Keyword: National Institutes of Health

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New Technology Speeding Progress on Bird Flu Vaccine

13.04.2013 - Even as U.S. officials this week awaited the arrival of a sample of the new bird flu virus from China - typically the first step in making a flu vaccine - government-backed...

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Revived Search for a TB Vaccine May Be About to Pay Off

01.02.2013 - After nearly 100 years, researchers could be on the verge of finding a vaccine that would eradicate tuberculosis infections, a scourge that kills 1.4 million people a year. Global...

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Atox Bio to Seek Funds by Year-End for More Trials

04.09.2012 - Israeli biotechnology firm Atox Bio, developing a drug it hopes can treat severe infections such as those caused by flesh-eating bacteria and deadly viruses, expects to ask...

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Planned Science Cuts Could Hurt U.S. Economy

01.03.2011 - Proposed budget cuts to U.S. scientific research institutions would put the United States at an economic disadvantage with China and India, a former George W. Bush administration...