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Toilet business can bring staggering profit of 900 percent  -  24 Mar 2008
Pravda,Hundreds of millions of others catch infectious and parasitic diseases. As a result, up to 12 percent of medical budgets are spent on the diarrhea treatment

About 118000 Russians suffer from active TB  -  24 Mar 2008
Pravda,The TB-related death rate among all those who passed away as a result of infectious or parasitic diseases makes up 80-85 percent across Russia.

Upstream Biosciences' Novel Agents to Treat Leishmaniasis ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
CNNMoney.com..."We support Upstream's innovative efforts to address these devastating parasitic diseases and welcome the opportunity to help advance our scientific

Immune Systems Increasingly On Attack  -  Mar 3, 2008
Washington Post,The leading theory to explain the phenomenon holds that as modern medicine beats back bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases that have long plagued

Parasitic worm Schistosoma mekongi more widespread than previously ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
News-Medical.net,A new genetic analysis, published March 19th in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, suggests that the parasitic worm Schistosoma

The Micro Cap Opportunity: Before the Bell Report for Tuesday ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),OB Founded in 2004, Upstream Biosciences is a pioneer in the discovery and development of novel compounds for tropical parasitic diseases and in the

November/December 2007  -  Mar 21, 2008
Animal Lab News,Viral Diseases, Bacterial and Rickettsial Diseases, Fungal Diseases, Parasitic Diseases, and Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases.

Burden of parasitic worm disease under-estimated  -  Mar 4, 2008
ReutersBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The impact of the parasitic worm disease called schistosomiasis is far more serious in affected areas than

Yomiuri honors 18 dedicated medical professionals  -  Mar 10, 2008
The Daily Yomiuri,Somei Kojima, a doctor from Chiba specializing in parasitic diseases such as malaria, was one of three medical professionals awarded for work overseas.

News and Views  -  Mar 12, 2008
Nature.com (subscription),A similar problem faces humans, as medical programmes for combating parasitic diseases in the developing world are threatened by a combination of emerging

Vaccination of poultry - All you ever wanted to know  -  Feb 27, 2008
Farming UK,...now be produced against a wide range of organisms, and poultry vaccines are currently available against viral, bacterial and some parasitic diseases.

China warming 'could widen scale of schistosomiasis'  -  Mar 11, 2008
Checkbiotech.org (press release),...lead author Zhou Xiaonong from the Shanghai-based National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.

Water essential for development  -  Mar 18, 2008
Republic of Botswana,He told the gathering that they were also linked to water reservoirs which could serve as sites for vector borne and parasitic diseases.

Health program among nation's best  -  Mar 6, 2008
Red and Black,...director of the University's Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and a leading expert on schistosomiasis and other parasitic diseases.

CITY BLOGS  -  Feb 26, 2008
The Post,There have been countless deaths due to infectious and parasitic diseases; due to circulatory diseases, cancer and respiratory diseases.

Self-Made Philanthropists  -  Mar 7, 2008
New York Times,And they have set up nonprofits to conduct research into parasitic diseases and asthma. In 2003, they started the Center for American Progress,

Biologists urge taxpayers to support endangered sea otters  -  Feb 29, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,The endangered marine mammals were hunted for their pelts in the 19th century and now suffer high mortality rates from parasitic diseases and other causes.

Immtech Drops Pafuramidine on Safety Concerns, Stock Tumbles  -  Feb 25, 2008
BioWorld Online,...with universities in Moscow and Uganda focusing on parasitic diseases, but its programs for African sleeping sickness still are in preclinical testing.

Upstream Biosciences Appoints Leading Bioinformatics Expert Dr ...  -  20 Feb 2008
CNNMoney.comFounded in 2004, Upstream Biosciences is a pioneer in the discovery and development of novel compounds against tropical parasitic diseases and in the

Mozambique: National Sanitation and Hygiene Campaign Planned  -  Feb 19, 2008
AllAfrica.com,...hygiene are some of the reasons for the high prevalence of diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, parasitic diseases, malaria and skin diseases".

