GENEVA - The World Health Organization ramped up its response to a potential pandemic-level outbreak of swine flu Saturday, calling the new strain ``a public health emergency of international concern.'' After a meeting of WHO's emergency committee, the UN agency said it...

Dakar, 20 February 2009 - Novartis and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) announced today the African launch of Coartem® Dispersible. Coartem® Dispersible is the result of a unique public-private collaboration between Novartis and the nonprofit Medicines for Malaria...

Primary cells reach senescence after a limited number of populatin doublings, thus scientists frequently need to re-establish fresh cultures from explanted tissue - a tedious process. To use the same consistent cells throughout a research project, scientists need primary...

Researchers have identified a molecule that tells your brain your stomach is full – signaling that it's time to say no to a second piece of pumpkin pie and push back from the Thanksgiving table. In studies with mice and rats, researchers have found that a chemical...