Scientists have devised a way to automate and accelerate a manual, complex process that enables researchers to more easily discover the structure of cancer-related proteins, and, eventually, formulate cancer cures. This new, automated approach may also help the exploration of other diseases and food-related research.
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The IT @ Networking Awards 2010 - Open Competition for Healthcare IT Solutions
The IT @ Networking Awards 2010 (IT @ 2010) is an open competition for fully implemented, operable healthcare IT solutions. The goal is to raise awareness of some of the world's finest and most innovative local, regional and national healthcare IT projects.
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British Medical Journal: WHO must act now to restore its credibility, and Europe should legislate
Council of Europe condemns "unjustified scare" over swine flu Adrian O'Dowd
The Council of Europe has heavily criticised the World Health Organization, national governments, and EU agencies for their handling of the swine flu pandemic. The parliamentary assembly of the council - the international organisation that protects human rights and the rule of law in Europe - published a draft of a report that reviewed how the H1N1 pandemic was handled.
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Philips and RXi Pharmaceuticals entered into a joint research agreement
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Nasdaq: RXII), a US-based biopharmaceutical company, have entered into a joint research agreement to explore the benefits of combining proprietary technologies from both companies for the targeted delivery of experimental therapeutics based on RNA interference (RNAi).
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Transinsight and antibodies-online Develop Software for Semantic Gene and Protein Identification
Since July 2009 Transinsight GmbH and antibodies-online GmbH partner together with TU Dresden and RESprotect GmbH to develop and deploy new semantic search technologies for the Life-Science industry.
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New Twist on Potential Malaria Drug Target Acts by Trapping Parasites in Cells
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers and colleagues seeking to block invasion of healthy red blood cells by malaria parasites have instead succeeded in locking the parasites within infected blood cells, potentially containing the disease.
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Pharma CRM Goes on the iPad and iPhone
Media-Soft, CRM solutions provider for pharmaceutical companies, announced the launch of the native and offline iPhone adn iPad Pharma CRM application with advanced and unique features that increase the Sales Force effectiveness in pharma organizations.
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