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A team of scientists has discovered a new syndrome associated with severe congenital neutropenia (SCN), a rare disorder in which children lack sufficient infection-fighting white cells, and identified the genetic cause of the syndrome: mutations in the gene Glucose-6-phosphatase, catalytic subunit 3 (G6PC3). The findings, which are published in the Jan. 1, 2009 issue of [...]

Spain leads the most important and ambitious EU research fight AIDS project
Chemical/pharmaceutical ESTEVE group signs partnership agreement with IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, allowing ESTEVE to join research project. Partnership has been driven by Obra Social “La Caixa” and the Generalitat de Catalunya health department.

Tags: aids project, aids research institute, antiviral treatments, [...]

Novartis has strengthened its vaccines pipeline through an exclusive agreement to license AlphaVax’ investigational Cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine program. This CMV agreement adds to Novartis’ promising early stage pipeline of novel vaccines, which focuses on significant unmet needs for the prevention of fatal diseases such as meningococcal infections and other hospital and community acquired infections. These [...]

New Mexico has the highest proportion of children in the nation enrolled in Medicaid. An article published in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE highlights research showing that childhood immunization rates in the state suffered when barriers increased to children’s receiving Medicaid coverage.

Tags: childhood immunization rates, enrollment levels, [...]

University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have discovered a new therapy for transplant patients, targeting the antibody-producing plasma cells that can cause organ rejection.
Results of the study are published in the Dec. 27, 2008, edition of the journal Transplantation.

Tags: antibody levels, autoimmune diseases, b cells, b lymphocytes, body of literature, humoral immune [...]