Brussels, 16 July 2008
European biotech industry identifies the real culprits causing food price rises

The European Biotech Industry Association (EuropaBio) questions the premises and the methods used by recent reports, including the recently leaked and unofficial World Bank internal note (1)  which claims that 75% of the recent price increase of food is due to increasing demand for biofuel. The World Bank document downplays poor 2007 harvests, pays no attention to the effects of increased meat consumption in Asia, discounts USDA figures showing that wheat plantings increased in 2007, disregards the impact of increased energy prices on food prices and overlooks the impact of short term export bans and speculation (2). In doing so, and entirely out of step with G8 leaders and FAO policy makers, the World Bank's internal document almost entirely ignores the benefits that biofuels can bring to farmers in the developing world.

04/21/2008
Development Capacity Index for biotech companies in new member states - InDeCS-H project

Although Healthcare Biotechnology has an enormous impact to contribute to the Lisbon agenda while at the same time meeting the needs of patients and their families, there is a historical lack of comparative data on bioscience companies in Europe. While recent data gathering initiatives have focused on more developed biotech sectors, there is little information on bioscience companies in the new Member States (Cyprus, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Hungary) and candidate countries (Croatia, Turkey). The industry is spread across sectors, regions and disciplines, and such fragmentation makes an overview of the sector difficult.

EuropaBio - The European Association for Bio-Industries in cooperation with Venture Valuation and Critical I is running a European Project funded by the European Commission under the sixth Framework Programme (FP6) Life Sciences, Genomics and Biotechnology for Health, to create a Development Capacity Index (DCI) covering two years. This will inform policy makers about the exploitative potential of the biotech sector in new EU Member states and candidate countries, and compare country to country data, benchmarked against EU trends based on existing data collections.

Project website: www.14allBio.eu

For more information:

Alexandre Custaud
Project Coordinator

EuropaBio - The European Association for Bio-Industries
6, Avenue de l'Armée
1040 Brussels
T: +32 2 735 03 13
M : +32 477 650 314
a.custaud@europabio.org
www.europabio.org

10/15/2007
Genetic Immunity closes $2 million dollar bridge financing

Genetic Immunity LLC, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company and a leader in the development of DNA based nanoparticle immunotherapies, announced today the completion of a $2 million dollar bridge financing.

10/11/2007
Analysis of breast and colon cancer genes finds many areas of differences between tumors

Researchers from University Hospitals (UH) Ireland Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine are part of a new national study that has analyzed more than 18,000 genes, including 5,000 previously unmapped genes, from breast and colorectal tumors. The study, published online by the journal Science on Oct. 11, shows a great number of genetic differences between breast and colon cancer tumors, leading the researchers to conclude that new drugs must be developed that can hit these newly identified genetic targets in a manner specific to each different individual's tumor.

10/11/2007
New device ensures nuclear medicine safer than ever

Hospitals are now able to ensure that the correct dose is administered to the 670,000 patients that undergo nuclear medicine procedures every year due to a new device developed by scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL).

10/9/2007
Mathematicians help unlock secrets of the immune system

A group of scientists, led by mathematicians, has taken on the challenge of building a common model of immune responses. Their work will radically improve our understanding of the human immune system by allowing all the scientific disciplines working on it to have a common reference point and language. The mathematicians, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), will investigate how the different cellular components of the immune system work together and devise a theoretical and computational model that can be used by immunologists, mathematicians, computer scientists, physicists and engineers.

10/8/2007
Researchers Discover Three New Genes That Cause Lung CancerCold Spring

Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have discovered three genes that interact with cancerous results in 20% of lung cancers. The three genes are located next to each other on human chromosome 14 and two are known to play key roles in fetal lung development. According to CSHL lead investigator David Mu, "lung cancer cells in adults can reactivate genes that are normally active in the earliest stages of lung development. We identified the mutation that triggers this abnormal re-activation of developmental genes and showed that if you turn off these genes, you stop the cancer."

10/8/2007
"Knockout mice" designers win Nobel Prize

Three researchers who pioneered the creation of "designer mice" to demonstrate the roles of different genes in human development and disease won the 2007 Nobel medicine prize on Monday.

