Virus Weekly articles from September 2002

Virus Weekly archives from September 2002

Novel virus plays no role in non-A to -E hepatitis.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The newly detected SEN virus (SEN V) does not play a role in liver disease, according to a research team in Tokyo, Japan. "SEN V was discovered recently as...

Virus neutralization method effective for pig-derived biomaterials.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Pig intestines used to develop human biomaterials can be cleansed of dangerous viral pathogens, researchers say. Jason Hodde and colleagues working at Cook...

UCSD study shows increased transmission of drug-resistant HIV infection.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An increase in the transmission rate of drug-resistant HIV, now affecting as many as one in five newly infected people, has been discovered by researchers at the University of California, San Diego...

Novel technique enables single-cell latency analysis.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have developed a novel technique for studying latent HIV infection. "The ability of human immunodeficiency virus type 1...

Lentiviral vectors improve transduction efficiency in liver and blood cells.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writers - Medical investigators have proposed that modified lentiviral vectors would be useful as genetic vaccines and for treating genetic blood disorders, liver...

MediGene receives patents treatment with oncolytic herpes simplex viruses.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The German-American biopharmaceutical company MediGene AG (MDG) announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued two patents (6,340,673 and 6,379,674) that are exclusively licensed to...

Access Pharmaceuticals commences final phase III OraDisc A study.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (AKC) announced that the final phase III study of OraDisc A, a mucoadhesive disc containing amlexanox for the treatment of canker sores, has commenced. The study is...

MedImmune receives complete response letter from FDA for FluMist.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MedImmune, Inc., (MEDI) announced that it has received a complete response letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Biologics License Application (BLA) for FluMist (influenza...

Roche, Trimeris announce next steps in bringing Fuzeon (T-20) to HIV patients.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results from Fuzeon (T-20) phase III studies, reported at the International AIDS Conference in Barcelona, showed greater than expected benefit in the patient population studied. In addition, the...

Sustiva provides immunosuppressed HIV/AIDS patients effective treatment alternative.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data presented at the XIV International AIDS Conference show that a greater proportion of patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) containing Sustiva (efavirenz), Bristol-Myers Squibb's...

Cause of virulence pinpointed.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have located two genes that give hepatitis A virus (HAV) its virulent properties. The team, led by Suzanne...

Milestones reached in genomics, proteomics alliance.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boehringer Ingelheim and GPC Biotech AG (GPC), announced the achievement of two research milestones in their virology alliance. These were achieved by applying GPC Biotech's integrated genomics,...

Effective anti-Ebola agent may work by augmenting interferon output.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have shed new light on the workings of a powerful anti-Ebola agent. "3-Deazaneplanocin A [3-DA], an analog of adenosine, is...

VSV-based vaccine may protect against papillomavirus.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States say that a novel rabbit papillomavirus vaccine prevents infection in animals and could be modified to protect against human...

Molecular diagnostics and the future of healthcare discussed at AACC meeting.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At a news conference by Roche Diagnostics at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), special guest speaker Dr. Ellen Jo Baron of Stanford University discussed developing and future...

Virulent poliovirus causes paralysis in baby.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - A mutated strain of poliovirus derived from the Sabin vaccine strain caused paralytic poliomyelitis in a baby who possessed a competent immune system....

Human herpesvirus-8 infection common in south Texas children.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Young children in south Texas have a surprisingly high risk of infection with a cancer-causing virus, researchers warn. "Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), also...

Evolution of influenza A:H3N2 strains tracked by Canadian researchers.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Results of a recent study show that cocirculation of influenza vaccine strains A/Beijing/353/89 and A/Beijing/32/92 was responsible for the 31...

New compound may immobilize AIDS virus, certain radionuclides.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A compound that could potentially immobilize the AIDS virus or selectively extract radionuclides from nuclear wastes at various U.S. high-level storage sites has been developed by a researcher at...

Powerful new genital herpes drug studied at MCG.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An experimental drug that may diminish genital herpes outbreaks by helping the immune system find and fight the evasive virus is under study at the Medical College of Georgia. The immune response...

