Anti-Infectives Week articles from June 2003

Anti-Infectives Week archives from June 2003

Pharmaceutical industry improving quality of anti-infectious drugs.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Efforts made by the pharmaceutical industry to improve the quality of anti-infectious drugs has been outlined in a recent issue of Medecine Et Maladies Infectieuses. According to a study from...

Brazilian medicinal plants active against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- South American medicinal plants have yielded agents active against drug-resistant staphylococci. According to recent research from Brazil, "fourteen extracts from Brazilian traditional medicinal...

Antimicrobial drug prescriptions on the rise in ambulatory care settings.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The number of prescriptions for antimicrobial drugs is increasing in ambulatory care settings, prompting researchers to issue a warning about drug resistance. According to recent research published...

In vitro testing of diaryl derivatives shows broad action against Leishmania.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Diaryl derivatives are very active against all Leishmania species tested in vitro. According to recent research from Brazil, "In a previous works searching for new drugs with high efficiency, we...

Antibodies to VlsE IR6 can persist years after successful antibiotic treatment.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antibody response to VlsE IR6 peptide of Borrelia burgdorferi after successful antibiotic treatment is not indicative of actual disease; the antibody response can persist for years. According to...

Methods to reduce bacterial infections from blood transfusions considered.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A number of methods to reduce the incidence of bacterial infections caused by blood transfusions are under consideration. "In the United States, septic reactions from bacterial contamination of...

Secrets of drug resistance revealed.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the race to stay one step ahead of drug-resistant bacteria, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley obtained high-resolution images of a...

Spectrum announces FDA acceptance of ANDA filing for ciprofloxacin.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (SPPI) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for ciprofloxacin. The filing...

Amphotericin B deoxycholate dose can be escalated in patients with neutropenia.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with neutropenia can have dosage of amphotericin B doubled if given continuous infusion therapy. According to recent research from the United States, "Amphotericin B deoxycholate (AmB-d)...

Researchers use a new method to accurately identify bacteria.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of Arkansas researchers have used a high-tech analytical tool to identify proteins in bacteria and have shown it to be faster and more accurate than other currently used methods. The research...

Analysis identifies Candida dubliniensis.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis can identify medically important Candida species, including C. dubliniensis. According to published research from the Netherlands, "Non-Candida...

Novation awards Medline hygiene products agreement.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medline Industries, Inc., has been awarded an agreement for hand hygiene products by Novation, the supply company of VHA, Inc., and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), two national healthcare...

Sterion sells sterilization container product line.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sterion, Inc., (STEN) and Steris Corp. (STE) announced that Sterion has sold certain sterilization container assets to Steris for $2.9 million in cash. The Sterion Sterilization Container System...

Role as life-sustaining technology drives demand for new antibiotics.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Critical care antibiotics play a vital integral role as one of the life-sustaining technologies and bring the patient to a stable condition for better management. With the increase in strains...

NDA submitted for new ocular anti-infective product.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., announced that Santen has filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a new drug application (NDA) for its new ocular anti-infective product. The NDA was...

Virulence factors of Serratia marcescens identified by in vivo screening.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans served as an in vivo model in a study of Serratia marcescens' virulence and pathogenicity. According to immunologists at the University of Mediterranee,...

New data released on plague, strep vaccines.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ID Biomedical has confirmed that nasal Proteosome-based vaccines protect against pneumonic Plague caused by lethal aerosol infection with virulent Plague bacteria in a mouse model of airborne...

Drug resistance rates dropping in southern Taiwan.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tuberculosis drug resistance rates are falling in southern Taiwan, presumably as a result of regulatory treatment restrictions. Researchers in Taiwan conducted a study "to investigate the...

Rothberg Institute using internet to mount computer-based effort against SARS.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Rothberg Institute for Childhood Diseases, a nonprofit research institute devoted to discovering and developing drugs for orphan childhood diseases, announced the addition of a recently discovered...

Enterotoxin H induces Valpha-specific T-cell expansion.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Staphylococcal enterotoxin H (SEH) triggers Valpha-specific T-cell expansion. SEH "is a bacterial superantigen secreted by Staphylococcus aureus," researchers in Sweden explained. "Superantigens are...

Sigma factor SigB plays role in drug resistance.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The staphylococcal sigB gene is involved in antimicrobial resistance. "Previous studies of Staphylococcus aureus transposon insertion mutants showing decreased methicillin or teicoplanin resistance...