10/4/2007
Researchers Identify Genes That Increase Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk

Researchers in the United States and Sweden have identified a genetic region associated with increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic and debilitating inflammatory disease of the joints that affects an estimated 2.1 million Americans. The U.S. arm of the study involved a long-time collaboration between intramural researchers of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and other organizations. NIAMS is one of 27 institutes and centers at the National Institutes of Health. The results appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine

10/3/2007
Stem cells 'prompt cancer spread'

Dangerous changes in cancer cells which allow them to spread around the body could be triggered by the body's own stem cells, say US scientists.

10/1/2007
New diabetes drug from lizard

The spit of a giant and poisonous lizard will now help control diabetes. Compounds in the saliva of the endangered and carnivorous Gila Monster, which spends up to four months digesting its food, have been copied to develop a ground-breaking injection to treat type 2 diabetes.

10/1/2007
New breast cancer drug unveiled

New ways to control and treat breast cancer have been unveiled at a national medical conference by scientists at the University of Manchester.

9/27/2007
Scientists Sequence Genome of Intestinal Parasite that Afflicts Hikers and Kids in Daycare

Giardia lamblia is a strange-looking parasite that swims in the gut, spreads through stool, persists in contaminated water, and is responsible for more than 20,000 reported infections a year in the United States. Now it has finally spilled its genetic secrets.

9/26/2007
Plants Can Be Used to Study How and Why People Respond Differently to Drugs

While prescription medications work successfully to cure an ailment in some people, in others the same dose of the same drug can cause an adverse reaction or no response at all.

9/26/2007
Mercury-Containing Vaccine Vindicated

As federal health officials offer more evidence that the mercury-containing vaccine preservative thimerosal is safe, many vaccine experts say in retrospect that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to remove it from childhood vaccines may have done more harm than good by raising public fears.

9/25/2007
Breast cancer genes to aid women

Breast cancer patients could be spared unnecessary and lengthy treatment, according to new findings by researchers.

9/20/2007
U.S. study finds potential new ways to fight aging

Researchers said on Thursday they had found more ways to activate the body's own anti-aging defenses -- perhaps with a pill that could fight multiple diseases at once.

9/19/2007
Scientists Identify Cause of Job's Syndrome

The rare immunodeficiency disorder known as Job's syndrome is caused by a specific genetic mutation that both overstimulates and understimulates the human immune system, leading to harmful bacterial and fungal infections and the physical features characteristic of the syndrome, according to two independent groups of scientists, one from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the other from the Tokyo Medical and Dental University.

9/19/2007
Targeting nerve growth factor may cure liver cancer

Nerve growth factor (NGF), as the name says, is an essential peptide factor for the growth and differentiation of neuronal cells. Therefore we can imagine that this growth factor is important for the nervous system including brain. But a recent scientific report published in the October 7 issue of the World Journal of Gastroenterology tells us another surprising and exciting discovery about this growth factor: NGF is positively related with liver cancer, the No.2 killer among all kinds of cancers in the world.

9/18/2007
Is there really a 'mommy' gene in women?

Basic principles of biology rather than women's newfound economic independence can explain why fewer of them are getting married and having children, and why the trend may only be temporary, says a Queen's researcher

9/17/2007
Mechanism for the in-vivo transport of siRNA

It all started with flowers: in the nineties of the last century Norwegian researchers discovered that additional copies of a particular gene in petunias inhibited its activity instead of reinforcing it as had been assumed. A few years later it was found that the mechanism is based on the degradation of messenger RNA in the cells. Finally, in the late nineties the Nobel prizewinners Andrew Fire and Craig Mello established the technique of RNA interference, in which double-stranded RNA switches genes off efficiently and specifically. The scientists used the nematode (roundworm) Caenorhabditis elegans to study this

9/17/2007
Binocular vision gene is discovered

A team of U.S., Australian, and German researchers have identified the gene needed for binocular vision in mice.

