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Global burden of dengue is triple current estimates
(EurekAlert) The global burden of dengue infection is more than triple current estimates from the World Health Organization, according to a multinational study published today in the journal ‘Nature’. The research has created the first detailed and up-to-date map of dengue distribution worldwide, enabling researchers to estimate the total numbers of people affected by the Read More »
- April 8, 2013
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DNDi welcomes the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT)
(Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative) The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), based in Geneva, Switzerland, and DNDi Japan, based in Tokyo, welcome the launch of the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund, an initiative supported by the Japanese government, several Japanese pharmaceutical companies, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- April 8, 2013
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Call for DNA biologists to join fight against deadly new threats to wildlife – The Guardian
The GuardianCall for DNA biologists to join fight against deadly new threats to wildlifeThe GuardianSynthetic biology is the technology of designing and building biological devices from scratch. "It goes far beyond tinkering with existing genomes of organisms by adding one or two extra genes," said Professor Paul Freemont of the Centre for Synthetic …
- April 6, 2013
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Call for DNA biologists to join fight against deadly new threats to wildlife – The Guardian
The GuardianCall for DNA biologists to join fight against deadly new threats to wildlifeThe GuardianSynthetic biology is the technology of designing and building biological devices from scratch. "It goes far beyond tinkering with existing genomes of organisms by adding one or two extra genes," said Professor Paul Freemont of the Centre for Synthetic …
- April 6, 2013
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Revealing the weapons by which bacteria fight each other
(EurekAlert) A new study which was performed jointly at Umeå University and the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, discovered that bacteria can degrade the cell membrane of bacterial competitors with enzymes that do not harm their own membrane. This exciting finding opens the way for the development of new antibacterial drugs to fight bacteria Read More »
- April 5, 2013
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