ( (PA) ) protein vaccine that was initially developed by the U.S...
Male Circumcision Significantly Lowers Risk of HIV Infection
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 11, 2006
...#39;s largest Aids charities, Richard Feachem, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, who believes that we are on the brink of a revolution in attitudes to circ...
FDA Approves Elaprase, Enzyme Replacement Therapy For Hunter's Syndrome
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 26, 2006
...tiple organs, and in severe cases, early death.
Elaprase is a purified form of I2S manufactured by recombinant DNA technology in a human cell line. It is given as weekly infusions, a therapy that is ...
Rice Biopharming for Lactoferrin and Lysozymes in Kansas?
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 18, 2006
... A couple of months ago, Ventria Biosciences report having successfully produced recombinant lactoferrin and lysozymes --human proteins shown to help reduce the duration and recurrence of ac...
Human Tuberculosis Gene
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 22, 2006
... have identified a human gene that may play a role in determining resistance and susceptibility to tuberculosis , an infection with highest incidence rates in Africa (356 cases per 100,000). The same...
FDA Approves Gardasil Cervical Cancer Vaccine
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 12, 2006
...has finally approved Gardasil, the world's first and only cervical cancer vaccine . The recombinant vaccine has been demonstrated to prevent cervical cancers caused by Human Papillomaviru...
Novartis Bids for NeuTec, Expands Into Hospital Anti-Infectives
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 8, 2006
...euTec's portfolio specializes in hospital anti-infectives, its late stage candidates including recombinant antibody fragments that binds to cellular proteins and increases the efficacy of antibi...
EMEA Approves First Therapeutic Produced in Transgenic Goat
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 7, 2006
...e European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has recommended approval for GTC Biotherapeutics' ATryn , a recombinant anti-clotting agent produced in the milk of genetically engineered goats . The CHMP rec...
FDA Advisory Panel Approves Gardasil Vaccine Against Cervical Cancer
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 20, 2006
...and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee unanimously approved Gardasil® , Merck 's recombinant vaccine against the human papilloma virus (HPV) , a sexually-transmitted disease that ca...
Lactoferrin And Lysozymes Production From Rice
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 15, 2006
...tmilk. Earlier this month, Ventria Bioscience released results from a clinical study showing that recombinant versions of these proteins (Lactiva and Lysomin, respectively) helped reduce the duratio...
Designer Diagnostics Sponsors StopNTMnow.com
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 9, 2006
...tra Pharma , sponsored the website, StopNTMnow.com , an informative portal and forum about NonTuberculosis Mycobacterium .
"It is important to educate the public about the importance of NT...
Animalcules 1.6: Carnival Of The Microbes
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 20, 2006
...otech Weblog .
And from this weblog, take a look at this entry about a novel diagnostic strip for tuberculosis . It's still under clinical trials, but it seems to be a great deal better than the...
MTB ICT (Strip) Format: A Faster Diagnostic Test For Tuberculosis
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 19, 2006
... Tuberculosis , or, TB is a lung infection considered by WHO as one of the most common and deadly infectious diseases today. It is prevalent in developing countries, particularly in Asia and...
TB and vitamin D, linked
in Straightfromthedoc, on February 27, 2006
...y published February 23 by Science suggests that vitamin D supplements could be used to fight TB or tuberculosis, a disease that kills two million people a year, especially in developing countries.
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Big Pharmaceuticals Expected to Repatriate $100B
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 21, 2006
...rmaceutical industry.
Mark Edwards , managing director of biotech alliance consulting firm Recombinant Capital , cites a good example of how big pharma firms can re-invest their foreign profi...
Exubera May Eliminate Need For Insulin Injections
in Daily Diabetic, on February 12, 2006
...stration's approval today of the first ever inhaled insulin. Exubera, an inhaled powder form of recombinant human insulin (rDNA) for the treatment of adult patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes...
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Gets Priority Review From FDA
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 10, 2006
...ed that its investigational cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil® (quadrivalent human papillomavirus recombinant vaccine), will be given priority review by the US FDA. A Biologics License Application ha...
The Stop Tuberculosis Partnership Receives $300M From Gates Foundation
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 31, 2006
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This entry is submitted by Gloria Gamat, via Creative Reporter . To save 14 million deaths from tuberculosis, world leaders have been asked to back a multi-billion dollar plan over the next ten ye...
EU Regulators Approve Generic Growth Hormone Omnitrope
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 29, 2006
... treatment of growth disturbance and growth hormone Deficiency in children and adults. It is recombinant-DNA derived, and being a biosimilar is the first biosimilar to be given backing by the E...
NYC to monitor diabetics
in Straightfromthedoc, on December 15, 2005
... keep track of people with diabetes in much the same way it does with patients infected with HIV or tuberculosis.
The city will occasionally use its database to prod diabetics to take better care of ...
Amgen Sues Roche Over Anemia Drug
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 10, 2005
...ion of the anemia drug, CERA, which is already in the final stage of clinical trials, also contains recombinant erythropoietin, which forms the basis for Amgen's Epogen.
According to Amgen's...
Warburg & CITIC Funds China Pharmaceuticals
in China Venture News, on November 9, 2005
...The company also specializes in biopharmaceuticals, or medicines that use biological agents such as recombinant DNA in the manufacturing process instead of the chemical synthesis used for more traditi...
Plectasin: Novel Antimicrobial Peptide
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 12, 2005
...la , the antimicrobial peptide is called plectasin the first defensin ever found in fungi.
Using recombinant technology, plectasin was produced at a very high, and commercially viable, yield and pu...
Nutra Pharma Announces $9.6 Million Financing Agreement
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 23, 2005
...stic test kits designed to be used for the rapid identification of infectious diseases such as Tuberculosis (TB) and Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI)
Read Nutra Pharma's press releas...
Probiotic Dental Care Using GMO
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 18, 2005
...ent cavities.
The idea is scientifically grounded. They say that the mutant strain does not make a recombinant protein or displace other bateria living on the tongue and gums. And certainly, the use ...
Top 100 Biotechnology Companies 2004
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 14, 2005
...ach treat either unserved or underserved diseases or conditions, and whether they're sourced by recombinant proteins, peptides, monoclonals, or synthetic drugs or their administration is parentera...
Recombinant Tuberculosis Vaccine
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 29, 2005
...ent who will test it in clinical trials early 2006.
According to the press release , the recombinant BCG has shown more efficacy against tuberculosis in preclinical studies, and confers pro... ...estigations , Max Planck researchers revealed the mechanism by which the new genetically engineered tuberculosis (BCG) vaccine functions. The vaccine has been licensed to the Vakzine Projekt Manageme...