Écrit par WHO | 05 Juin 2013

GENEVA ¦ 6 June 2013 – Many low- and middle-income countries  are neglecting overweight and obesity as major health threats, with policies in place to tackle undernutrition, but lack policies to halt the growing burden of diseases due to the rise of overweight , and obesity, according to new information released by WHO today.

More than 75% of overweight children live in developing...

Écrit par Wiley | 05 Juin 2013

New research has found that rutine screening using a non-invasive test that analyzes fetal DNA in a pregnant woman’s blood can accurately detect Down’s syndrome and other genetic fetal abnormalities in the first trimester. Published early online in Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, the results suggest that the test is superior to currently available screening strategies and could...

Écrit par Bio Base | 05 Juin 2013

Un nouveau partenariat stratégique entre Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant et Toulouse White Biotechnology favorise l’intégration des développements préindustriels et leurs applications à l’échelle industrielle dans le domaine des Biotechnologies Industrielles.

Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (BBEPP) et Toulouse White Biotechnology (TWB) ont annoncé aujourd’hui leur partenariat...

Écrit par Didier Poli | 05 Juin 2013

5 June 2013 - The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has notified WHO of an additional laboratory-confirmed case with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

The patient is a 14-year-old girl with underlying medical conditions who became ill on 29 May 2013. She is reported from the Eastern region, but not from Al-Ahsa where an outbreak began in a health care facility...