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New outbreak of polio in Syria may endanger neighbouring regions, warn experts

Two infectious disease experts have written to The Lancet warning that a new outbreak of polio (due to infection with wild-type polio virus 1, WPV1) in Syria, recently confirmed by WHO, might endanger neighbouring regions, including Europe.

8 Nov 2013

Clinical testing expanded for vaccine against latent TB

Statens Serum Institut and Aeras today announced the initiation of a Phase I/IIa clinical trial for a candidate tuberculosis vaccine designed to protect people, especially those latently infected with TB, from developing active TB disease.

8 Nov 2013

GHIT Fund makes new investments in potential treatments for malaria, tuberculosis and Chagas disease

The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund, a new public health partnership that is bringing Japanese know-how and investment to the global fight against infectious diseases, announced today grants of US$5.7 million to six global partnerships working on innovative drugs and vaccines against malaria, tuberculosis and Chagas disease.

8 Nov 2013

GHIT Fund grants US$5.7 million to six global partnerships working on vaccines against malaria

The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund), a new public health partnership that is bringing Japanese know-how and investment to the global fight against infectious diseases, announced today grants of US$5.7 million to six global partnerships working on innovative drugs and vaccines against malaria, tuberculosis and Chagas disease.

8 Nov 2013

New hand-held device can help prevent thousands of unnecessary TB deaths

Thousands of deaths from tuberculosis, an infectious bacterial disease, could be prevented using a new hand-held device that is being developed to detect potentially fatal drug resistance in less than 15 minutes.

7 Nov 2013

Diagnostic technology advancing but barriers prevent integration into care, IDSA report warns

Despite advances in diagnostic technology, there is an urgent need for tests that are easy to use, identify the bug causing an infection and provide results faster than current tests, according to a report from the Infectious Diseases Society of America published today in a special supplement to Clinical Infectious Diseases.

7 Nov 2013

Researchers, clinicians discuss recent findings that could bring hope for people with HIV

Since the onset of the AIDS pandemic more than three decades ago, researchers from the lab and physicians in the clinic have been working toward one shared goal: an AIDS-free world. This week, a conference hosted by the journals Cell and The Lancet brought leading researchers and clinicians together to discuss recent findings that could bring hope to the estimated 35 million people world-wide who live with HIV.

7 Nov 2013

PDL BioPharma closes financing transaction with Durata Therapeutics

PDL BioPharma, Inc. announced today that it closed a financing transaction with Durata Therapeutics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics for patients with infectious diseases and acute illnesses.

6 Nov 2013

Finding challenges assumption that bisexual men responsible for HIV transmission to female partners

The number of HIV positive men who have sex with both men and women is likely no higher than the number of HIV positive heterosexual men, according to a U.S.-based analysis by University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health researchers.

6 Nov 2013

FDA grants Orphan Drug Designation to Advaxis' ADXS-HPV for HPV-associated head and neck cancer

Advaxis, Inc.,, a leader in developing the next generation of cancer immunotherapies, announced that it has been granted Orphan Drug Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office of Orphan Products Development for ADXS-HPV, its lead drug candidate, for the treatment of human papillomavirus-associated head and neck cancer.

6 Nov 2013

AMP 2013 to focus on genomics, proteomics, informatics, reimbursement and optimization of patient care

AMP will host its largest ever annual meeting next week with an expected attendance of more than 1,700 molecular diagnostic professionals plus 1,300 representatives from more than 180 exhibiting companies. With more than 25 hours of educational sessions and 350 poster presentations, the AMP 2013 Annual Meeting is the premier source for educational information on all things molecular.

5 Nov 2013

Researchers find crucial step in determining normal aging

For the first time in a large study sample, the decline in brain function in normal aging is conclusively shown to be influenced by genes, say researchers from the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio and Yale University.

4 Nov 2013

Patients with mutation in gene encoding CX3CR1 at higher risk of candidiasis

Candida albicans is one of the leading causes of hospital-acquired infections in immune compromised patients. The risk of both developing candidiasis and the clinical outcome of infection is variable among patients, and the host-dependent factors that contribute to patient susceptibility to C. albicans infection are poorly understood.

4 Nov 2013

Polyphor, Roche agree to develop and commercialize antibiotic for bacterial infections

Polyphor Ltd, a privately held pharmaceutical company, and Roche announced today that they have entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement to develop and commercialize Polyphor's investigational macrocycle antibiotic, POL7080, for patients suffering from bacterial infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

4 Nov 2013

Scientists find surprising degree of variation among genomes of individual neurons

It was once thought that each cell in a person's body possesses the same DNA code and that the particular way the genome is read imparts cell function and defines the individual. For many cell types in our bodies, however, that is an oversimplification.

4 Nov 2013

VG Life Sciences' peptide awarded US patent for HIV treatment

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued on October 15, 2013 Patent No.: US 8,557,764 covering the VG Life Sciences' peptide VG1177 for treating HIV infection.

31 Oct 2013

Researchers receive grant to develop new device that identifies healthy sperm cells for IVF

The World Health Organization estimates more than 70 million couples worldwide are unable to conceive each year, with close to a third of those cases attributable solely to issues with male fertility-including low sperm count and low sperm motility (a limited ability to swim).

31 Oct 2013

New finding could help lead to better treatments for eczema

For the millions of people suffering from the intensely red, horribly itchy skin condition known as eczema, the only thing more maddening than their disease is the lack of understanding of what causes it, or makes it flare up from time to time.

31 Oct 2013

EcoHealth Alliance discovers new SARS-like coronavirus in Chinese horseshoe bats

EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit organization that focuses on local conservation and global health issues, announced the discovery of a new SARS-like coronavirus (CoV) in Chinese horseshoe bats.

31 Oct 2013

GHIT Fund to host panel discussion to examine recent successes, setbacks in global health

The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund, along with the New York Academy of Sciences and Japan Society, will host a panel discussion - comprised of preeminent global health experts - to examine recent successes and setbacks in global health and what they see as the secret ingredient to moving a vaccine, cure or diagnostic across the finish line and into the field.

31 Oct 2013

Infectious Diseases News and Research

New outbreak of polio in Syria may endanger neighbouring regions, warn experts

Clinical testing expanded for vaccine against latent TB

GHIT Fund makes new investments in potential treatments for malaria, tuberculosis and Chagas disease

GHIT Fund grants US$5.7 million to six global partnerships working on vaccines against malaria

New hand-held device can help prevent thousands of unnecessary TB deaths

Diagnostic technology advancing but barriers prevent integration into care, IDSA report warns

Researchers, clinicians discuss recent findings that could bring hope for people with HIV

PDL BioPharma closes financing transaction with Durata Therapeutics

Finding challenges assumption that bisexual men responsible for HIV transmission to female partners

FDA grants Orphan Drug Designation to Advaxis' ADXS-HPV for HPV-associated head and neck cancer

AMP 2013 to focus on genomics, proteomics, informatics, reimbursement and optimization of patient care

Researchers find crucial step in determining normal aging

Patients with mutation in gene encoding CX3CR1 at higher risk of candidiasis

Polyphor, Roche agree to develop and commercialize antibiotic for bacterial infections

Scientists find surprising degree of variation among genomes of individual neurons

VG Life Sciences' peptide awarded US patent for HIV treatment

Researchers receive grant to develop new device that identifies healthy sperm cells for IVF

New finding could help lead to better treatments for eczema

EcoHealth Alliance discovers new SARS-like coronavirus in Chinese horseshoe bats

GHIT Fund to host panel discussion to examine recent successes, setbacks in global health

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