9/12/2007
Unique role for blood formation gene identified

All blood cell production in adults depends on the steady work of a vital gene that if lost results in early bone marrow failure, Dartmouth Medical School cancer geneticists have found. Their research reveals an unexpected role for the gene in sustaining the adult blood-forming system, and opens novel strategies for targeting the gene, which is often involved in a type of childhood leukemia.

9/11/2007
Insulin pill hope for diabetics

Diabetes patients could soon be able to take a pill to control their condition instead of repeated injections, researchers have claimed.

9/7/2007
Normal Role for Schizophrenia Risk Gene Identified

How the gene that has been pegged as a major risk factor for schizophrenia and other mood disorders that affect millions of Americans contributes to these diseases remains unclear. However, the results of a new study by Hopkins researchers and their colleagues, appearing in Cell this week, provide a big clue by showing what this gene does in normal adult brains.

4/20/2007
Susceptibility to Crohn's disease

Crohn's disease is a chronic relapsing inflammatory disorder of the intestinal tract that affects an estimated 0.15% of people in the developed world. Common symptoms include abdominal pain and diarrhea, but the disorder is often associated with debilitating clinical complications. Researchers from the University of Liege, Belgium, have now uncovered an important clue to the susceptibility of individuals to this disease.

4/20/2007
Gene plays key role in embryonic, adult stem cells

One gene directs both embryonic and adult stem cells to perform the self-renewal function that is crucial in their potential broad use in medical treatments, researchers said on Thursday

4/18/2007
HRT linked to ovarian cancer risk

A large UK study has found hormone replacement therapy significantly increases the risk of ovarian cancer.

4/18/2007
Depression: New therapy gives reason for hope

A study at the University Clinics of Bonn and Cologne gives people with therapy-resistant depression reason for hope. The doctors treated two men and a woman with what is known as deep brain stimulation. All three patients have been suffering from very severe depression for several years which could neither be brought under control using medication nor by other therapies.

4/17/2007
Argentine cow clones to produce insulin in milk

Argentine scientists said on Tuesday they had created four cloned and genetically modified calves capable of producing human insulin in their milk, a step they said could cut the cost of treating diabetes.

4/17/2007
New research shows that flu is a trigger of heart attacks

Doctors need to take concerted action to ensure that people who are at risk of heart disease receive the influenza vaccine every autumn, according to the authors of a new report published today (Wednesday 18 April) in the European Heart Journal. Their research shows that influenza epidemics are associated with a rise in deaths from heart disease and that flu can actually trigger the heart attacks that result in death.

4/16/2007
Brain Structure Changes Years Before Memory Loss Begins

People who develop dementia or Alzheimer's disease experience brain structure changes years before any signs of memory loss begin, according to a study published in the April 17, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers say these findings may help identify people at risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which leads to Alzheimer's disease.

4/16/2007
Gene mutation associated with male infertility

A gene mutation that causes formation of abnormally shaped sperm results in male infertility, according to a report in the advance online publication of Nature Genetics.

4/15/2007
Scientists find new genes for Crohn's disease

Just a few months after their landmark article in Science magazine reporting the discovery of strong links between variations in a gene that codes for a cellular receptor involved in controlling inflammation and Crohn's disease, a consortium of U.S. and Canadian researchers is reporting in today's online issue of Nature Genetics that they have discovered several more genetic variations that are strongly linked to an increased risk for the disease. The discovery of these Crohn's disease-associated genetic variants has identified several key biological pathways that will be the focus of further research to understand how the debilitating inflammatory process is initiated and maintained in many cases of the disease.

4/15/2007
Mayo Clinic Discovers Cellular Factor Blocks HIV-1 Production

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have shown that a cellular factor restricts production of HIV-1 by actively degrading a viral protein. The findings appear in the online version of the journal Nature Medicine.

4/13/2007
Sperm made from human bone marrow

Scientists say they have successfully made immature sperm cells from human bone marrow samples. If these can be grown into fully developed sperm, which the researchers hope to do within five years, they may be useful in fertility treatments.

