TB & Outbreaks Week articles from September 2002

TB & Outbreaks Week archives from September 2002

First drug developed for widespread use against botulism.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An 8-year research effort by university and military scientists in the U.S. has produced the first drug that can be mass-produced to prevent or treat botulism, the paralyzing disease caused by a nerve...

Salicylate agents impair antimicrobial drug efficacy.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Aspirin and other common anti-inflammatory agents may heighten Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance, researchers in the United States warn. ...

VSV-based vaccine may protect against papillomavirus.
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...

UNICEF targets over 1 million Afghan children for immunization.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) recently wrapped up a drive to immunize over 1 million youngsters in Afghanistan against the crippling polio virus. The campaign, which involved more...

Gender, AIDS status do not affect isoniazid levels.
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 pharmacokinetics of a popular antituberculosis agent. John E. Conte Jr. and colleagues at the...

Efficacy of tuberculosis vaccine increased by formulation with a cationic colloid.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Researchers in Europe and the U.S. found that adding a cationic colloid to DNA vaccine formulations increased splenic and pulmonary immune responses...

Clemson researchers find bacteria fighter that does not promote bacterial resistance.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health officials fear that lifesaving drugs can lose their effectiveness when overused. They are especially concerned about antimicrobial additives, found in everything from kitchen cleaners to face...

Steris, U.S. Army, enter R&D collaboration.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Steris Corp. (STE) announced that its subsidiary, Strategic Technology Enterprises, Inc., and the United States Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) have entered into an agreement to conduct...

Vical announces second-quarter 2002 financial results.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vical, Inc., (VICL) announced that financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2002, met expectations, and reflected continuing progress in the company's product development programs. The...

Chicken salad recalled.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Reser's Fine Food, Inc., of Halifax, North Carolina, is recalling approximately 2200 pounds of white meat chicken salad that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Agriculture...

Farmers warned to change mindset on terrorism.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the rural Midwest of America, people tend to live by a different set of rules. They trust their neighbors, leave their tractors and livestock out in the open, and they don't lock their doors. ...

Researchers dispute pfiesteria toxin claims.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two teams of researchers say they cannot confirm the claims of a decade-old study that indicated that pfiesteria, a parasitic algae that plagues Eastern coastal waters, can make a toxin that kills fish...

Roche, Trimeris announce next steps in bringing Fuzeon (T-20) to HIV patients.
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...

Effective anti-Ebola agent may work by augmenting interferon output.
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...

Indian state seeks federal help to tackle outbreak after 80 die.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The northeastern Indian state of Assam sought federal help August 2, 2002, after an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis killed at least 80 people, mostly children, in the previous month. An...

More than 90 hospitalized in U.K. outbreak.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ninety-four people were hospitalized August 5, 2002, after the worst Legionnaires' disease outbreak in nearly a decade - an outbreak that already had killed 1 elderly man in northwest Britain at press...

WHO launches new vaccination drive along Burkina Faso-Niger border.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The United Nations health agency has started a polio immunization drive targeting hundreds of thousands of children in Niger and Burkina Faso after a youngster was reported to have contracted the...

Center links Southeast's universities and public health programs.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leading research institutions and public health programs throughout the Southeast U.S. are joining forces in a new Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats (SECEBT). The initiating...

Israel produces vaccine in event of Iraq attack.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Israel has produced enough smallpox vaccine for its entire population in preparation for a possible biological weapons attack by Iraq, a health official says. But the government has not decided to...

New UNICEF effort to vaccinate mothers could save thousands of lives.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new prefilled injection device will make it easier to immunize women against maternal and neonatal tetanus, an effort that could potentially save the lives of thousands of mothers and their newborn...

Glasgow residents advised to boil water after supply contaminated.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- About 140,000 people in the Scottish city of Glasgow were told August 3, 2002, to boil their tap water after recent flooding apparently contaminated the water supply. Health officials issued the...

HHS provides additional funds through CDC to help states.
September 3, 2002... 2002 SEP 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson has announced that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is making $10 million in additional funds available to states to...

Drug-resistant bacterial infections on rise in Brooklyn.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Bacterial pathogens resistant to antimicrobial drugs are becoming increasingly prevalent in Brooklyn hospitals, researchers in New York warn. "Carbapenems...

Hearing loss may be long-term sequela of aminoglycoside use.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Tuberculosis patients who receive extended aminoglycoside therapy may suffer significant loss of hearing, researchers in the Netherlands warn. Dr. P. de...

Vaccination campaign immunizes more than 13 million children in Kenya.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an effort to combat preventable deaths from measles, the Measles Initiative launched its largest mass vaccination campaign ever in Kenya, June 17-23, 2002. The Kenya campaign, the first of nine...

