...are expected at holy sites in Saudi Arabia for the 2009 Hajj, expected to begin around November 25. To combat the threat posed by H1N1 influenza A, the Saudi Arabian Health Ministry has issued public health recommendations, including...

In this article: H1N1, Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Health, Influenza A, Medical advice, Islam, Asthma, and The Lancet

...of Science Translational Medicine. The study looked at herpes simplex 2 virus, not herpes simplex 1 virus, which causes cold sores or fever blisters , though it can also cause genital lesions. Schiffer said he suspected the findings would...

In this article: Herpes simplex, University of Washington in Seattle, Genital Herpes, Famciclovir, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Sexually transmitted disease, and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

...by the end of this week, according to the Health Department. Patent # !!! US Patent # 20090010962 - Genetically Engineered Swine Influenza Virus and Uses Thereof - US Patent Held by Robert Webster and Richard Webby, World Health...

In this article: Influenza Virus, World Health Organization, and Connecticut

...18 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST Roche `s (SWX:RO) (SWX:ROG) (Pink Sheets: RHHBY) RealTime ready Influenza A/ H1N1 Detection Set for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug...

In this article: H1N1, FDA, Influenza Virus, Google map, Nucleic acid, and US

...that markers have been developed for, such as: breast cancer , prostate cancer , lung cancer , HIV , Hepatitis C , Influenza virus (including H1N1 and others), Epstein-Barr virus , and bacterial infections, such as E. Coli. The test works by...

In this article: IBM, Zurich, IBM Research, Semiconductor, Cancer, HIV, Influenza, and Hepatitis C virus

...- 3:00 PST The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has approved a fifth vaccine for protection against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. The vaccine is manufactured by ID Biomedical Corp. of Quebec , Canada , owned by...

In this article: H1N1, FDA, Influenza Virus, Cold, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Quebec

Article Date: 17 Nov 2009 - 2:00 PST Viruses are microscopically sized parasites. They plant their genes in the cells of their victim in order to 'reprogram' them. The infected cells then no longer produce what they need to live, making...

In this article: Influenza Virus, Card9, and Technical University of Munich

...type of stomach flu. More than 100 students and two teachers at the Seymour Middle School Sixth Grade Center became sick from the norovirus and the school was closed on Nov. 6. Paul Ramsey of the Jackson County Health Department says...

In this article: Norovirus, All rights reserved, WTHR, Diarrhea, Vomiting, and Dispatch Broadcast Group

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is an enigmatic, profoundly debilitating and potentially life-threatening disease with which a new retrovirus was recently associated. Researchers are investigating the possible role of this virus in the...

In this article: Ampligen, Food and Drug Administration, Retrovirus, Alferon LDO, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Nucleic acid, Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and Sexually transmitted disease

Article Date: 16 Nov 2009 - 3:00 PST Screening for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among pregnant women on methadone maintenance treatment and their infants is inadequate, according to the authors of a study published in the Medical...

In this article: Methadone, The Medical Journal of Australia, Hepatitis C, Medical advice, Hepatitis C virus, Cancer, Australian Medical Association, University of Sydney, and Australia

...counterparts, which generally comprise compact genomes packed in protein shells, and enter cells via specific portals. For example, the retrovirus HIV-1 has only nine genes in its RNA genome and infects cells by binding to specific...

In this article: HIV, Medical advice, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Retrovirus, AIDS, Transmission, and Terrence Higgins Trust

...sites in the human genetic material in this process. This finding may be useful for developing new, specific AIDS drugs. Like all retroviruses , the AIDS virus (HIV ) integrates its DNA into the genome of the infected cell. As...

In this article: HIV, Retrovirus, Integrase, Medical advice, Reverse transcriptase inhibitors, Protease inhibitors, AIDS Drugs, and AIDS

...Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has approved the company 's application for accelerated approval of its seasonal flu vaccine, Afluria® ( Influenza Virus Vaccine) for use in the pediatric population aged 6 months and older. This approval also...

In this article: H1N1, CSL Limited, Influenza, Influenza A, FDA, Influenza vaccine, Thimerosal, Medical advice, Google map, and Cough

...with Hurler syndrome that were cultured in the laboratory. They successfully used what is called a viral vector (in this case a lentivirus ) to insert a healthy version of the IDUA gene into early stage red blood cell cultures, and a hybrid...

In this article: Hurler syndrome, Lysosomal storage disease, MPS I, Medical advice, Lentivirus, Acromegaly, Dermatan sulfate, Cancer, and Heparin

...and cell therapy," added Cornetta , whose own lab at Indiana University has long researched how to safely develop gene delivery using lentiviruses , HIV 's family. The research was published in Friday's edition of the journal Science. In 20...

In this article: HIV, Lentivirus, University Paris, Leukemia, Dementia, Brain damage, Adrenoleukodystrophy, and AIDS

...Food and Drug Administration published a guidance document that should help manufacturers develop diagnostic tests for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. Although there are not any FDA -approved or cleared tests that diagnose this specific...

In this article: FDA, H1N1, Influenza Virus, Google map, Kathleen Sebelius, and Department of Health and Human Services

...that treat diseases through protein silencing, presented results of preclinical studies on its highly selective, small molecule Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) protease inhibitor , AVL -181. Avila showed that AVL -181 promoted complete viral...

In this article: Hepatitis C virus, Protease inhibitor, Boston, and American Association

Article Date: 31 Oct 2009 - 1:00 PDT Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ( Nasdaq : IDIX), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of human viral diseases, announced presentations of data on...

In this article: Hepatitis, Ribavirin, Nucleotide, American Association, Guanosine, Hepatitis C virus, Medical advice, SEC, and Annual report