Infections Causing Human Cancer  -  Feb 19, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),Viral, bacterial, and parasitic diseases have accompanied humankind since the earliest times and have had more impact on history than any other single

The Fight Against Malaria (By Aisha El-Awady)  -  Feb 12, 2008
Journal of Turkish Weekly,...(Division of Parasitic Diseases; Keiser et al.) Globally, the estimated number of malaria cases is between 350 and 500 million per year, with the estimated

Upstream Biosciences' Novel Anti-Malaria Agents Demonstrate ...  -  Feb 6, 2008
FOXBusinessUpstream's library of novel compounds has also demonstrated encouraging therapeutic potential in vitro against the tropical parasitic diseases leishmaniasis

Chembio in Additional Technology Pacts With Oswaldo Cruz Foundation  -  Jan 29, 2008
CNNMoney.comImmunobiological Technology Institute, is the largest producer of vaccines and kits for diagnosis of infectious and parasitic diseases in Latin America.

Drug cocktail could help parasite victims-study  -  Jan 22, 2008
Reuters...may help doctors more effectively treat three of the world's most common parasitic diseases, researchers working in Zanzibar reported on Wednesday.

Calistoga Pharmaceuticals Announces Appointment of R. Lee Douglas ...  -  Feb 13, 2008
Market Wire (press release)...on kinesins (cytoskeletal motor proteins) as potential drug targets for the neglected parasitic diseases African sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis.

Non-toxic remedy for malaria  -  Feb 9, 2008
Sunday Vision,...“Parasitic diseases such as malaria and schistosomiasis are a plague for millions of people mainly in developing countries and often prohibit the economic

Eosinophilia in a Patient From South America  -  Jan 29, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),Although the list of parasitic diseases associated with eosinophilia is extensive, the differential diagnosis of asymptomatic eosinophilia with negative

New Approach May Render Disease-causing Staph Harmless  -  Feb 14, 2008
Science Daily (press release)...had spent decades exploring this pathway, which has implications for the treatment of some cancers, as well as fungal and parasitic diseases.

Humanitarian Crisis in Abkhazia  -  Feb 5, 2008
RMGH Health News,Other diseases common in the region include schistosomiasis and giardia, both of which are parasitic diseases that can be contracted from swimming in or

Loubac Top Environmental Inc. signs a letter of intent regarding a ...  -  Feb 7, 2008
Canada NewsWire (press release),...its team of clinical associates based around the world, focusing on parasitic diseases, particularly malaria, and AIDS and other infectious diseases.

Nidus Center chief leaving to form venture capital fund  -  Feb 14, 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,It marked the maturation of three firms: Divergence Inc., with technology to fight parasitic diseases in plants and animals; Apath LLC, which has a platform

Local student recognized in Intel Science competition  -  Feb 4, 2008
New Canaan Advertiser,Dr. Hannah Shear, who has been teaching Ilya in her three-year Science Research class since 2005, worked in parasitic diseases before coming to NCHS.

State of Humbug  -  Jan 30, 2008
FrontPage magazine.com,My opinion of the parasitic diseases of polar bears is not worth having for the simple reason that I know nothing about them, though I have a right to an

Dr. Michael  -  Feb 2, 2008
Mother Earth News,...the ground and thus protect them from a number of parasitic diseases — by just reducing the stocking density and making a modification to the enclosure.

Parasitic diseases hit US poor  -  29 Dec 2007
Los Angeles Times,...tapeworms are the leading cause of seizures among Latinos, and other parasitic diseases associated with poor countries are also affecting Americans,

Poor Americans suffer hidden burden of parasitic, other neglected ...  -  Dec 26, 2007
HULIQ,...that the parasitic diseases toxocariasis, cysticercosis and toxoplasmosis as well as other neglected infections are very common in the United States,

Worms infect more poor Americans than thought  -  Dec 25, 2007
Scientific American...tapeworms are the leading cause of seizures among US Hispanics and other parasitic diseases associated with poor countries are also affecting Americans,

Shock Study: Americans Infected With Roundworms, Playgrounds Affected  -  Dec 27, 2007
National Ledger,Peter Hotez of the George Washington University in Washington and the Sabin Vaccine Institute said there is evidence the parasitic diseases toxocariasis,

Neglected tropical diseases burden those overseas, but travelers ...  -  Dec 25, 2007
EurekAlert (press release),Thomas Nutman, MD, Deputy Chief, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, NIAID, can comment on the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network and research on filarial

Study: Parasites common among US poor  -  Dec 26, 2007
United Press InternationalPeter Hotez of the George Washington University in Washington and the Sabin Vaccine Institute said there is evidence the parasitic diseases toxocariasis,

Upstream Biosciences to Collaborate With Makerere University for ...  -  Dec 17, 2007
CNNMoney.comFounded in 2004, Upstream Biosciences is an emerging leader in the discovery and development of novel drugs for tropical parasitic diseases and in the

Buffett buys into services company  -  Dec 25, 2007
Boston Globe,...seizures among US Hispanics, and other parasitic diseases associated with poor countries are also affecting Americans, a US specialist said yesterday.

