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| Inovio Biomedical Corporation (AMEX:INO), a leader in enabling the development of DNA vaccines using electroporation-based DNA delivery, announced today that its partner, Tripep AB, reported preliminary results indicating a dramatic reduction in hepatitis C viral load in its ongoing phase I/II clinical study of its ChronVac-C® therapeutic DNA vaccine, which is delivered using Inovio’s electroporation-based DNA delivery system. This result is from the first patient in the middle dose group to complete treatment against hepatitis C virus infection. Samples taken before, during and... |
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| Pharmaceutical manufacturer Tec Labs has been ranked first overall by The Scientist magazine as the top company to work for in their international survey for 2008. |
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| Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of The Nippon Foundation, has pointed to lack of infrastructure as one of the key problems facing Africa’s farmers, preventing the kind of “green revolution” that took place in Asia. Speaking to African leaders in the plenary session on private public partnership (29 May) at the Fourth Tokyo Conference on African Development (TICAD IV), he said that “even if farmers increase their harvest, there are no markets where they can sell their produce. Or where markets exist, the farmers lack access to them.” |
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| In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of UN peacekeeping, on the occasion of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, the Better World Campaign today released a Public Service Announcement (PSA) featuring George Clooney entitled “Peace is Hard.” |
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| Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of The Nippon Foundation, has pointed to lack of infrastructure as one of the key problems facing Africa’s farmers, preventing the kind of “green revolution” that took place in Asia. Speaking to African leaders in the plenary session on private public partnership (29 May) at the Fourth Tokyo Conference on African Development (TICAD IV), he said that “even if farmers increase their harvest, there are no markets where they can sell their produce. Or where markets exist, the farmers lack access to them.” |
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| African Leaders Gather in Tokyo to Urge Action Against Malaria, the Leading Killer of African Children |
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| African leaders: defeating malaria key to African development. Controlling malaria can save more than one million people a year worldwide. |
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| Dr. Roger Kenneth Hershline PhD MD, CEO Global Humanceuticals, Inc. announced today that he has placed LiSAVIOR, an HIV drug in their development pipeline, into his company's High Priority status. Global Humanceuticals is highly interested to hear from prospective clinical trial participants from both the professional or treating group and the subject or treatment group. |
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| Two Las Vegas clinics are linked to an outbreak of hepatitis C and HIV. The Nevada Health District sent more than 40,000 "Dear Patient" letters to those treated after March 2004 . Patients treated before March 2004 have not been warned that they are at risk of infection of these contagious diseases. |
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| Mains Associates now provides access to a science knowledge base highlighting NASA's research contributions to challenges in the biosciences related to space exploration. Many of these results can also benefit the ultimate funders of this research, the public. |
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