Medical News Story (Hepatitis C Treatment Options)

Medical News Story
News-Medical.Net - Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) have developed a vaccine candidate for hepatitis C, leading to hope in the fight against a disease for which no vaccines are yet available. VIDO is the

Inovio Biomedical to Develop Vaccine for Hepatitis C in Partnership
Genetic Engineering News - Inovio Biomedical Corporation (AMEX:INO), a late stage developer of cancer and other therapies using electroporation to deliver drugs and nucleic acids, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Swedish-based Tripep AB (The Stockholm

Organ Donor Rates for 2005 Worst Ever
Scoop - Organ Donor Rates for 2005 Worst Ever. Figures released today show that New Zealand has hit an all time low in the number of organ donors it has. Just 29 people became organ donors in 2005. The previous lowest was 34 donors, more than 16 years ago

FDA Approvals: RPS Adeno Detector, Elecsys NT-proBNP Test, TBA Assay
Medscape News - Jan. 6, 2006 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved in 2005 a rapid point-of-care test for adenovirus in tear fluid as an aid in the differential diagnosis of acute conjunctivitis; a new indication for an N-terminal pro brain