All Hajj pilgrims should get vaccine.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Seventeen percent of those returning from the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina (Hajj) are carrying meningococcal bacteria, finds a study in the British Medical Journal. As such,...

Waterborne infections widespread despite water safety guidelines.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Hospitalized patients should provide their own sterile water if they have high infection risks, researchers in the United States argue. "Microbiologically...

International cases provide blueprint for understanding U.S. outbreak.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recent reports of West Nile Virus in Louisiana and Washington, DC, have once again focused public attention on the mosquito-borne virus that struck New York City in the summer of 1999 and killed seven...

Hatfill novel describes bioterror attack but not with anthrax.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An unfinished novel by a scientist being scrutinized in last fall's anthrax-by-mail attacks centers on a terror scheme to spread deadly bacteria in Washington, but the story written in 1998 differs in...

Therapeutic rights for chlamydia genomic sequences licensed to Ricerca Biosciences.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genset S.A. (GENXY) and Ricerca Biosciences, LLC announced an agreement under which Genset has granted to Ricerca Biosciences an exclusive worldwide license to all therapeutic applications resulting...

CDC summarizes Colorado E. coli findings.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- On July 8, 2002, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was notified by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) of a cluster of cases of Escherichia coli...

Powerful new genital herpes drug studied at MCG.
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...

Steris renews grant to University Hospitals of Cleveland.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Steris Corp. (STE) announced it is renewing its grant to University Hospitals of Cleveland's division of infectious diseases to support research in the area of hospital-acquired and emerging infections...

About 400 die in Madagascar flu epidemic.
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...

Human herpesvirus-8 infection common in south Texas children.
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...

British officials believe outbreak slowing down.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Britain's worst outbreak of Legionnaires disease in a decade is slowing down and appears to be nearing an end, the head of the hospital treating many of the patients said August 11, 2002. Ian...

Outbreak sickens 14 in Vermont.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An outbreak of Legionnaires disease has sickened more than a dozen people and prompted disinfecting efforts at a Vermont state office complex to fend off the potentially deadly infection. A total...

Promising vaccine may provide long-lasting protection.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have developed a unique vaccine that destroys a deadly toxin produced by the parasite that causes malaria, which kills more than 2 million people each year. The vaccine appears extremely...

States push vaccination.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It started like a mere stomach bug: John Kach felt fine one day but spent the next throwing up. By day's end the 19-year-old college freshman was in a coma - and spent almost 4 months in the hospital,...

New tick-spread disease spurs education campaign.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Peak tick season is here, and patients are going to doctors with symptoms of early and late Lyme disease. Now there is a new wrinkle with this often hard to diagnose disease: some patients may...

Cruise companies urged to do more thorough cleaning.
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...

Number of new cases in India increases.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The number of new polio cases in India nearly tripled in the first 6 months of this year, compared with the same period in 2001, in a setback to the world's goal of eradicating the crippling disease by...

Clamydia is now most common STD in U.K.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The latest sexually transmitted disease (STD) data released by the Public Health Laboratory Service show that chlamydia is now the most commonly diagnosed sexually transmitted infection in England,...

Parental notification for contraceptives may keep teens away from other sexual health care services.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A majority of adolescent girls would stop using all sexual health care services, or delay testing or treatment for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), if their parents were informed...

Removing first-collected blood lowers contamination risk.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the Netherlands say that removing the first few milliliters of donated blood from blood products can reduce their recipients' infection risk....

Company withdraws vaccine from the market in Britain.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A company is voluntarily withdrawing its tuberculosis vaccine from the market in Britain as a precautionary measure, it said August 9, 2002. PowderJect Pharmaceuticals, PLC, said it made the move...

Phospholipases C play key role in infection.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Europe and the United States have shed new light on the factors involved in tuberculosis pathogenesis. "Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the...

Japan's TB revaccination program not cost-effective.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Revaccination of Japanese children with bacillus Calmette-Guerin to prevent tuberculosis is not cost-effective, according to an analysis published in...

CDC chief: Epidemic could spread to Pacific coast.
September 10, 2002... 2002 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- West Nile virus is an "emerging, infectious disease epidemic" that could be spread all the way to the Pacific Coast by birds and mosquitoes, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says....

Imipenem use increases risk of P. aeruginosa drug resistance.
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Germany have provided conclusive evidence that a hospital's patterns of antibiotic use can affect the development of drug-resistant pathogens....

Neutrophils play role in host defense.
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have elucidated the immune response to tuberculosis infection. "The ability of human neutrophils to aid in defense against...

Vaccine effective in mice with cell-mediated immune function.
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,...

Sequence provides insights into pathogen's virulence mechanism.
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have analyzed the complete genome sequence of an emerging human pathogen, Streptococcus agalactiae (also known as group B streptococcus or "strep B"), which is a leading cause of pneumonia...

