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Inovio Biomedical Corporation (AMEX:INO), a leader in enabling the development of DNA vaccines using a proprietary electroporation-based DNA delivery platform, announced today it has expanded its research license with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), a leading organization dedicated to ensuring the development of safe and effective preventive HIV vaccines. Inovio's electroporation delivery technology is intended to enhance the potency of DNA vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases by increasing the cellular uptake of an agent by 1,000 times or more. This technology also has the potential to induce significant antibody and T-cell immune responses, both of which scientists believe will be critical to developing a preventive HIV vaccine. (PRWeb Aug 14, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/vaccine/inovio/prweb1211794.htm

CHICAGO (AP) -- National Guard and Reserve combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to develop drinking problems than active-duty soldiers, a new military study suggests. The authors speculate that inadequate preparation for the stress of combat and reduced access to support services at home may be to blame....

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a second generation RNA interference company developing novel therapeutics utilizing proprietary Dicer Substrate TechnologyT, today announced key studies highlighting the therapeutic potential for Dicer-substrate small interfering RNAs (DsiRNAs). The first study, co-authored by Dicerna co-founder John Rossi, Ph.D.

UK experts developing a testing machine for bird flu say it could save lives by cutting the time it takes to detect outbreaks.

Scientists working in the Academy-funded Research Programme on Neuroscience (NEURO) have discovered important changes in the way that infants react to another person's face at age 5-7 months. Infants aged 5 months react very differently to a fearful face than those aged 7 months. 'At the age of 7 months babies will watch a fearful face for longer than a happy face, and their attentiveness level as measured by EEG is higher after seeing a fearful than a happy face.

Tumorigenic Effect of Some Commonly Used Moisturizing Creams when Applied Topically to UVB-Pretreated High-Risk Mice.Irradiation of SKH-1 mice with UVB (30 mJ cm-2) twice a week for 20 weeks resulted in mice with a high risk of developing skin tumors over the next several months in the absence of further irradiation with UVB (high-risk mice).read more

Infants who spend too much time on their backs have an increased risk of developing a misshapen head along with certain developmental delays, physical therapists warn.

According to a new study, over 180 oil and gas 'blocks' -- areas zoned for exploration and development -- now cover the megadiverse western Amazon, which includes Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and western Brazil. These oil and gas blocks stretch over 688,000 km2 (170 million acres), a vast area, nearly the size of Texas.

Federal authorities say about 200 patients have developed complications from receiving doses of the injectable form of naltrexone for alcohol dependence.

An HIV-positive woman who has never shown symptoms of the virus might provide insights into HIV/AIDS vaccine development, researchers from Johns Hopkins University said in a study recently published in the Journal of Virology, Reuters reports.read more