4/11/2007
Weizmann Institute scientists discover a key player in embryonic muscle development

Muscle fibers are large cells that contain many nuclei. They begin, like all animal cells, as naive embryonic cells. These cells differentiate, producing intermediate cells called myoblasts that are now destined to become muscle. New myoblasts then seek out other myoblasts, and when they find each other, they stick together like best friends. In the final stage of muscle fiber development, the cell membranes of attached myoblasts open up and fuse together, forming one large, unified cell.

4/11/2007
Europe's new strategy for life sciences and biotech

Industry welcomed the Commission's refocused biotech strategy but said it would be even greater if actually implemented. Meanwhile, NGOs denounced EU funding for GM food research saying it goes against EU public opinion.

4/11/2007
Three proteins may play role in brain cell repair

Some mature brain cells can grow new extensions when the amount of three particular proteins on their surface increases, a new study shows.

4/10/2007
Bypassing Eggs, Flu Vaccine Grown in Insect Cells Shows Promise

An experimental flu vaccine made in insect cells - not in eggs, where flu vaccines currently available in the United States are grown - is safe and as effective as conventional vaccines in protecting people against the flu, according to results published in the April 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association

4/9/2007
Bacterial Walls Come Tumbling Down

The first detailed images of an elusive drug target on the outer wall of bacteria may provide scientists with enough new information to aid design of novel antibiotics. The drugs are much needed to treat deadly infections initiated by Staphylococcus aureus and other bacterial pathogens.

4/7/2007
Eslicarbazepine shows promise for treating epileptic seizures

A new study appearing in the latest issue of Epilepsia shows that a new drug called Eslicarbazepine (ESL) shows promise as a treatment for epilepsy patients whose symptoms remain uncontrolled with existing medications.

4/4/2007
Researchers create drug-dispensing tooth

Researchers are developing a false tooth that can be programmed to dispense medicine at specified intervals, ensuring that a patient is given the proper dosage at the right time. Placing the device in the mouth allows medicine to be delivered directly into the bloodstream through the lining of the cheek and around the mouth, which is porous enough to absorb the drug. Saliva mixes with the medicine and carries it to the lining more consistently than just swallowing a pill every few hours.

4/4/2007
Multiple Myeloma Clinical Trial Closes Early Due to Significantly Superior Results of Comparative Treatment

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center announced today that a multiple myeloma clinical trial has shown a significant improvement in survival with lenalidomide plus low-dose dexamethasone therapy compared to lenalidomide plus high-dose dexamethasone.

4/1/2007
Type O - the universal donor blood - just got more universal

Danish researchers have perfected an inexpensive and efficient way to convert types A, B and AB blood into type O, the universal-donor blood that can be given to anyone -- an achievement that promises to make transfusions safer and relieve shortages of type O blood

1/30/2007
Diabetes linked to increase in kidney stones

Recent studies suggest that the incidence of kidney stones is increasing, both in the U.S. and worldwide, and data compiled by researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, suggest that diabetes may be a predisposing factor, particularly for kidney stones composed of uric acid.

1/29/2007
Mutant gene shatters nerves

If you bend a knee or an elbow, the nerves in your limbs stretch but do not break. A University of Utah study suggests why: A gene produces a springy protein that keeps nerve cells flexible. When the gene was disabled in tiny nematode worms, their nerve cells literally broke.

1/28/2007
Immune system 'brakes' found

Scientists say they have learnt how the body controls the machinery it uses to fight infections and foreign invaders.

1/26/2007
Italian researchers find ALS genes

Italian researchers say they have found the genes responsible for Lou Gehrig's disease.Sebastiano Cavallaro said he and his team at a National Research Council lab in Catania found 57 genes responsible for the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, after analyzing 44,000 genes in a group of patients with the fatal disease, ANSA reported.

1/26/2007
Disorderly protein brings order to cell division

St. Jude study shows disorderliness of the p27 yoke that suppresses activity of the cell-division molecule CDK2 is key to the ability of p27 to participate in its own destruction and set CDK2 free.

1/25/2007
Brain damage can erase cigarette addiction

Strokes which damage a specific part of the brain can cause cigarette addicts to lose the urge to smoke overnight, researchers report.

