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Manitoba PED Infected Farms Cleared of Virus

2015-11-02 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CANADA - The manager of animal health and welfare programs with Manitoba Pork says farms in the province that had been infected with PED no longer pose any risk of transmitting the virus, writes Bruce Cochrane.

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First cancer-killing virus finally approved by FDA

2015-10-29 21:00:50| Extremetech

The age of cancer-killing viruses is upon us. It's a modest first step, but the implications are huge.

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FDA approves drug that uses herpes virus to fight cancer

2015-10-28 17:54:23| Biotech - Topix.net

The Food and Drug Administration approved the injectable drug from Amgen Inc. for patients with hard-to-treat melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer that is expected to be diagnosed in 74,000 U.S. patients this year. For now, the drug is only approved for melanoma tumors that cannot be removed surgically.

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Ebola virus can linger in semen of some men nine months after onset of symptoms

2015-10-15 09:46:03| Biotech - Topix.net

Preliminary results of a study into persistence of Ebola virus in body fluids show that some men still produce semen samples that test positive for Ebola virus nine months after onset of symptoms. The report, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, provides the first results of a long-term study being jointly conducted by the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone Ministry of Defence, the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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