http://www.netvouz.com/spisio/tag/health?feed=rss spisio's bookmarks tagged "health" on Netvouz http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/09/19/ancient-viral-dna-may-be-essential-to-mammal-reproduction/ A recent experiment supports the theory that certain DNA sequences in mammals, which originated from ancient retroviruses, played a key role in the evolution of the placenta. spisio Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:12:09 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/29/biophage-pharma-inc-developing-alternative-treatment-for-drug-resistant-bacteria/ The Montreal based Biophage Pharma Inc. announced that it is developing a method to treat bacterial infections without the use of antibiotics. Their treatment consists of using Biophage PDS Biosensors to diagnose the infection and phage therapy to treat i spisio Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:34:22 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/09/27/canadian-biotech-leaders-looking-for-tax-breaks/ Over 50 Canadian biotech leaders will be calling on federal politicians this week to increase funding and decrease taxes for their industry. They are hoping that the tax breaks will be an incentive for emerging biotech companies to spur an increase in medical developments. spisio Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:17:08 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/09/08/chinese-biotech-company-reveals-positive-results-for-bird-flu-vaccine/ An experimental vaccine developed by Chinese scientists has produced an immune response in healthy people to the H5N1 avian flu virus. Sinovac Biotech Co. Ltd. released early trial results in The Lancet medical journal today. spisio Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:01:56 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/09/08/chinese-biotech-company-reveals-positive-results-for-bird-flu-vaccine/ An experimental vaccine developed by Chinese scientists has produced an immune response in healthy people to the H5N1 avian flu virus. Sinovac Biotech Co. Ltd. released early trial results in The Lancet medical journal today. spisio Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:05:06 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/28/diagnosis-of-a-virus-with-a-microchip/ A microchip with the ability to rapidly diagnose illness-causing viruses has recently been developed by the University of Colorado and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The FluChip is able to distinguish the type and subtype of 72 infl spisio Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:34:22 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/24/embryo-safe-stem-cells-still-not-good-enough/ With recent stem cell laws grinding research to a crawl, scientists have made a welcoming discovery. A new procedure is able to extract stem cells from an embryo while leaving it viable. Researchers are hoping that this method will help avoid any restrict spisio Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:34:23 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/10/11/fast-healing-gel-derived-from-maggot-enzymes/ Stephen Britland from the University of Bradford and his research team have discovered that removing dead flesh is not the maggot’s only secret to speeding up the healing process. It turns out that they also secrete a combination of enzymes that accelerate tissue repair in patients. spisio Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:52:00 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/10/12/red-cross-warns-eu-to-halt-the-spread-of-drug-resistant-tuberculosis/ The secretary-general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies issued a warning to the European Union leaders to halt the spread of tuberculosis. TB is an extremely deadly and contagious respiratory disease, but it is curable for now. spisio Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:22:10 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/09/11/researchers-track-how-drugs-are-released-into-cells-using-fluorescent-imaging/ Researchers at Purdue University have, for the first time, discovered a visual method of tracking exactly how a drug is released into a cell. This discovery will aid in the creation of very specific drugs that are only delivered to targeted diseased cells. spisio Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:31:40 GMT