Woodchucks allow doctors to study hepatitis B reinfection after transplantation.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Bell-Nichols, senior medical writer - Doctors can get a better idea of how hepatitis B virus reinfection progresses thanks to a woodchuck transplantation model developed by researchers in...

ACTG Clinical Trial: Remune alone stimulated stronger immune responses.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Immune Response Corp. (IMNR) announced that the Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group of the National Institutes of Health presented new data at the XIV International AIDS Conference from a clinical...

Report details dengue virus transmission patterns .(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - The circulation patterns of dengue virus isolates and resultant outbreaks of dengue fever in Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand, have been reported in the...

Ribapharm reports second quarter earnings increase.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ribapharm, Inc., (RNA) announced second quarter 2002 net income of $31.1 million, compared with $19.2 million for the same period in 2001. The company also reported earnings per share of 21 cents,...

Stressgen Biotechnologies reports second quarter 2002 financial results.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stressgen Biotechnologies Corp. (SSB) reported financial results for the quarter and 6 months ended June 30, 2002. All amounts, unless specified otherwise, are in Canadian dollars. For the...

VaxGen releases second-quarter results; development expenses met expectations.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- VaxGen, Inc., (VXGN) announced a net loss of $6.7 million, or 46 cents per share excluding noncash charges, for the second quarter ended June 30, 2002, compared with a net loss of $5.9 million, or 42...

Hepatitis C, Epstein-Barr virus interactions have little impact on lymphoma risk.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Interactions between hepatitis C and Epstein-Barr viruses have little effect on the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in HIV patients, researchers in France argue....

Ribapharm takes legal action against Hoffmann-La Roche for patent infringement.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ribapharm, Inc., (RNA) announced that it has initiated legal action against F. Hoffmann-La Roche in the Netherlands to enforce its patents on the use of ribavirin. The European Patent Office has...

New patent granted related to methods for assessment of HPV-induced disease.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Digene Corporation (DIGE) announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted the company a patent pertaining to the use of gene expression levels to assess the progression of HPV infection...

About 400 die in Madagascar flu epidemic.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- About 400 people have died from the flu virus in a remote area of central Madagascar, health officials said. Madagascar's health ministry said some 5117 people have been infected with a virus the...

Cruise companies urged to do more thorough cleaning.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alaska and U.S. epidemiologists are urging cruise ship companies to aggressively sanitize and disinfect their vessels to prevent viruses from spreading among passengers. After a series of viral...

Mandela criticizes South African government's AIDS stance.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Former President Nelson Mandela took an indirect swipe August 16, 2002, at the current government's refusal to provide AIDS drugs to the millions of South Africans suffering from the deadly disease....

Stressgen completes enrollment in phase II clinical trial of HspE7 for RRP.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stressgen Biotechnologies Corp. (SSB) announced that it has completed enrollment in its phase II clinical trial of HspE7 for pediatric patients suffering from a human papillomavirus (HPV)-related...

Maternal RSV immunization important to prevent infant infections.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Maternal antibodies offer the major form of protection against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants born in Mozambique. Anna Roca and...

Ag chief announces first cases of equine West Nile Virus in Georgia.(Brief Article)
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tests confirmed that West Nile Virus has led to the death of a Pike County horse. Tests also confirmed that a horse in Putnam County had contracted the disease. That horse fully recovered. The...

Study of manatee virus could yield therapies.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Harbor Branch scientist who discovered a virus in manatees similar to the one that causes cervical cancer in humans is hoping the research he and other experts carry out will eventually benefit both...

Children with RSV three times as likely to wheeze in early childhood.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Young children who wheeze are three times as likely to be infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common respiratory virus, and only half as likely to have influenza virus as children with a...

Substance P blocker can prevent viral replication.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have identified a novel agent that shows promise as a treatment for HIV and other viral infections. "Substance P (SP), a...

Researchers discover how virus tricks the immune system.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Herpes viruses enter the body and hide away in cells, often re-emerging later to cause illnesses such as shingles, genital herpes and cancer. How these viruses evade the immune system remains...

Genital wart cream confirmed as safe, effective in women.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recent international studies have shown that a patient-applied, immunomodulatory cream (imiquimod cream, 5%) is safe and effective in treating women with the highly contagious sexually transmitted...

RISE puts West Nile health and safety information online.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control have issued warnings that the West Nile virus will continue to spread west, saying there is no reason to believe the virus would not continue to expand its...

Agreement with ViroPharma for antiviral compound terminated.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aventis announced that the September 2001 agreement to codevelop and copromote Picovir (pleconaril) with ViroPharma Incorporated of Exton, Pa., has been terminated by mutual decision of the parties....

Vaccine effective in mice with cell-mediated immune function.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A vaccine against the Ebola Zaire virus (EBO-Z) is effective in mice with cell-mediated immune function although its efficacy in other animals is questionable,...

Groundbreaking approach to prevent transmission of HIV shows promise.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New, anti-infective substances that can be developed as gels, creams, foams, films, even impregnated sponges and suppositories may prove to be a ground-breaking approach to preventing the spread of...

Ebola vaccine agreement expanded to include Marburg, Lassa vaccines.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dutch antibody and vaccine company Crucell N.V. (CRXL) announced that it has expanded the Research Plan of its Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Vaccine Research Center of the...

Virax to develop hepatitis B treatment with New York Blood Center.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Virax Holdings, Ltd., has signed a development agreement with the New York Blood Center to develop a treatment for hepatitis B (HBV) infection. The new treatment is Virax's third product under...

Group wins $127M for global health communication project.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A group led by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs (JHU/CCP) has been awarded $127 million by the U.S. government to implement a 5-year global project designed to use...

Flu shot benefits outweigh costs in healthy young adults.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Flu shots can save lives, especially among the elderly who account for most of the 20,000 flu-related deaths in the United States each year. But physicians have debated whether vaccinating healthy,...

9.5M vaccine doses donated to Global Eradication Initiative.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chiron Corporation (CHIR) announced that the company's vaccine business unit will donate 9.5 million doses of poliomyelitis (polio) vaccine to the polio Global Eradication Initiative during the summer...

Baxter grants $200,000 to global polio eradication initiative.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Baxter International Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Baxter International, Inc., has awarded a $200,000 grant to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which is spearheaded by the World...

West Nile virus risk level rises.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) announced that with the first confirmed human case of West Nile virus, the metropolitan Washington region now is at Risk level 4 as outlined in...

MedImmune licenses rights to newly discovered human metapneumovirus.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MedImmune, Inc., (MEDI) announced that it has licensed exclusive worldwide rights to human metapneumovirus (hMPV) from ViroNovative, b.v., a private Dutch biotechnology company affiliated with Erasmus...

Pennsylvania, Michigan add vaccination requirement for school-age children.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Many parents in Pennsylvania and Michigan will need to add having their children vaccinated against chickenpox to their fall "things-to-do" list. Effective September 1, under legislation passed...

HIV targets active genes in cells.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV selectively inserts itself into active areas of a host cell's genome, Salk Institute researchers have found for the first time. The fact that the virus hooks itself up to areas of the cell's...

Herpes simplex virus persistence in brain cancer cells may pay off in long run.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Mutated herpes simplex viruses (HSV) continue to replicate for some time after administered to glioma, suggesting the virus might be a viable long-term tumor...

Treatment results often poor in those with hepatitis C virus genotype 4.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 4 do not respond well to prolonged treatment with either interferon monotherapy or interferon and...

Abacavir substitution has limited benefits for lipoatrophy patients.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Australia say that substituting abacavir for other antiretroviral agents can help patients with HIV-related metabolic dysfunction although the...

New inhibitors show promise for eradicating hepatitis drug-resistant mutants.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writers - A new class of DNA inhibitors could some day be of use for treating both wild-type and drug resistant mutants of hepatitis B virus (HBV). The agents,...

Cytomegalovirus DNA levels predict CMV disease after kidney transplants.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Molecular testing for cytomegalovirus (CMV) can help determine patients at risk of developing CMV disease after kidney transplantation, researchers in Norway...