Flu shot benefits outweigh costs in healthy young adults.
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,...

Controversial gene does not affect virulence.
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in France have shed new light on a Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene thought to play a role in mycobacterial virulence. ...

Researchers describe molecular mechanism underlying infection.
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The mechanism by which inhaled anthrax disarms and evades the immune system, enabling the potentially lethal bacteria to rapidly spread throughout the body, has been described by researchers at the...

Dental plaque is breeding ground for antibiotic resistance.
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gene swapping is taking place on your gums as the bacteria in dental plaque trade up on newer antibiotic resistance genes, according to research presented September 16, 2002, at the Society for General...

Climate an increasingly important contributor.
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The link between climate and cholera, a serious health problem in many parts of the world, has become stronger in recent decades, say researchers from the University of Michigan, the University of...

Exercise may reduce risk of colds.
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A more active day apparently helps to keep a cold at bay. Researchers who report this also say people don't have to put in an athletic performance to get the benefit. "A regularly active...

Health worries threaten Scotland's traditional dish.
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The traditional recipe for haggis, a potent Scottish dish long associated with highland fortitude, could face extinction amid concerns over mad cow disease. Scotland's most famous food was...

Mediastinitis outbreak linked to changes in organ allocation.
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - An outbreak of mediastinitis among heart transplant recipients may be the result of changes in organ allocation guidelines, researchers in the United States...

Researchers discover how virus tricks the immune system.
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...

Group wins $127M for global health communication project.
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...

Parents urged to learn about campus meningitis risk.
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Five mothers have formed the "Moms on Meningitis" public awareness campaign to warn other parents about the dangers of college meningococcal meningitis - a potentially fatal disease for which some...

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory tackles bioterrorism one protein at a time.
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Because biological pathogens grow and spread inside the human body on a molecular level, the key to protecting against bioterrorism may rest in understanding how these pathogens function one protein at...

West Nile virus risk level rises.
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...

Children with RSV three times as likely to wheeze in early childhood.
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...

NIH grant for development of novel collection/processing method.
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boston Biomedica, Inc., (BBII) announced that it has been awarded a phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant in the amount of $99,994 to demonstrate the feasibility of using its...

Pennsylvania, Michigan add vaccination requirement for school-age children.
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...

Deviant gene may up risk.
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Only about one in five people infected with the West Nile virus develop a severe, life-threatening illness. A study in mice suggests a gene variation may be the reason some become very sick from the...

FDA approves drug trial.
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients infected with the West Nile virus may be eligible to receive a drug previously used to treat hepatitis C as part of a government-approved national trial to combat the mosquito-borne virus. ...

Mosquitoes pose a threat.
September 17, 2002... 2002 SEP 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As the threat of West Nile Virus spreads to several areas of the country, including recent cases in Louisiana, the skin/itch experts at the Lanacane Itch Information Center offer some tips to help keep...

New insights into insect antimicrobials point the way to novel antibiotics.
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria has become a serious public health concern, and accordingly, scientists are investigating new classes of antimicrobials for their efficacy...

Automated ribotyping effective for resistant Enterococcus strains.
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Automated ribotyping is feasible for drug-resistant Enterococcus pathogens, researchers say. "Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) strains...

Recirculated airplane cabin air does not cause more colds.
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Passengers flying in airplanes with recirculated air report no more colds than do people traveling in planes using 100% fresh air for ventilation, according to a "natural experiment" conducted by...

Human epidemic of 1918 no longer linked to birds.
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History historic bird collections was critical in determining that the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed 20 million to 40 million people worldwide did not...

Treatment models examined.
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to the World Health Organization, tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis or TB) will kill 2 million people this year, with the projected number of new infections over the next 20 years...

Direct sputum assay suitable for use in high-risk areas.
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Pakistan and Canada say that a novel assay for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum is fast and accurate. R....

Novel fibroblast-based assay can aid drug search.
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States and Japan say that a novel assay can help reveal agents effective against tuberculosis infection. Takemasa Takii and...

Bacterial alterations source of persistent COPD lung infections.
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clever bacteria populations may be changing just enough to keep ahead of patients' immune systems, causing a mysterious intensification of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - the fourth...

Molecular C. albicans blood test fast, effective.
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A novel molecular assay can quickly and accurately confirm the presence of Candida albicans in blood cultures, researchers say. Susan Rigby and colleagues...

Federal, state officials say food supply needs more protection.
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Terrorism exercises conducted in July 2002 show there are flaws in the response to terrorist attacks on the nation's food supply, experts told representatives from 13 farm states. Agriculture...

Sunesis receives NIH grant to develop new HIV therapies.
September 24, 2002... 2002 SEP 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced that the company has been granted a $600,000, 2-year phase I Small Business Innovative Research grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...

Quigley receives patent for antiviral platform.
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...