Metabiota raises $2.38M, brings big-data power to fighting diseases
http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/20/metabiota-raises-2-38m-brings-big-data-power-to-fighting-diseases/
Metabiota, a company that monitors viral disease threats around the world, just landed $2.38 million in funding, according to a recent SEC filing. The company, known by the more explicit name the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative until July 2012, was ...
4 Diseases Making a Comeback Thanks to Anti-Vaxxers
http://time.com/27308/4-diseases-making-a-comeback-thanks-to-anti-vaxxers/
New York City isn't an anomaly, though. Diseases that are and have been avoidable in the U.S. thanks to vaccines, are resurfacing all across the country. Measles, for instance, was considered wiped out in 2000, but there have been several outbreaks in ...
New degree program focuses on global diseases, medicines
http://baylorlariat.com/2014/03/20/new-degree-program-focuses-on-global-diseases-medicines/
This mosquito lab, primarily operated by Dr. Cheolho Sim, assistant professor of biology, will play an integral part in the mosquito-borne disease portion of Baylor's new global diseases and tropical medicine curriculum set to go into effect around ...
Study: Stem cells can treat nerve diseases
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2014/03/20/study-stem-cells-can-treat-nerve-diseases.html
Stem cells may be used to treat certain nerve diseases such as multiple sclerosis and diabetic neuropathy, researchers at Pitt found. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers found that stem cells from human muscle could repair nerve ...
Toshiba's New Breathalyzer Diagnoses Diseases, Not Drunks
http://gizmodo.com/toshibas-new-breathalyzer-diagnoses-diseases-not-drun-1546320466
The company's breath analyzer prototype blasts a patient's exhaled breath with a quantum cascade laser. Gaseous compounds in the patient's breath absorb energy from the laser, then emit the energy in measurable forms that are unique to each compound.
Herbal cure for cattle diseases
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/herbal-cure-for-cattle-diseases/
Using medicinal herbs, scientists of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University have developed a herbal drug to treat mastitis, a cattle disease widespread in India. Another drug they have developed treats cattle wounds. Where the drugs ...
Envisia Therapeutics to Present at GTC Bio's 6 th Annual Ocular Diseases ...
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140320005722/en/Envisia-Therapeutics-Present-GTC-Bio%E2%80%99s-6th-Annual
The Ocular Diseases & Drug Discovery Conference promotes the discovery of ocular disease drug development by bringing together leading scientists, researchers and experts to discuss and collaborate on the latest research and development, safety ...
Anti-vaccine movement breathes life into diseases
http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/commentary/article/Anti-vaccine-movement-breathes-life-into-diseases-5332265.php
In a feat that would have been unimaginable a few decades ago, the anti-vaccine movement has managed to breathe life into nearly vanquished childhood diseases. It took all the ingenuity and know-how we are capable of to find safe, effective ways to ...
