I’ve had the opportunity to learn more about antibacterial drug discovery in the last year or so – that was one of the few therapeutic areas I hadn’t worked in, actually. And although I already knew that it was no picnic in the park (I’d heard the complaints), doing it myself has given me a ...

Gay and Lesbian Medical Association Healthcare Equality Index - “a joint project of GLMA and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The HEI provides a quality indicator for healthcare related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, beginning with the hospital industry. The survey foc...

U.N. Warns Food Shortage Will Continue Up To 2010 AHN London, England - United Nations World Food Program (WFP) head Josette Sheeran warns that the agency is already taking precautionary measures by rationing food aid to address worldwide food shortage and the increasing commodity prices which is ex...

U.N. Warns Food Shortage Will Continue Up To 2010 AHN London, England - United Nations World Food Program (WFP) head Josette Sheeran warns that the agency is already taking precautionary measures by rationing food aid to address worldwide food shortage and the increasing commodity prices which is ex...

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If you want a good example of the way that the popular media handle a drug discovery story, take a look at all the headlines this morning on the news of the sequencing of the common-cold rhinoviruses. There are a couple of "Cure For the Common Cold Unlikely" ones, but most of the others seem to rega...

In the hours following an outbreak of salmonella, there are many questions. And answers can be hard to find. Where did the problem start? Can it be contained? Is the sickness likely to spread? Iowa State University researchers have developed a technique for testing for the presence of salmonella tha...

Biotech, Devices, people Luke Timmerman wrote: Washington state’s life sciences trade group has a new boss, Chris Rivera, who has made a career in the high-pressure world of sales and marketing of new biotech drugs. Rivera’s new challenge, starting this month, is to help strengthen this ...

YOU have what seems to be a really bad cold. You are coughing and sneezing, and it is hard to breathe. Should you work out? And if you do, should you push yourself as hard as ever or take it easy? Will exercise have no effect, or make you feel better or worse? Two little-known studies that were publ...

Biotech, vaccines, Xconomy Luke Timmerman wrote: A newfound energy is coalescing around the science and business of vaccines, and much of it is happening right here in Seattle. We explored the trend yesterday evening in our first Xconomy Forum in Seattle. The event, held at The Institute for Systems...