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Twenty seven months ago that professor George Daley and other Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers were embarking on a quest to develop patient and disease-specific stem cell lines. Now they are available and the lines will be part of new HSCI iPS collection available to researchers.read more

DOR BioPharma, Inc. (OTCBB: DORB) ('DOR' or the 'Company'), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced that one of its academic development partners has initiated a second human clinical trial of RiVaxT in healthy volunteers. RiVaxT is a recombinant subunit vaccine designed to induce protection against exposure to ricin toxin, a category B biothreat.

Researchers in Japan and Canada have discovered a key component of the quality control mechanism that operates inside human cells - sometimes too well. The breakthrough has significant implications for the development of new treatments for cystic fibrosis (CF) and some other hereditary diseases, the researchers say.read more

Younger men who binge drink and abuse drugs are the gays and bisexuals most likely to transmit HIV to others, and prevention programs should be developed to target them, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

An abundance of vitamin C in the diet may help lower a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes, new research suggests.

HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,compiled by editors of HealthDay:

In a CNN opinion piece in advance of his talk at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on Wednesday, Anthony Fauci, director of NIH's

The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative on Tuesday at the XVII International AIDS Conference released a set of guidelines aimed at developing a safe and effective HIV/AIDS vaccine, Reuters reports.

As World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7) draws to a close, the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) urges new mothers to consider one more benefit to breastfeeding their babies: added cancer protection for mother and child. 'AICR is the first cancer organization to issue an official recommendation advocating breastfeeding in order to decrease risk of developing cancer,' said AICR Nutritionist Sarah Wally, MS RD.

A loophole in a sweeping tobacco regulation bill would give the industry a 21-month window to introduce some new products without first getting federal approval.The House last month overwhelmingly passed the legislation, which for the first time would empower federal public health authorities to regulate tobacco. Some tobacco foes say the bill's 21-month escape clause would let companies start marketing cigarettes and other products in the development pipeline before the Food and Drug Administration has fully ramped up to regulate them.'It is an opportunity for the companies to continue to put products on the market without a pre-market evaluation by the FDA,' said Mitch Zeller, who headed the agency's tobacco office during the Clinton administration. . . .Zeller, who said he still considers himself a strong supporter of the legislation, nonetheless called the loophole 'unfortunate' and said it seems to be a 'gift' to the tobacco companies.The office of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy,