Researchers in the US have developed a new type of treatment that could herald a new approach to fighting infectious diseases that stimulates the immune system to protect the body against a range of bacteria instead of relying on antibiotics to attack them directly, which can lead to the emergence of resistant strains of pathogens…
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Researchers at the Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Center (NSC) of the University of Jyvaskyla (Dr Olga Lopez-Acevedo and Professor Hannu Hakkinen) have resolved the structural, electronic and optical properties of a chiral gold nanocluster that remained a mystery for ten years…
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You might call it comparing apples and oranges, but lining up different species’ genomes is common practice in evolutionary research. Scientists can see how species have evolved, pinpoint which sections of DNA are similar between species, meaning they probably are crucial to the animals’ survival, or sketch out evolutionary trees in places where the fossil record is spotty…
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In their ongoing studies of how yeast (fungi) can infect a host and cause disease, a research team at the Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has made an unexpected discovery…
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The Wall Street Journal examines GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) plan to share its database of compounds that could treat tropical diseases. The initiative will test how well “open-source principles work for developing new drugs,” the newspaper reports…
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GeoVax Labs, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: GOVX), a biotechnology company that creates, develops and tests innovative HIV/AIDS vaccines, announced The AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta (ARCA) has received approval to begin enrollment of the first therapeutic trial ever conducted using a promising HIV vaccine candidate from GeoVax, Inc…
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NewLink Genetics Corporation announced treatment of the first patient in a nationwide Phase 3 clinical trial of its HyperAcute®-Pancreas cancer immunotherapy for patients who have successfully undergone pancreatic surgical resection…
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Cross Country Healthcare got a three-year extension on its revolving credit facility, but amount has been cut by a third. (CCRN)

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The Colorado Hospital Association filed a lawsuit against the state on Friday, claiming that new regulations put forth by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) unreasonably raise hospital costs and threaten access to care for many Coloradans.

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Maxygen Inc. will repurchase up to $10 million in common stock by the end of the year. (MAXY)

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