1/23/2007
Scientists Identify Gene That May Indicate Predisposition To Schizophrenia

In a new study from The American Journal of Human Genetics, a research team lead by Xinzhi Zhao and Ruqi Tang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) present evidence that genetic variation may indicate predisposition to schizophrenia. Specifically, their findings identify the chitinase 3-like 1 gene as a potential schizophrenia-susceptibility gene and suggest that the genes involved in biological response to adverse conditions are likely linked to schizophrenia.

1/23/2007
New dopamine brain target discovered

A team of Canadian researchers, lead by Dr. Susan George and Dr. Brian O'Dowd at the Centre for Addiction and Mental health (CAMH), discovered a distinct dopamine signalling complex in the brain. Composed of two different types of dopamine receptors, this novel target may have a significant role in understanding and treating schizophrenia.

22/1/2007
Selenium may help lower HIV levels

Selenium supplements can slow the rise in virus levels in HIV-positive patients, which allows the number of beneficial CD4 immune cell to increase, according to results of a clinical trial supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health.

1/21/2007
'Quiet revolution' may herald new RNA therapeutics

Scientists at the University of Oxford have identified a surprising way of switching off a gene involved in cell division. The mechanism involves a form of RNA, a chemical found in cell nuclei, whose role was previously unknown, and could have implications for preventing the growth of tumour cells.

1/19/2007
Some Blood Pressure Drugs Boost Diabetes Risk

Some common blood pressure drugs can substantially increase the risk of diabetes, especially among those already at risk for the condition, U.S. researchers report.

1/17/2007
Viagra may decrease ability to smell

Higher doses of Viagra (sildenafil) may impair the ability to smell, which is possibly related to an increase in nasal congestion, German researchers report in The Journal of Urology.

1/16/2007
Napoleon Died of Stomach Cancer, Not Poisoning

Napoleon Bonaparte, the French emperor whose death some attributed to poisoning, was killed by stomach cancer, brought on by an ulcer-causing bacterial infection, according to a study by U.S., Swiss and Canadian researchers.

1/15/2007
Human Growth Hormone No Fountain Of Youth

The fact that Ponce de Leon grew old and died should have been an object lesson, but the search goes on for the fountain of youth. Take human growth hormone, a recent popular and expensive candidate. No way, say investigators here.

1/11/2007
Telomeres may predict heart disease risk, study finds

British scientists have discovered a potential new way to identify people who have a higher risk of developing heart disease. Telomeres, tiny strands of DNA at the ends of chromosomes which seem to contain secrets about aging, may also hold clues about who is more likely to suffer from coronary heart disease.

1/11/2007
Scientists Discover Stage At Which An Embryonic Cell Is Fated To Become A Stem Cell

Cambridge scientists have discovered the stage at which some of the cells of a fertilised mammalian egg are fated to develop into stem cells and why this occurs. The findings of the study, which overturn the long-held belief that cells are the same until the fourth cleavage (division) of the embryo, are reported in the journal Nature.

12/29/2006
FDA Says Food From Cloned Animals Is Safe To Eat

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to rule that food from cloned animals is as safe to eat as food from conventionally reared ones

12/28/2006
Immune System Cells Linked To Heart Failure

The immune system and, more specifically, cells recruited from it are key players in the muscle dysfunction that results in some forms of heart failure, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

12/27/2006
Researchers Identify Gene That Enhances Muscle Performance

A team of researchers, led by scientists at Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth College, have identified and tested a gene that dramatically alters both muscle metabolism and performance. The researchers say that this finding could someday lead to treatment for muscle diseases, including helping the elderly who suffer from muscle deterioration and improving muscle performance in endurance athletes.

12/28/2006
New treatment hope for systemic sclerosis

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune disorder marked by early skin lesions and the progressive tissue fibrosis. More than skin deep, this thickening and hardening of connective tissue affects the blood capillaries, the gastrointestinal tract, the lungs, and the heart. In SSc patients, fibrosis frequently leads to organ dysfunction, serious illness, and death. Researchers have yet to determine the underlying cause of this disfiguring, debilitating condition or find an effective anti-fibrotic remedy.

