Anti-parasite drugs may treat cancer, immune diseases
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/268729.php
US researchers have discovered that by modifying a long-standing drug used to treat serious parasitic diseases like malaria, they could get it to affect human proteins in a way that looks promising for the treatment of cancer and immune-related diseases.
URI receives $15-million gift to research diseases of the brain
http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20131113-uri-receives-15-million-gift-to-research-diseases-of-the-brain.ece
The University of Rhode Island has received a $15-million gift to establish a research institute focused on understanding and treating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. The gift, from former CVS Caremark CEO Thomas M.
The Effect of Childhood Vaccine Exemptions on Disease Outbreaks
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/report/2013/11/14/76471/the-effect-of-childhood-vaccine-exemptions-on-disease-outbreaks/
Because children are especially vulnerable to certain diseases and because vaccines help the body to develop disease immunity over time, many vaccines are most effective when administered to children at a young age and based on a recommended ...
Why rare diseases are big pharma's latest obsession
http://qz.com/145941/why-rare-diseases-are-big-pharmas-latest-obsession/
But the looming expiry of patents in the US on many of these drugs, along with slowing approval rates for new mass market drugs in development, is forcing a shift into obscure diseases that affect the few rather than the many. For evidence of the ...
New laser technology could detect and destroy brain diseases
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/11/11/new-laser-tech-could-detect-and-destroy-brain-diseases/
A new technology that uses only light could one day detect and annihilate disease-causing proteins in the brain, researchers say. The method involves using lasers to distinguish between normal brain tissue and the abnormal tissue found in people with ...
Health Experts Encourage China to Help Combat Diseases
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/11/13/health-experts-encourage-china-to-help-combat-diseases/
China should do more to curb a rise in non-communicable diseases like heart disease and diabetes that have long been neglected and now pose a risk to its economy, global health experts warned. Getty Images: High rates of smoking, lack of exercise and ...
Protecting cattle against bacterial diseases
http://www.bovinevetonline.com/news/industry/Protecting-cattle-against-bacterial-diseases--231788451.html
Two of the most contagious and costly diseases of cattle?bovine tuberculosis (TB) and Johne's disease?have something in common: Both are caused by mycobacteria. Some species of mycobacteria can cause serious illness and sometimes death in ...
?National Calamity? in Philippines Fueling Isolation, Risk of Disease
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=national-calamity
The corpses themselves do not pose much of a danger?the risk of bacteria-spread disease from them is low?but the stench can impact the community and aid workers alike, hampering the response. ?I know the Philippines government is trying to maximize ...
