Topic - disease

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Media

Roundup: PS3 to Cure Alzheimer’s?

Powerful game console as distributed computing platform.
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Biosciences

Finding the Flu

High-tech diagnostic devices aim to speed-up avian flu detection.
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General news, Biosciences

Death Watch

The world is looking for a pandemic strain of flu, but not hard enough.
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Biosciences, Finance

Amicus Seeks $86M in IPO

Amicus Therapeutics takes an unusual approach to genetic disease.
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General news, Biosciences

China’s War on Cancer

Will gene therapy give Chinese researchers an edge over their rivals in the United States?
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Biosciences, Finance

Pharma Hypes Disease: Report

A leading medical journal says big pharma over-hypes and even makes up diseases for profit.
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Biosciences

Tobacco’s Anti-Cancer Turn

As biomanufacturing heats up, a tiny company with big backing cooks up a way to use tobacco to fight the deadly disease.
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Biosciences, Finance

Rising Risk of Epidemics Seen

Researchers say new infectious diseases are rising at a high rate.
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Biosciences

HapMap Gene Project Advances

More than 200 scientists across six countries announce substantial advances in successor to the Human Genome Project.
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Biosciences, Finance

Bioterror Funding Costs Lives

Disproportionate funding aimed at preventing bioterrorism is pulling money away from basic public health.
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Archives

A new stretch combats heart disease

Georgia Tech researchers are developing a biomechanical device that helps patients grow extra arterial tissue for their own bypass surgery.
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Archives

Dealflow: Investors Xcyte-ed at potential disease cure

Dealflow: Audiobasket gives you the news your way; an unexpected call for Exario; Arcot hopes to make you secure; Carlyle Group's Asian campaign; Prodamus pitches; and more.