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Journal Stem Cell Translational Medicine to Publish Article on FDA Communications and the Regulatory Pathway for Cell-Based Therapies

(Marketwire) The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM), the international organization representing the interests of the regenerative medicine community, announced the publication today of an article on FDA communications to help companies developing cell-based therapies by clarifying the development pathway. The article, entitled “Communications with the FDA on the Development Pathway for a Cell-Based Therapy: Why, Read More »

October 18, 2012
| Filed under North America, Public Health, and Research
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61 Now Ill in North Carolina E. coli Outbreak

(Food Safety News) The deadly E. coli outbreak linked to the Cleveland County Fair in North Carolina grew to 61 cases by Wednesday. At least 10 people have been hospitalized. This latest figures comes less than a week after 2-year-old Gage Lefever died from his infection last Friday. His funeral services were held on Wednesday Read More »

October 18, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Public Health
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Germs in space: Preventing infection on long flights

(Brown University) On a long spaceflight unique conditions including microgravity could give microbes the upper hand, but not if astronauts and their spacecrafts are properly prepared. In a new paper, infectious disease expert Dr. Leonard Mermel brings together a broad base of research to come up with specific recommendations for keeping astronauts safe in deeper Read More »

October 17, 2012
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Wide discrepancy in surveillance and control of infections in ICUs

(EurekAlert) Screening practices for multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in intensive care units (ICUs) vary widely from hospital to hospital, according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University School of Nursing and published in the October 2012 issue of the American Journal of Infection Control. Researchers found that of the hospitals surveyed, a little more Read More »

October 17, 2012
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The Armageddon virus: Why experts fear a disease that leaps from animals to humans could devastate mankind in the next five years

(Mail Online) The symptoms appear suddenly with a headache, high fever, joint pain, stomach pain and vomiting. As the illness progresses, patients can develop large areas of bruising and uncontrolled bleeding. In at least 30 per cent of cases, Crimean-Congo Viral Hemorrhagic Fever is fatal. And so it proved this month when a 38-year-old garage owner Read More »