Namibia: Quality of Life for All - NDP 3  -  Dec 14, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...the Namibian Government's National Development Plan 3 (NDP 3) aims at putting tight controls on all preventable, infectious and parasitic diseases,

WHO Says Millions of Children Die from Lack of Medicine  -  Dec 5, 2007
Voice of America...tuberculosis and neglected diseases, such as worms and parasitic diseases. The WHO campaign targets a range of medicines, including antibiotics, asthma,

NetWellness: Fluid in lungs needs clear diagnosis  -  Dec 4, 2007
Cincinnati Post,Tuberculosis can cause pleural effusion but so can other infections such as viral pneumonia, bacterial pneumonia, fungal or parasitic diseases.

Moredun’s research helps fight diseases that pose threat to cattle  -  Dec 11, 2007
The Herald,...and pneumonia, parasitic diseases such as worms and scab, gastrointestinal diseases such as Johne's disease, skin diseases, mastitis and lameness.

Tiger dies of disease in Bhopal's Van Vihar National Park  -  Dec 8, 2007
DailyIndia.com,Park authorities said every effort was taken to save the five-year old cub Gautam, who succumbed to a malaria-like parasitic diseases commonly transmitted

Skystar Bio-Pharmaceutical Establishes R&D Center in Shanghai  -  Dec 4, 2007
CNNMoney.com...medicines for parasitic diseases, and microorganism products that include probiotics and antibiotics," commented Skystar's Chief Executive Officer,

Among the Neglected  -  Nov 29, 2007
McGill Daily,Still, McGill’s Institute for Parasitology is internationally acclaimed for its work on a number of neglected parasitic diseases.

INSIGHT: AIDS in Bulgaria  -  Nov 30, 2007
Sofia Echo,Partners in the initiative, besides the 40 NGOs, include 138 schools, 12 RIPHPC, the National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases and many other

Oyster gardens reap bountiful harvest  -  Dec 9, 2007
Providence Journal,Then infectious parasitic diseases annihilated a lot of the remaining oysters. The program at Roger Williams is trying to turn things around.

When professionals turn a blind eye  -  Dec 8, 2007
Vancouver Sun,One of those companies is Upstream Biosciences Inc., which purports to be developing treatments for parasitic diseases in Africa.

WHO launches campaign to produce 'child-size' medicines - Summary  -  Dec 6, 2007
Earthtimes,...medicines" included drugs for resisting TB, combination therapies for TB and HIV/AIDS and malaria as well as treatments for many parasitic diseases.

It's a fact of lice: They can infest anyone  -  Dec 1, 2007
North County Times,The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Parasitic Diseases advises treating a child infested with lice with an over-the-counter or

upstream biosciences ceo appointed to uganda presidential business ...  -  Oct 29, 2007
CNNMoney.com...novel therapeutic compounds to treat topical parasitic diseases, focusing initially on african sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis. these parasites,

free medical camp held in pakistan  -  Nov 25, 2007
Unique Pakistan,...tb and other parasitic diseases. the camp was supervised by renowned scientist professor dr nasreen inayat bughio, foreign faculty professor hec with

upstream biosciences launches chemoinformatics program to extend ...  -  Nov 7, 2007
CNNMoney.com...founded in 2004, upstream biosciences is an emerging leader in the discovery and development of novel drugs for tropical parasitic diseases and in the

number of resident population in uzbekistan  -  Nov 23, 2007
Journal of Turkish Weekly,8.5% - congenital anomalies and 6.3% - infectious and parasitic diseases. in january-september of the current year 166300 marriages and 13100 divorces

ocular and respiratory illness associated with an indoor swimming ...  -  Nov 20, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),...office of workforce and career development; mj beach, phd, div of parasitic diseases, national center for zoonotic, vector-borne, and enteric diseases;

life expectancy has shot up by 178% in a century  -  Nov 18, 2007
Hindustan Times,...biomedical advances against infectious and parasitic diseases, and improved diets, the developed world has already seen its life expectancy rise by 50

la clinic the nation's first to treat chagas disease  -  Nov 5, 2007
Los Angeles Times,...former chief of the parasitic diseases branch at the cdc and now director of international health at the university of maryland school of medicine.

