Republicans say NIH funding “insufficient”

TweetSenate Republicans raised concerns on Wednesday that the proposed 2013 funding levels for the National Institute of Health were insufficient. The remarks were made at an appropriations subcommittee hearing for the Department of Health and Human Services. “Our nation’s leading … Read More »

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NIH studying newly emerging Staphylococcus aureus strain

Tweet A team of National Institute of Health scientists and their colleagues are using household surveillance and genome sequencing to investigate a newly emerging type of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. The methicillin-resistant bacteria, which is known as livestock-associated ST398, has caused … Read More »

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New malaria fighting technique announced

Scientists from the University of Arizona have successfully developed a mosquito that is immune to the parasite Plasmodium, the cause of malaria, and hope to one day replace wild mosquitoes with their lab-bred population. Read More »

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NIH gives grant for malaria research center

The National Institutes of Health have given the University of California San Diego a seven-year, $9.2 million grant to develop a joint Peruvian/Brazilian malaria research center. Read More »

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GlycoVaxyn receives NIH grant for Staphylococcus aureus vaccine study

GlycoVaxyn AG and Professor Jean Lee, principal investigator at the Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women Read More »

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