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Journal Stem Cell Translational Medicine to Publish Article on FDA Communications and the Regulatory Pathway for Cell-Based Therapies

(Marketwire) The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM), the international organization representing the interests of the regenerative medicine community, announced the publication today of an article on FDA communications to help companies developing cell-based therapies by clarifying the development pathway. The article, entitled “Communications with the FDA on the Development Pathway for a Cell-Based Therapy: Why, Read More »

October 18, 2012
| Filed under North America, Public Health, and Research
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61 Now Ill in North Carolina E. coli Outbreak

(Food Safety News) The deadly E. coli outbreak linked to the Cleveland County Fair in North Carolina grew to 61 cases by Wednesday. At least 10 people have been hospitalized. This latest figures comes less than a week after 2-year-old Gage Lefever died from his infection last Friday. His funeral services were held on Wednesday Read More »

October 18, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Public Health
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Plum Island researcher making strides against dreaded livestock disease

(The Day) In the world of livestock diseases, there are few foes more formidable than foot-and-mouth disease. With seven main strains and 60 subtypes, a centuries-long track record of devastation, the ability to survive in soil for extended periods and be spread rapidly by infected animal breath, wind and other means, the virus has kept Read More »

October 17, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, and Research
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Washington Plans Global Meeting on Weapon-Sensitive Biological Studies

(Global Security Newswire) The United States intends before January to convene a global gathering aimed at addressing questions over biological research with potential for misuse, the head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases wrote in a commentary published last week by mBio. The planned conference would seek to establish a justification Read More »

October 17, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Biotechnology, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Wide discrepancy in surveillance and control of infections in ICUs

(EurekAlert) Screening practices for multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in intensive care units (ICUs) vary widely from hospital to hospital, according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University School of Nursing and published in the October 2012 issue of the American Journal of Infection Control. Researchers found that of the hospitals surveyed, a little more Read More »