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Alnylam files clinical trial application for alpha-1 liver disease, presents data at DDW
2015-05-19 09:30:24| Biotech - Topix.net
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that it has filed a Clinical Trial Application with the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to initiate a Phase 1/2 clinical trial with ALN-AAT, a subcutaneously administered investigational RNAi therapeutic targeting alpha-1 antitrypsin for the treatment of AAT deficiency-associated liver disease . As per the CTA filing, the intended clinical study of ALN-AAT will be performed in normal healthy volunteers, and, then, in subjects with alpha-1 liver disease.
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Over six million larch trees to be cut down in Wales to halt spread of deadly disease
2015-05-18 02:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: More than six million larch trees are to be cut down in Wales to try to halt the spread of a deadly disease, according to a report. Phytophthora ramorum, whose first name means literally plant destroyer, was first found in the UK at a garden centre in Sussex in 2002 and was first found in Wales just five years ago. It has not yet been found on trees in Scotland, but the fungus-like pathogen has been detected in the south-west of the country. In January, leading scientists warned Britains...
Update on Swine Enteric Coronavirus Disease in US
2015-05-18 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The number of pig farm samples that are confirmed positive for porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV) in the last week was seven, while one premises was confirmed with porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) and one with the dual infection (PEDV and PDCoV).
Former Topekan working as 'disease detective'
2015-05-18 00:01:36| Biotech - Topix.net
Malini DeSilva, a Topeka native, serves as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Topeka native Malini DeSilva, who works as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pictured here with her father, Machasen DeSilva, who lives in Topeka.
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World Health Organization urges more politically correct disease names
2015-05-14 20:48:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: World Health Organization World Health Organization (WHO) called on scientists, national authorities and the media to follow best practices in naming new human infectious diseases to minimize unnecessary negative effects on nations, economies and people. read more
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