Results from first clinical study of Veronate released.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in Seattle, Washington, Inhibitex presented results from its first study of Veronate. Veronate is an antibody-based product currently under...

New treatment from common herb.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new antiherpes agent derived from a common herb effectively treats and prevents the disease in animals. Researchers from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia presented their data at the 103rd General...

Synthetic antibiotics alter Shaoyao-Gancao-tang levels.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Synthetic antibiotics can alter Shaoyao-Gancao-tang pharmacokinetics. In a recent study from Japan, "the effects of orally co-administered antibiotics on the pharmacokinetics of peoniflorin (PF)...

Antibiotic activity of oritavancin in in vitro studies presented at ECCMID.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- InterMune, Inc., (ITMN) announced that in vitro studies of its novel antibiotic, oritavancin, demonstrate its potent activity against European isolates of susceptible and resistant strains of...

Telithromycin effective against refractory streptococcal infections.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Telithromycin is effective against drug-resistant streptococcal infections. "The incidence of community-acquired respiratory tract infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae exhibiting...

FDA approves export of DB289 for human clinical trial in Thailand.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immtech International, Inc., (IMMT) announced that U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the export of Immtech's oral drug candidate, DB289, to Thailand for a phase IIa human clinical...

Supplementary polio immunization to be narrowed to key countries.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has announced that leading experts deem an unprecedented tactical shift essential in the campaign to free the world of polio. Immunization campaigns will be...

Company provides guidance on timing of MBI 226 phase III results.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Micrologix Biotech, Inc., (MGIXF) issued its quarterly CEO message in which Dr. Jim DeMesa, president and CEO, provided comments on various company activities, including an update on the timing of...

Protein structure a target for vaccines and antibiotics.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A group of researchers from the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has solved structures of a bacterial protein called pilin, which is required for infection by pathogens that cause human diseases like...

Antibody-coated stent a breakthrough in cardiovascular treatment.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An innovative medical discovery that has the potential to vastly improve the lives of people suffering from coronary artery disease has been implanted in the first human patient. The...

Letter to shareholders give corporate update on virus drugs.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The following is a letter from Geert Kersten, CEO, and Maximilian de Clara, president, of Cel-Sci Corporation (CVM) to its shareholders: In our March 12, 2003, shareholder letter we outlined our...

CalbaTech submits proposal through BioSTAR program.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CalbaTech, Inc., (CLBE) announced that the company has submitted a collaborative proposal with a prominent University of California researcher through the BioSTAR Program, which fosters research in...

Patent to protect invention of antisense antimicrobial drugs.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lorus Therapeutics, Inc., announced that the United States Patent Office has allowed a patent that protects the antimicrobial component of the company's antisense drug development program. The...

Biocides in consumer products should be used with caution.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biocides in consumer products should be used with caution to prevent an increase in the prevalence of antibiotic resistance. According to a study from England, "There has recently been much...

E.U. National Reference Laboratories effectively monitor milk pathogens.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- National European Union laboratories effectively monitor milk products for staphylococcal and other pathogens. "The European Commission has designed a network of European Union-National Reference...

Antibiotic residues in poultry and eggs need not be a serious health concern.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antibiotic residues in poultry and eggs are within safe limits and need not be a serious health concern, according to a report in the journal Poultry Science. "Antibiotics are used by the poultry...

Micafungin (FK463) active against resistant aspergilli.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Micafungin is active against drug-resistant aspergilli pathogens. In a recent study from England, researchers "compared the activity of four doses of micafungin (FK463) with that of amphotericin B,...

Light chain variability creates B cell diversity that prevents infections.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Combinatorial immunoglobulin light chain variability creates sufficient B cell diversity to mount protective antibody responses against pathogen infections. According to published research from...

Positive phase II data on two clinical trials presented at ECCMID meeting.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vicuron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: MICU; Nuovo Mercato) announced that positive results from a large phase II study highlighting anidulafungin as a potential therapy for invasive candidiasis...

Don't rush, pay attention and stay calm to avoid needlestick injuries.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Every year, there are 400,000-800,000 injuries to health care workers in the United States caused by sharps, the needles, scalpels and other devices used in patient care. Due to hazards from hepatitis...

Alliance signed for SARS diagnostic test.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abbott Laboratories (ABT) announced a worldwide marketing and distribution agreement with German-based Artus GmbH for the first commercial test to detect a form of the coronavirus suspected of causing...

A new antibiotic appears effective against multidrug-resistant strains.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new antibiotic appears effective against deadly strains of tuberculosis resistant to nearly all currently available treatments for the infectious disease. The antibiotic, called linezolid,...

