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NIH Small Business Grant Funds Severe Hepatitis Treatment
A biotechnology company is developing treatments for a severe form of hepatitis, which up to now has only limited therapy options, with a synthetic form of RNA designed to shut down the infecting virus.
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Lyme Disease Reported Increasing, Spreading in U.S.
A medical diagnostics company released a report today showing the number of cases of Lyme disease is increasing over the past 8 years, and spreading to more parts of the U.S.
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The Importance of Asking Questions Over Giving Answers
The idea isn’t just to give the answers to your employees but to train them to think logically about how they can solve the issue themselves in the future.
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In Case You Missed It …
Among our favorite stories on Science & Enterprise are when interesting science becomes a business opportunity.
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How Much Is Your Job Costing You?
Your job could be hurting your finances, and not in a small way.
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Infographic – U.S. Smoking Rate Hits New Low
These data show fewer than 1 in 6 Americans, or 16 percent, smoked a cigarette in the past week.
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Scientific Reasons Doctors Are Correct (Most Of The Time)
To put it into perspective, here are the secrets to physicians’ success. These are the reasons why they are correct most of the time.
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Challenges Seek Solutions for Chronic Diseases, Oral Drugs in Animals
Two new crowdsourcing competitions announced this week are seeking ideas on broadening the scope of drugs being developed for companion animals, and making drugs easier to give to pets and farm animals.
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Drug Discovery System Designed to Identify Difficult Targets
A lab in the U.K. developed a system for discovering new therapies that identify therapy targets linked to enzymes, some found in neurodegenerative diseases, previously considered too difficult to address.
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Launching A Cosmetics Brand Is Not As Easy As You Think
This article will draw your attention towards some of the essentials steps you need to take, and how much investment you’re going to require.