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Infectious Disease Defined

Any contagious disease caused by pathogens, which are organisms that enter the body and cause it to be sick

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Changes To Embryonic Stem Cells Caused By Down Syndrome Revealed By Scientists

Published September 6, 2008, 3:16 am, Medical News Today

Scientists investigating the mechanisms of Down Syndrome (DS) have revealed the earliest developmental changes in embryonic stem cells caused by an extra copy of human chromosome 21 - the aberrant inheritance of which results in the condition. Their study is published online in the American Journal of Human Genetics.

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Weller, Nobel-Prize Winning Public Health Researcher, Dead at 93

Published September 5, 2008, 7:36 am, The Harvard Crimson

Thomas H. Weller, a Nobel laureate who spent decades as a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and whose tissue-culture research paved the way to the development of vaccines for polio and other viral diseases such as chicken pox and measles, died on Aug. 23 at his home in Needham, Mass. He was 93.

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BioCryst Reports Results From BCX-4208 Phase IIa Trial In Subjects With Psoriasis

Published September 5, 2008, 7:14 am, Medical News Today

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: BCRX) announced results from the completed Phase IIa trial of BCX-4208 in patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

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$400 million donated to MIT-Harvard biomed institute

Published September 5, 2008, 5:23 am, Journal Inquirer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Billionaire philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad announced Thursday that they’re adding $400 million to a joint biomedical venture at Harvard and MIT, saying they want to accelerate research into treatments for a slew of debilitating diseases.

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Cystic Fibrosis - Axentis Pharma Initiates Clinical Trial For Lung Infections

Published September 5, 2008, 3:15 am, Medical News Today

Axentis Pharma AG has initiated a clinical phase IIa trial to assess the safety and tolerability of a new therapeutic formulation for the treatment of severe pulmonary infection in cystic fibrosis patients. The new formulation allows an established therapeutic agent to be delivered directly to the site of infection.

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Couple donates $400M to joint MIT-Harvard biomed institute

Published September 5, 2008, 12:13 am, The Barre Montpelier Times Argus

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Billionaire philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad announced Thursday that they're adding $400 million to a joint biomedical venture at Harvard and MIT, saying they want to accelerate research into treatments for a slew of debilitating diseases. ... - By STEVE LeBLANC The Associated Press

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Philanthropists give $400M to MIT-Harvard biomed institute

Published September 4, 2008, 10:08 pm, The Standard-Times

CAMBRIDGE — Billionaire philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad announced Thursday that they are adding $400 million to a joint biomedical venture at Harvard and MIT, saying they want to accelerate research into treatments for many debilitating...

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Amgen and Wyeth Statement on the FDA Safety Announcement Regarding Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Blockers

Published September 4, 2008, 1:54 pm, Centre Daily Times

Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), issued a statement in response to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety announcement regarding opportunistic fungal infections in patients treated with Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) blockers (marketed as Remicade(R) (infliximab), Enbrel(R) (etanercept), Humira(R) (adalimumab) and Cimzia(R) (certolizumab pegol)).

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Study: No link between measles vaccine and autism

Published September 4, 2008, 1:47 pm, CNN.com

The Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine causes neither autism nor gastrointestinal disorders, a study reported Wednesday, disputing a theory that has persisted for a decade.

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Southern Research Institute wins $14M grant

Published September 4, 2008, 12:44 pm, BizJournals

Southern Research Institute has received a $14.7 million National Institutes of Health grant to become a production site for a national collaborative research network designed to expedite drug development.

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  • Longterm ills tied to bad food: Until recently, doctors were focused on the acute phase of food-borne infections, but since the 1990s, there has been ?a more gradual recognition that some of the pathogens do have long-term (effects),? said Marguerite Neill, an infectious-dis ease specialist who teaches at Brown University.

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