12/27/2006
Scan could spot early Alzheimer's

Patients with the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer's disease could be diagnosed using an advanced scanning technique.

12/26/2006
'Longevity gene keeps mind sharp'

A gene variation that helps people live to a ripe old age also appears to preserve memory and thinking power, US work suggests.

12/25/2006
New compound isolated from Madagascan plant shows activity against malaria

Two papers in this week's PLoS Medicine suggest possible new avenues of treatment against malaria. In the first paper, researchers led by Dominique Mazier from the Laboratory INSERM/ University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, isolated a novel compound, tazopsine, from a plant traditionally used against malaria in Madagascar and showed it to be active against the liver stages of human and mouse malaria.

12/22/2006
Diabetes not linked to Alzheimer's in seniors

For older people with diabetes, the condition does not increase the likelihood that they'll develop Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in the medical journal Neurology. However, diabetes is associated with areas of brain damage called cerebral infarction which can impair mental capacity.

12/22/2006
Neurons targeted by dementing illness may have evolved for complex social cognition

Von Economo neurons (VENs) are uniquely shaped brain cells that seem to have evolved in a select group of socially complex species: great apes, humans, and, as reported last month, whales. Across species, VENs are localized to frontal brain regions associated with cognition, emotion and social behavior.

12/21/2006
Brain size may point to autism

Large brain volumes and craniums appear to be a family trait in about one of every five children with autism, one team reported in a study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

12/21/2006
Cellular killer also important to memory

A protein known primarily for its role in killing cells also plays a part in memory formation, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign report. Their work exploring how zebra finches learn songs could have implications for treatment of neurodegenerative conditions such as dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

12/14/2006
Boy who could walk on hot coals offers clues to pain management

The life and death of a young street performer from Pakistan who could walk on hot coals and drive knives through his arms without flinching has led scientists to a genetic discovery that could revolutionise the treatment of pain.

12/14/2006
Man with no pulse considered a medical breakthrough

A 65-year-old Quebec man who received a new long-term mechanical heart last month is being described as the only living Canadian without a pulse.

12/13/2006
Leicester breakthrough in eye disease

Researchers at the University of Leicester have identified for the first time a gene which causes a distressing eye condition. Their discovery, as reported in the journal Nature Genetics, is expected to lead to better treatments for the condition.

12/12/2006
Folic acid won't cut heart, stroke risk, study says

Taking a folic acid supplement does not cut the risk of heart disease or stroke in people with a history of cardiovascular ailments, according to a study published on Tuesday.

12/11/2006
First biomarker for human sleepiness identified in fruit flies

Scientists have identified the first biochemical marker linked to sleep loss, an enzyme in saliva known as amylase, which increases in activity when sleep deprivation is prolonged. Researchers hope to make amylase the first of a panel of biomarkers that will aid diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders and may one day help assess the risk of falling asleep at the wheel of a car or in other dangerous contexts.

12/11/2006
New osteoporosis treatments possible

U.S. researchers have found by targeting the function of a single gene, it is possible to inhibit bone decay while simultaneously stimulating bone formation.

12/11/2006
New technology makes clinical research more precise

The Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) and AlgoNomics have joined forces to develop a technology that verifies whether certain proteins induce an immune response in humans. The collaboration between VIB and AlgoNomics has yielded a biological test that supplements the current computer simulations. The additional data enable a more precise determination of the immune response. This knowledge is important for the development of new medicines, because it indicates that a new therapeutic substance is ready to be tested on humans.

12/09/2009
Study Reports Link Between Malaria and HIV

Scientists of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington, carrying out research in Kenya, suggested in the December 8 issue of the journal 'Science' that there may be a link between malaria, even though it is not sexually transmitted, and the spread of the AIDS virus across Africa.

12/04/2006
Synthetic Cannabinoid May Aid Fertility In Smokers

A reproductive medicine specialist at the University at Buffalo has shown that a new compound may improve the fertility of tobacco smokers who have low sperm count and low percentage sperm motility.

11/13/2006
Antibodies destroy HIV-infected cells

Antibodies that are active against HIV proteins may provide a successful strategy against infection, investigators in Germany and the United States r