Manufacturer says Chinese version of anti-AIDS drug to reach patients by end of year.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A generic version of the anti-AIDS drug AZT will be available in China before the end of the year as a low-cost alternative to pricey imported medicines, the manufacturer said August 16, 2002. ...

Orathecin receives orphan-drug designation for treatment of pediatric AIDS.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SuperGen, Inc., (SUPG) announced that its oral anticancer cancer compound Orathecin has received orphan-drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of pediatric...

Paul R. Bishop joins ADVR board of directors.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advanced Viral Research Corp. (ADVR) announced that Paul R. Bishop has been named to the company's board of directors. Bishop is chairman and CEO of H-P Products, Inc., of Louisville, Ohio, a...

Triangle Pharmaceuticals names Daniel G. Welch chairman and CEO.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (VIRS) announced that Daniel G. Welch has been appointed chairman and CEO effective August 5, 2002. Welch succeeds Dr. David Barry, founder and former chief...

Bruno Farmaceutici to market Docosanol 10% cream in Italy .(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Avanir Pharmaceuticals (AVN) announced that it has signed an agreement with Bruno Farmaceutici giving Bruno the rights to manufacture and market Avanir's docosanol 10% cream as a treatment for cold...

Study: Valtrex shortens duration of a cold sore outbreak.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One-day therapy with Valtrex (valacyclovir HCl) caplets can shorten the duration of a cold sore outbreak, according to data presented at Academy 2002, the American Academy of Dermatology's summer...

Report quantifies morbidity of dengue virus infection in Thai schoolchildren.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - U.S. Armed Forces researchers have reported on morbidity arising from dengue virus infection in school children living in Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand....

ViroLogic: Data on increase in HIV drug resistance published.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ViroLogic, Inc., (VLGC) announced that the spread of drug-resistant HIV has accelerated rapidly over the last several years according to research using its technology and published in the New England...

Maxygen receives $2.4 million grant to develop cross protective vaccines.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Maxygen, Inc., (MAXY) announced the receipt of a $2.4 million, 3-year grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command to develop cross-protective vaccines against three types of...

TriPath Imaging announces second quarter 2002 results.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TriPath Imaging, Inc., (TPTH) reported second quarter revenues of $9.1 million, a 21% increase from the first quarter of 2002 and a 48% increase from the second quarter of 2001. The increase in...

Improved HIV viral load test approved by FDA.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche Diagnostics announced that it has received marketing approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Roche Amplicor HIV-1 Monitor Test, version 1.5. This test is a highly...

Regimens altering lamivudine and interferon yield similar results in children.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Pediatric patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) tend to respond to therapy that combines lamivudine and interferon without regard to the way the therapies are...

Ribapharm files patent infringement lawsuit in Germany against Hoffmann-La Roche.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ribapharm, Inc., (RNA) announced that it has filed legal action against F. Hoffmann-La Roche in Germany to enforce its patents on the use of ribavirin. On August 6, the company announced that it...

Quigley receives patent for antiviral platform.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Quigley Corp. (QGLY) announced that the U.S. Patent Office confirmed the assignment to The Quigley Corp. of a patent application for an all-natural compound which will serve as the platform for...

Zadaxin produces sustained responses in hard-to-treat hepatitis B patients.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (SCLN) announced the results of a new study demonstrating that Zadaxin (thymalfasin, thymosin alpha 1) helps clear the hepatitis B virus in the most difficult to treat...

Molecular assay offers quick, accurate enterovirus and parechovirus detection.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in England have developed a novel assay for detecting enterovirus (EV) and parechovirus (PEV) in bodily fluids. Caroline E. Corless and...

Thai hospital claims reduced mother-baby transmission.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Bangkok hospital says it has cut the rate of HIV transmission from pregnant mothers to their unborn children using a drug cocktail rather than a single antiretroviral dosage. The government-run...

New patent covers antiviral compounds.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advanced Life Sciences, Inc., announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a broad patent to the company. U.S. Patent No. 6399654 (Biflavanoids and derivatives thereof as antiviral...