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Diseases can be tracked better and faster with new tech
2013-10-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Surveillance is key to eliminating and preventing infectious diseases. Early detection offers the chance of rapid response, which can stop a handful of cases or a few clusters of illness from becoming something far worse. Take polio. Surveillance underpins the current global eradication effort: without it, we wouldn't know where or how the virus circulates, as 90 per cent of cases have no symptoms, which makes it difficult to identify them. As a result of early detection, however, 99 per cent...
Results from a New Poll: Many Adults Aged 60-Plus Plan to Take Steps to Avoid Flu but Not Other Potentially Preventable Diseases Such as Shingles
2013-10-08 14:30:00| Merck.com - Corporate News
Dateline City: WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. Reinforces Need for Healthcare Professionals and Patients to Discuss Shingles Flu is at the top of the list of diseases older adults plan to ask about, according to results from a new Harris Interactive consumer awareness survey, sponsored by Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada. Most (68 percent) of the more than 600 surveyed adults age 60 and older are at least somewhat likely to ask their healthcare professional (doctors or pharmacists) about preventing the flu this year, and are significantly more likely to ask about this than prevention of other potentially serious diseases like shingles. Language: English Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Grants Announced
2013-10-02 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK & US - A collaboration between BBSRC, the USA's National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded more than $16M in Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) grants.
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Sun Pharma and Intrexon Form Joint Venture to Develop New Class of Therapeutics for Ocular Diseases
2013-10-01 23:09:48| Chemicals - Topix.net
Initial targets are dry age-related macular degeneration , glaucoma and retinitis pigmentosa.
Data from Mercks Investigational Hepatitis C Treatment Portfolio to be Presented at the 64th American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Annual Meeting
2013-10-01 16:00:00| Merck.com - Research & Development News
Dateline City: WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the presentation of data from studies evaluating the companys investigational oral chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatments MK-5172 and MK-8742 at the 64th American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Annual Meeting (AASLD). The meeting is scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C., Nov. 1-5, 2013. Language: English Contact: MerckMedia:Sarra Herzog, 908-423-6154orInvestor:Carol Ferguson, 908-423-4465Justin Holko, 908-423-5088 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
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