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Where does non-emergency food aid fit in development?

"Pre-positioning food stocks has some important advantages besides saving time: it can lower program costs for the food itself and shipping. Mostly, however, it's crazy that the Congress still requires that U.S. food aid be bought here and transported around the world on U.S.-flagged ships," Kimberly Ann Elliott, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, writes on the "Views from the Center" blog.

15 Jun 2011

EOW hosts national conference to highlight practice of Female Genital Mutilation

Girls from the UK are being subjected to illegal genital mutilation, despite the devastating consequences, a University of Leicester postgraduate student claims.

15 Jun 2011

APP announces $38 million expansion of New York manufacturing facility

APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals Holding, Inc., announced today a $38 million expansion of its Grand Island, New York manufacturing facility.

15 Jun 2011

ESC publishes position paper to raise the profile of vulnerable plaques

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology has published a position paper to raise the profile of vulnerable plaques and the need for greater use of therapies to promote plaque stabilisation.

15 Jun 2011

Ontarians can now register as organ and tissue donors online through new web site

For the first time ever, Ontarians can now register as organ and tissue donors online through a new web site, BeADonor.ca. Every registered donor has the potential to save up to eight lives.

15 Jun 2011

Novartis Bexsero pivotal study data on meningococcal serogroup B presented at ESPID

New data from a pivotal study in more than 1,800 infants show that Novartis candidate vaccine Bexsero induces a robust immune response to meningococcal serogroup B when given alone or when co-administered with other routine vaccines.

15 Jun 2011

FAO initiative aims to expand sustainable crop production methods among small farmers

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released a report on Monday outlining a new initiative that aims to expand sustainable crop production, Wall Street Journal's "The Source" blog reports.

15 Jun 2011

Tubularized incised plate procedure effective for boys with hypospadias

A pediatric urologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center who pioneered a surgical technique for repairing a common birth defect in boys reports the procedure is singularly effective in correcting the problem with few complications.

15 Jun 2011

Reovirus with paclitaxel, carboplatin can treat metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

A type of virus known as the human reovirus possesses a remarkable trait: It can replicate inside and kill cancer cells that feature a common mutation, while leaving the body's normal cells alone.

15 Jun 2011

World Economic Forum on East Asia panel calls for governments to do more to achieve MDGs

Economists at a meeting of the World Economic Forum on East Asia called on governments to do more to meet the Millennium Development Goal targets, VOA News reports.

15 Jun 2011

Researchers reveal how anti-arrhythmic drugs control irregular heartbeats

University of British Columbia researchers - using an innovative, atom-by-atom substitution method - have uncovered the mechanism by which a particular class of drugs controls irregular heartbeats.

15 Jun 2011

immatics initiates IMA901 Phase III trial in renal cell carcinoma

igoommatics biotechnologies GmbH, a biopharmaceutical company developing advanced therapeutic vaccines that are active against cancer, announced today that the first patients have been vaccinated in the IMPRINT study, a pivotal Phase III trial with IMA901, the company's lead cancer vaccine for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma.

15 Jun 2011

Meningitis vaccine showing success in West Africa

The New York Times reports on the success of a new meningococcal vaccine in West Africa, where very few cases of the disease have been detected in countries that use MenAfriVac, which costs 50 cents per dose.

15 Jun 2011

Meda presents new positive results from Dymista Phase-III trial on AR at EAACI 2011

Meda presents new positive results from a Phase-III clinical trial of Dymista at the annual meeting of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) in Istanbul, Turkey.

15 Jun 2011

BDC releases new technology to aid medical device industry with product design testing

Endovascular stents, stent grafts, and transcatheter heart valve (TAVI) devices provide enhanced methods for clinical treatment of cardiac and vascular disease. Further research and product development is currently ongoing worldwide to address complications associated with these devices.

15 Jun 2011

Study investigates effects of dopamine replacement therapy on cognition in patients with Parkinson's

Dopamine replacement therapy, which is used to manage motor symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease, can, at times, adversely affect cognition.

15 Jun 2011

Large donations help GAVI raise $4.3B, exceeding goal

"Large donations from the U.K., Norway and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation helped a global vaccine charity raise $4.3 billion at a summit Monday, exceeding its targets and allowing it to carry out all its immunization plans through 2015," the Wall Street Journal reports.

15 Jun 2011

Scientists use time-lapse technique to create lab model for ovarian cancer

Scientists at Harvard University have created a laboratory model using time-lapse video microscopic technology that allows observation of early stages of ovarian cancer metastasis.

15 Jun 2011

New method could shorten healing times for dental implants

The technology used to replace lost teeth with titanium dental implants could be improved. By studying the surface structure of dental implants not only at micro level but also at nano level, researchers at the University of Gothenburg; Sweden, have come up with a method that could shorten the healing time for patients.

15 Jun 2011

Bariatric surgery reduces risk of heart attack, stroke or death

Bariatric surgery can cut the incidence of heart attack, stroke or death by as much as 50 percent, according to a new study presented here at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery.

15 Jun 2011

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Where does non-emergency food aid fit in development?

EOW hosts national conference to highlight practice of Female Genital Mutilation

APP announces $38 million expansion of New York manufacturing facility

ESC publishes position paper to raise the profile of vulnerable plaques

Ontarians can now register as organ and tissue donors online through new web site

Novartis Bexsero pivotal study data on meningococcal serogroup B presented at ESPID

FAO initiative aims to expand sustainable crop production methods among small farmers

Tubularized incised plate procedure effective for boys with hypospadias

Reovirus with paclitaxel, carboplatin can treat metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

World Economic Forum on East Asia panel calls for governments to do more to achieve MDGs

Researchers reveal how anti-arrhythmic drugs control irregular heartbeats

immatics initiates IMA901 Phase III trial in renal cell carcinoma

Meningitis vaccine showing success in West Africa

Meda presents new positive results from Dymista Phase-III trial on AR at EAACI 2011

BDC releases new technology to aid medical device industry with product design testing

Study investigates effects of dopamine replacement therapy on cognition in patients with Parkinson's

Large donations help GAVI raise $4.3B, exceeding goal

Scientists use time-lapse technique to create lab model for ovarian cancer

New method could shorten healing times for dental implants

Bariatric surgery reduces risk of heart attack, stroke or death

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