Are Symptoms a Cold or Airborne All... Oct 30, 2008
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, , has a chart on their website, that was produced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Health. The chart is a simple guideline that lists the differing symptoms of colds and airborne allergies. (Suite101.com)
Local lab lands $20 million for research (72) Sep 19, 2008
Barely two weeks after landing a 55 million contract to expand its efforts to develop drugs to ward off and treat smallpox, the Corvallis biotech company on Thursday announced an additional 20 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. The new funds will be used to accelerate development of ST-246, a compound aimed at combatting smallpox, considered a potentially serious terrorist threat. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
NIH Funds SIGA Dengue Antiviral Program Sep 12, 2008
NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SIGA Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqCM: - ), a company specializing in the development of pharmaceutical agents to fight biowarfare pathogens and emerging human health threats, today announced the receipt of a Small Business Innovation Research Advanced Technology Phase I grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (SBIR-AT-NIAID). NIAID is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and its grants are typically given to... (Primezone Releases)
Was Pneumonia Real Killer in 1918 Flu Pandemic? Aug 6, 2008
Furthermore, a journal article from researchers with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) in Bethesda, Md. set to be released next month, reaches the same conclusion. (Fox News)
HIV strikes fast, study finds Jul 25, 2008
On Thursday, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, the main federal agency in charge of AIDS research, called for scientists to return to a basic question: What happens when the virus is transmitted. "Design of a vaccine that blocks HIV infection will require enormous intellectual leaps beyond present-day knowledge," concluded a broad team of institute researchers writing in today's edition of the journal Science. (News & Observer)
Higher Temperatures Helped New Strain Of West Nile Virus Spread Jul 1, 2008
The study was funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, the National Science Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institutes of Health. Information about the Consortium for Conservation Medicine is available at. (Science Daily)
Gene At Intersection Of Stem Cells, Immunity Feb 27, 2008
26, 2008) A gene that "wakes up" the blood system's stem cells in times of stress also plays an important role in protecting against infection, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease and Duke University Medical School in a report that appears in the journal Cell Stem Cell. See also. (Science Daily)
Nanomaterials Used To Localize And Control Drug Delivery Jan 25, 2008
The study was funded by the Center for Cell Control and Northwestern University, with additional support from the Jonsson Cancer Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease of the National Institutes of Health and the V Foundation for Cancer Research. The Center for Cell Control is one of the Nanomedicine Development Centers funded by the National Institutes of Health through the Roadmap for Medical Research. (Science Daily)
Another drop in short-term T-bill rates Jan 15, 2008
The funding to the San Diego-based company is part of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease special initiative to combat a disease that affects as many as 500,000 people annually in the United States. Tijuana airport operator has parking contract. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
SIGA Completes 21 Day Multi-Dose Human Clinical Safety and Dose-Ranging Trial of Its Lead Smallpox Drug ST-246 Dec 6, 2007
This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, Department of Health and Human Services, in conjunction with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHSN266200600014C.. In addition to smallpox, SIGA has antiviral programs targeting other Category A viral pathogens, including arenaviruses (Lassa fever,... (Primezone Releases)
$9.4M goes to Benaroya for autoimmune work Dec 3, 2007
5 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, and $2. 5 million from the Benaroya family. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Colorado BioScience Association picks award winners Dec 2, 2007
8 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. Inviragen has raised more than $5 million in grant and angel investor funding. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Several Vaccine Trials Affected by Halt of Merck's HIV Vaccine Trial Nov 20, 2007
Trial participants now must be warned about the potential risks highlighted in the Merck trail if they participate in experiments that use a cold-virus carrier similar to Merck's product, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, said. Page 1. (MedIndia)
Key to MRSA Virulence in Community Discovered Nov 13, 2007
Michael Otto, a senior investigator at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, and his colleagues searched for and found a battery of short, novel peptides that are expressed by community-associated MRSA strains at higher levels than their hospital-associated MRSA cousins. Deleting the genes encoding these peptides in mouse models of bacterial infection reduced the microbes' ability to kill or induce skin lesions in infected animals, while purified... (U.S. News & World Report)
Blocking effects of viral infections may prevent asthma in young children Nov 8, 2007
Funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Genentech Inc., Novartis International AG, the Martin Schaeffer Fund and the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Charitable Trust supported this research. Washington University School of Medicine's 2,100 employed and volunteer faculty physicians also are the medical staff of Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children's hospitals. (EurekAlert!)
2007 Lasker Awards announced Sep 18, 2007
This year's Mary Woodard Lasker Award for Public Service will go to , head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, for his work on a government program to treat HIV/AIDS in the developing world, and a nationwide biodefense strategy in the US.. In the early 1960s and 70s, immunologists investigating T and B cell function isolated a spleen-derived suspension of "accessory cells" that appeared to be necessary to activate immune cells in vitro. (The Scientist)
Early Treatment Prolongs Survival in HIV Babies Jul 26, 2007
The study, by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), was so successful that it was cut short by four years so that all children could receive treatment. An estimated 2. (MEDLINEplus)
Scientists Decode Genome Of Oral Pathogen Apr 7, 2007
This work was supported by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. Macrina and Buck collaborated with other VCU researchers from the Philips Institute of Oral and Craniofacial Molecular Biology, the Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics. (Science Daily)
U OF M awarded $22.5 million NIH contract to study avian influenza Apr 3, 2007
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, part of the National Institutes of Health, today named the University of Minnesota as one of six sites across the country that will establish a Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance. The Minnesota NIH/NIAID Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance (MCEIRS) will receive $22. (SpiritIndia)
UC research discovers new way to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria Mar 17, 2007
The study was funded by a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease as well as the Department of Veteran Affairs. . (EurekAlert!)
Lengthy AIDS battle 'still remains' Feb 18, 2007
It may be possible to battle AIDS into a low-rate of infection, but it will take a long time and elimination of the disease seems unlikely, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease says. It is a disease transmitted by sexual activity, which is a fundamental component of human behaviour, "so it isn't going to be easy to shut it off," Dr Anthony Fauci told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Flu shot might also offer some protection against H5N1 Feb 14, 2007
This work was supported in part by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (National Institutes of Health) and ALSAC.. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. (EurekAlert!)
Immune Molecule Protects Cells Threatened by HIV Feb 8, 2007
"It's not just the drugs that battle HIV," says researcher Paolo Lusso, a virologist and immunologist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID). "It's a sort of alliance between drugs and the immune system. You have to have both.". (Scientific American)
1918 Killer Flu Virus Tested on Monkeys Jan 19, 2007
The new work "gives us another tool," said Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, who was not part of the research. Fauci praised the study and said what it found in the effects on the body are stunning: "There aren't a lot of things that can induce that robust of an inflammatory response that quickly.". (Newsmax)
Antivirals effectively curb influenza virus Jan 17, 2007
This research was partially supported by a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease grant and a National Institute of General Medical Sciences MIDAS grant. Roche and GlaxoSmithKline allowed access to the necessary data sets. (EurekAlert!)
