Whitehead, three firms strike deal

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Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and biotech firms Affymetrix Inc and Millennium Pharmaceuticals are forming a consortium to develop faster and more efficient methods of collecting and analyzing genetic data. All the companies will share in the commercials rights to any new technologies developed.

Management, Biotechnology industry, Biotechnology industries, Contracts, Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc., MLNM, Affymetrix Inc., AFFX, Genetic research, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Lander, Eric

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Modified microbe may boost TB vaccine

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Researchers have engineered the mycobacterium bacille Calmette-Guerin (BBC) to express several mouse cytokines that stimulate cellular immune responses to tuberculosis antigens. The finding is viewed as a great achievement because it holds promise of an improved TB vaccine.

Research, Innovations, Prevention, Tuberculosis, BCG, Tuberculosis vaccines

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Dana-Farber death sends a warning to research hospitals

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The repercussions of the medication error that killed two cancer patients at the prestigious Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are continuing. Dana-Farber and other medical research institutions are improving their oversight precautions.

Safety and security measures, Medical centers, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Medication errors

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