Art, science of developing formulations for vaginal microbicides presented.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Getting a false negative because of an incorrect HIV formulation was among the many topics discussed by Gordon Dow at a presentation on vaginal topical microbicide development. His program was...

Scientists engineering better approach to HIV treatment with designer molecules.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ravi Kane, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is designing brand-new molecules that may one day fend off an HIV infection. Bolstering the body's...

Particulate matter aids Cryptosporidium detection.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Particulate matter can facilitate the detection of Cryptosporidium contamination in drinking water. C. parvum "can be found in both source and drinking water and has been reported to cause serious...

Bacterial enoyl-ACP reductases appear to be valid antibacterial targets.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Work by GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical scientists supports the notion of bacterial enoyl-ACP reductases as potential targets for antibacterial agents. "Bacterial enoyl-ACP reductase (FabI) is...

UF research suggests antibiotic combination could beat bacterial "superbugs".
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Deadly drug-resistant bacterial infections that endanger hospital patients often leave doctors with few treatment options, but University of Florida researchers report the combination of a promising...

Streptococcus mutans gene product has undecaprenol kinase activity.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Streptococcus mutans gene product has undecaprenol kinase activity that confers some bacitracin resistance. "We analyzed a previously constructed stress-sensitive Streptococcus mutans mutant...

Melanin appears to contribute to many microbial pathogenic repertoires.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Many pathogens use melanin to combat host defenses, and the melanization process could be a universal type target. According to recent research published in the journal Cellular Microbiology,...

'Bacteria-eating' viruses may spread some infectious diseases.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A strep-infected child in a daycare center plays with a toy, puts it in her mouth and crawls away. Another child plays with the same toy and comes down with strep. Until now, scientists thought...

Five-day treatment with KETEK equivalent to 10 days of common antibiotics.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Once daily telithromycin treatment lasting 5 or 7 days in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), or 5 days in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (AECB) - including...

Many Americans think an HIV/AIDS vaccine already exists.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Many Americans wrongly believe that a preventive vaccine for HIV/AIDS has already been developed, according to surveys recently conducted by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases...

Licensing agreement announced for antiviral compound MIV-210.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Medivir announced that they have signed a licensing agreement for MIV-210, a nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) that has recently begun phase I...

Sigma Pharma, Ltda., receives approval to market Gynazole-1 in Brazil.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- KV Pharmaceutical Co. (KVa/KVb) announced that its licensing partner, Sigma Pharma, Ltda., of Brazil has received approval from the Brazilian regulatory agency, Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria...

Model shows symptoms may relate to antibodies to staphylococcal enterotoxin C.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An animal model of staphylococcal atopic dermatitis shows high levels of antibodies to enterotoxin C. "DS-Nh mice, raised under conventional conditions, spontaneously develop dermatitis similar to...

Resistance may occur with IL-12, IFN-gamma, NO produced by NK and macrophages.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The cells that protect against babesia infection are macrophages and NK cells, by means of IL-12, IFN-gamma, and NO. A study from the United States "examined the role of the cytokines IFN-gamma...

Aspergillus EIA test kit receives FDA 510(k) clearance.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., (BIO; BIO.B), announced that on May 16 it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market its Platelia Aspergillus EIA test kit in the United States....

Sample preparation optimization markedly improves commercial assay sensitivity.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Optimization of a commercial test for Chlamydia trachomatis markedly improves assay sensitivity. A study from Switzerland aimed "to evaluate the performance of an improved sample preparation...

Clinical trial of the TIGRIS System begins.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gen-Probe, Inc., (GPRO) has initiated a clinical trial to evaluate the performance of the TIGRIS System, its fully automated, high-throughput instrument, in clinical laboratories. Results from the...

Scientists uncover HIV escape route from drugs and vaccines.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Virologists at Jefferson Medical College may have discovered a new way by which HIV can evade both antiviral drugs and vaccines. Researchers had reported last summer that a protein called CEM15 is...

Fresh produce - potential risk for consumers.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vegetables are good examples of minimally processed foods with high risk of contamination and therefore good hygienic measures have to be taken during the production from farm to table. The nature...

Lactobacillus rhamnosus lowers TNF-alpha production in activated macrophages.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The mechanism of action for lactobacilli in improving colitis appears to be by contact free reduction of TNF-alpha produced by activated macrophages. "Animal studies and human clinical trials have...

