County: No confirmed West Nile virus cases Jun 28, 2005
Other mosquito-borne illnesses include St. Louis encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, western equine encephalitis and dengue fever. There is no specific treatment for these infections. (Brenham Banner, TX)
Gates to Fund Millions in Health Research Jun 28, 2005
7 million to introduce a bacterial parasite to a mosquito population in a laboratory; the parasite, which occurs naturally in other insects, should cause the mosquitoes to die before they are old enough to transmit dengue fever, which infects up to 100 million people every year. Mosquitoes have become resistant to some insecticides. (Newsday -- Health)
Qld Uni secures Gates Foundation grant Jun 28, 2005
Dr Scott O'Neill and his team will work to genetically modifiy a bacterial parasite that kills mosquitoes before they are old enough to transmit dengue virus, which infects up to 100 million people each year and causes sometimes fatal fever and hemorrhaging. Other projects to be funded include the development of needle-free vaccines for children, the development of a cheap hand-held device that could diagnose a range of illnesses, and a plan to fight disease using stem cells as a lifetime... (ABC News Online, Australia -- Sci-Tech)
Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative Selects 43 Groundbreaking Research Projects for More Than $436 Million in Funding Jun 28, 2005
(Lead investigator: Dr. Lorne Babiuk, University of Saskatchewan, Canada) * Mosquito control to prevent dengue: The dengue virus infects up to 100 million people each year, and can cause severe fever, hemorrhaging, and death. Controlling the mosquitoes that transmit the disease is increasingly difficult, in part because many insecticides are no longer effective. (PR Newswire)
Gates grants aim to boost global health Jun 28, 2005
Today's Globe Opinion Magazine Education Science NECN Special reports Obituaries. WASHINGTON -- Projects to develop needle-free vaccines for children, render mosquitoes incapable of transmitting disease, and make cassava more nutritious made the cut for $435 million worth of new grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (Boston Globe)
Hong Kong philanthropist donates US$ 40 m to UC Berkley Jun 28, 2005
Besides studying stem cells, this center, which is part of the university?s Health Sciences Initiative, would also carry out extensive research on diseases like cancer, Alzheimer?s disease, HIV and AIDS, and dengue fever, among others. This is a major gift that not only sets us on the critical path to completing the building phase of the Health Sciences Initiative, but also represents a strong endorsement from a world-leading philanthropist for the innovative and progressive biomedical science... (Earthtimes.com)
$40 million donated for stem cell research Jun 27, 2005
Center scientists will research cancer, brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, infectious diseases such as HIV and dengue fever and stem cell biology. (Houston Chronicle -- Health)
$40 million gift from Li Ka-Shing Fndn. boosts health science research
UCB, Jun. 23 Jun 26, 2005
The Li center will house the Henry H. Wheeler Jr. Brain Imaging Center, part of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, as well as scientists tackling the complexities of cancer, brain diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, infectious diseases such as the worldwide killers HIV and dengue fever, and stem cell biology. "With advances in molecular biology, genomics, stem cell biology, computer sciences, tissue engineering, chemistry and the physical sciences all converging on biomedical problems, UC... (University of California Newswire, CA)
