Écrit par PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION | 17 Août 2012

Use of oral vaccine can complement cholera elimination efforts on the Island of Hispaniola, experts say






Washington, D.C., August 16, 2012 (PAHO/WHO) — Elimination of cholera transmission on the Island of Hispaniola can be achieved by increasing and sustaining access to clean drinking water and adequate sanitation, according to experts of the Pan American Health Organization’s...

Écrit par CICR | 17 Août 2012

Dans le nord du Mali contrôlé par divers groupes armés, le CICR et la Croix-Rouge malienne continuent d’apporter une assistance en vivres et en soins médicaux aux populations qui ne peuvent plus subvenir à leurs besoins essentiels.

 

« À cause de la crise alimentaire et du conflit armé, les moyens d'existence de dizaines de milliers de familles du nord du Mali sont fortement...

Écrit par Genae | 01 Août 2012

Cleveland, Oh, August 1 2012 - genae, a leading Contract Research Organization (CRO) and services provider for the medical device industries, today announced the appointment of Dr. Marco Costa and Dr. Hiram Grando Bezerra as Core Lab Directors.

In their role, Dr. Costa and Dr. Bezerra will be responsible for the liaison with the study sponsors, the presentation at investigator meetings...

Écrit par EMBO | 01 Août 2012

Researchers have used computational analysis to identify a new Achilles heel for the treatment of drug-resistant breast cancer. The results, which are published in Molecular Systems Biology, reveal that the disruption of glucose metabolism is an effective therapeutic strategy for the treatment of tumours that have acquired resistance to front-line cancer drugs such as Lapatinib.

“The...