Antibiotic resistance could increase rates of U.K. infection.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Authors of a research letter in the Lancet are calling for U.K. gonorrhea treatment guidelines to be revised in light of new evidence showing a steep increase in antibiotic resistance. After...

Alliance focused on automating testing for infectious diseases.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abbott Laboratories (ABT) and Promega Corporation announced an agreement to provide nucleic acid extraction products that will give molecular diagnostics laboratories the ability to further automate...

Company acquires worldwide rights to hand washing system.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hart Biotechnology, Inc., (HBI) has acquired the worldwide exclusive rights to a patented intelligent self-cleaning hand washing system that will help prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as...

Federal health officials are confident in accuracy of antibody test.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. health officials say they are confident about the accuracy of the main antibody test being used to screen people for SARS. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention administered the test...

German Government Institute develops antibody test.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Germany's leading medical research institute has developed a test that detects the presence of SARS antibodies, or a sign that people have been infected with the virus. The Robert Koch Institute...

Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate induces reduction in IL2 receptors in T-lymphocytes.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate induces reduction in IL2 receptors in T-lymphocytes, and this may be the reason for its positive effect in treating sepsis. According to a study from Argentina, "Sepsis...

Study: Telithromycin highly active against resistant strains.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Telithromycin is highly active in vitro against community-acquired respiratory tract infections (RTIs), including bacterial strains resistant to several commonly used antibiotics, according to a...

R&D collaboration with Antigen Express announced for SARS vaccine development.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Generex Biotechnology Corp. (GNBT) announced an agreement in principle for a collaboration to develop SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) vaccines utilizing the company's proprietary drug delivery...

Rapid onset diseases could be treated with vectors offering quick transfection.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rapid onset diseases could be treated with vectors offering quick transfection. According to recent research published in the journal Virology, "recombinant adenoviruses are efficient gene transfer...

WNV antibody testing and antimicrobial susceptibility data presented at meeting.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Focus Technologies announced that the company presented results from West Nile Virus (WNV) antibody testing and drug susceptibility findings and other data concerning Gram-positive cocci (including...

MEKC used for separation, analysis of glycopeptide antibiotics.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Drexel University chemists have evaluated micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) as a means of separating and analyzing glycopeptide antibiotics. C. Lucas and colleagues applied the...

Broad-spectrum chemokine inhibitors may soon control excessive inflammation.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Broad-spectrum chemokine inhibitors (BSCIs) may have anti-inflammatory effects that can control a broad range of diseases characterized by excessive inflammation. According to a study from...

Linezolid improves treatment of nosocomial pneumonia.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Linezolid can improve the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia. "In order to avoid the emergence of bacterial resistance, the treatment of nosocomial infections must avoid unnecessary multiplication...

New drugs are effective but have important limitations.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Evidence suggests that two new antiviral drugs (oseltamivir and zanamivir) are effective for treating and preventing flu, but more research is needed to clarify who will benefit most from treatment....

Biochip technology enables label-free detection of pathogens and their toxins.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new biochip technology enables label-free detection of pathogens and their toxins, report scientists with Biopraxis, Inc., a San Diego, California-based biotechnology firm. A.E. Grow and...

Extracorporeal blood purification may be a way to control severe sepsis symptoms.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One of the ways of normalizing the immune system following sepsis may be by extracorporeal blood purification. According to recent research from the United States, "Sepsis and septic shock are the...

Loracarbef can induce severe immune thrombocytopenia and respiratory distress.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Loracarbef can induce severe immune thrombocytopenia and respiratory distress. According to a study from the United States, "We report here the first case of severe immune thrombocytopenia induced...

New agreement for antibiotic development announced.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan) have announced a licensing agreement for doripenem (S-4661), a broad-spectrum antibiotic currently being studied in worldwide...

Novel inhibitor of JAK/STAT pathway isolated from a Penicillium species.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel inhibitor of the JAK/STAT pathway has been isolated from a Penicillium species, according to a recent report in the Journal of Antibiotics. "In a search for new inhibitors of the IFN...

New study shows copper could control Listeria contamination.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study conducted in the U.K. holds promise for stemming Listeria contamination using copper alloys for food processing surfaces. Drs. C. William Keevil and Sandra A. Wilks of the University of...

Proprietary stent coating breakthrough announced.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MIV Therapeutics, Inc., (MIVT) said it has achieved a significant milestone by successfully passing an independent thrombogenicity animal trial of its proprietary hydroxyapatite (HAp) coating. The...