Topic: Cystic Fibrosis
AP News | 2010-02-21 16:35:45
<div id="subtitle">AP IMPACT: Positive eugenics? Gene tests appear to reduce levels of some inherited diseases</div><div><p>Some of mankind's most devastating inherited diseases appear to be declining, and a few have nearly disappeared, because more people are using genetic testing to decide whether to have children.< ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-18 19:29:17
<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Swiss scientists have found a new class of antibiotics, offering drug developers a fresh weapon in the fight against multi-drug resistant bacteria or "superbugs."</p><p>Researchers from a privately held Swiss biotech company Polyphor and the University of Zurich said the potential medicines are effective against a ...
Reuters US Online Report Science News | 2010-02-16 07:48:44
<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists say they have developed a way of pinpointing variations in a person's genetic code using a chemical test on saliva, meaning quick, cheap DNA tests for risks of certain diseases may be around the corner.</p><p>Researchers at Edinburgh University said their technique, based ...
AP News | 2010-02-03 15:33:55
<div id="subtitle">Vertex Pharmaceuticals says cystic fibrosis drug meets key goals in midstage study</div><div><p>Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday its experimental cystic fibrosis drug VX-809 met key safety and tolerability goals in a midstage study.</p><p>The company also said the drug candidate ...