m'angalore to host microbiology conference for first time  -  Nov 15, 2007
Daijiworld.com,...pondicherry spoke on newer parasitic diseases- tip of the iceberg. another cme on newer concepts and perspectives in clinical microbiology was

evaluation and treatment of chagas disease in the united states a ...  -  Nov 13, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),...management, and etiologic treatment of chagas disease. author affiliations: parasitic diseases branch, division of parasitic diseases, national center

the soviet health system  -  Nov 16, 2007
People's Democracy...and throughout the 1990s alcohol-related deaths increased 60 per cent and infectious and parasitic diseases increased by 100 per cent. mortality rates

belfast meeting focuses on fish health  -  Nov 9, 2007
Fish Farmer Magazine,...nutrition, stress management, the threat of emerging parasitic diseases to wild fish, koi herpesvirus and pancreas disease, and similar conditions in

new web portal connects tropical disease research  -  Nov 5, 2007
Horizon International (press release),...deputy director of shanghai-based national institute of parasitic diseases, says that tropika.net is not limited to providing information on tropical

once plentiful, crisfield oysters in short supply  -  Nov 11, 2007
Salisbury Daily Times,...due mainly to msx and dermo -- parasitic diseases that could make a comeback in the next year or two because of current drought conditions.

microcon-2007 kickstarts  -  Nov 15, 2007
Newindpress,...in mangalore at the kmc. parasitologist dr sc parija from jipmer, pondicherry spoke on new parasitic diseases which are just tip of the iceberg. the

integration and collaboration - key tools for meat industry  -  Nov 5, 2007
ThePigSite.com,...is the control of parasitic diseases. these new biologically based vaccines will be able to replace other chemically based products and aim to be cheap,

clue for fighting swine virus  -  Nov 20, 2007
Wilson County News,...patricia boyd, and daniel kuhar conduct research at the ars animal parasitic diseases laboratory in beltsville, md. working with animal scientist rodger

owen jones's legacy: much puff and little substance  -  Nov 3, 2007
Vancouver Sun,...the article described how the company had acquired some compounds to treat tropical parasitic diseases from a ubc spin-off company. in my experience,

ticks don't come out in the wash  -  Nov 18, 2007
High Plains Journal,...temperatures after spending time in areas known to harbor ticks. carroll conducts research at the ars animal parasitic diseases laboratory, beltsville,

cdc reports prevalence of worms transmitted by dogs and cats to ...  -  Nov 5, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...phd, an epidemiologist in the division of parasitic diseases at the cdc and a founding board member of the companion animal parasite council (capc).

general interest : blood safety experts investigating new cases of ...  -  Nov 2, 2007
SkyNewswire.com (press release),...md, director, international health division, university of maryland school of medicine. maguire is the former chief of the parasitic diseases branch at

oyster season off to good start, but drought could boost msx  -  Nov 11, 2007
ABC2 News,...and that helps msx, one of two parasitic diseases that affect oysters. however, judy says its unclear whether dry conditions have affected msx enough

comfort completes latin american humanitarian mission  -  Oct 30, 2007
U.S. Medicine,..."the conditions that we expect to see here would include malaria, dengue, there are various parasitic diseases that are seen, including enterobiasis,

history of brazil (1889-1930) [en]  -  Oct 30, 2007
Co W Mieście Piszczy,...living standards were generally squalid. malnutrition, parasitic diseases, and lack othe head of the brazilian army orderd that it would doubled so they

mrsa medical provides solution to pathogenic bacterium and ca mrsa ...  -  Oct 30, 2007
Emediawire (press release),...and, parasitic diseases such as malaria. the patent also includes more common infectious agents and ailments including mrsa, tb, skin infections,

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