Topic: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
AFP Global Edition | 2009-12-17 18:10:28
<div><p>A strain of natural human proteins have been found to help ward off swine flu and other viruses including West Nile and dengue, in a discovery that could spur more effective treatments, US researchers said Thursday.</p><p>In cultured human cells, researchers lead by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-07-28 00:02:43
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tiny ovarian tumors lurk in the Fallopian tubes for an average of four years before they grow large enough to be detected, researchers reported on Monday in a study that explains why diagnosis usually comes too late to save a woman's life.</p><p>They said they ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-03-19 23:00:24
<div><p>A US philanthropic group announced Thursday it will invest 60 million dollars in a research center for HIV-AIDS and tuberculosis in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal, a province at the heart of a global pandemic of the two diseases.</p><p>"The KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV (K-RITH) will ...
AFP American Edition | 2008-10-07 13:00:43
<div><p>A new prenatal test to detect genetic disorders such as Down's Syndrome could render current riskier procedures "obsolete," according to new research published Monday.</p><p>The new method, developed by researchers at Stanford University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California requires a simple blood sample from the ...
