University of Colorado licenses two influenza virus detection discoveries to Quidel Corp.
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...g into care in both Queensland and NSW are showing clinical signs of the disease and it seems to be getting worse." The vaccine will be administered to a small number of koalas via an injection either under the skin or intramuscularly. "The first phase of the trial will run for between six and 12 months,...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
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...rofessor of medicine and associate director of the clinical research program in cardiovascular medicine at UFs College of Medicine. UF researchers studied 22,500 patients enrolled in the landmark International Verapamil SR-Trandolapril study, known as INVEST, and tracked a subgroup of 5,017 Hispanic and 4,......shing July 13, 2007 in PLoS Computational Biology, clinical responses to antiretroviral drug therapy are simul...ition or await the results of expensive, long-term clinical trials”, says Mittler. By presenting a detailed model that makes concrete quantitative predictions a...Researchers discover human embryonic stem cells are the ultimate perpetual fuel cell
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...sting relief of chronic pain is rare and often the clinical goal is pain management through one or more medications. But now researchers at The University of Manchester have examined microscopic amoeboid organisms commonly called slime moulds in a bid to gain greater insight into these pain molecules, known...5 OHSU faculty members singled out for honors
...chair of the department of medical informatics and clinical epidemiology (DMICE) in the School of Medicine. Hersh has been a pioneer and international leader in the rapidly evolving field of biomedical informatics. Under his leadership, OHSU has developed one of the nations most respected academic programs in...FDA finds no strong link between tomatoes and reduced cancer risk
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