Sentences with phrase «by infectious disease scientist»
In the mid-1940s, the Department of Defense commissioned researchers, led by infectious disease scientist Charles Rammelkamp, to study whether treating strep with penicillin would also prevent rheumatic heart disease, then a serious problem among troops.
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One of the vaccines, developed by scientists at the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), helped protect monkeys from Ebola infection 10 months after vaccination.
«You have to understand that a lot of these decisions were made not by scientists but by marketing - type people,» says David Shlaes, vice president of infectious - disease research at American Home Products» Wyeth - Ayerst research unit.
By countering the microbes» tactics, scientists might be able to design new ways of preventing and treating infectious disease.
Scientists worry that if a new infectious disease were to race around labs worldwide, it might force them to abandon the axolotl, potentially setting research back by years.
Focused both on discovery and on mentoring future generations of researchers, Salk scientists make groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of cancer, aging, Alzheimer's, diabetes and infectious diseases by studying neuroscience, genetics, cell and plant biology and related disciplines.
«We now know what genes were gained by enterococci hundreds of millions of years ago, when they became resistant to drying out, and to disinfectants and antibiotics that attack their cell walls,» study leader Michael S. Gilmore, a senior scientist at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and director of the Harvard Infectious Disease Institute, said in the statement.
Prior to Joining MHRP, Dr. Manak was the Chief Scientist of SeraCare Life Sciences Inc., where he led the development of seroconversion and performance panels widely used by the in vitro diagnostics community for development, evaluation and validation of in vitro diagnostic assays used in screening and monitoring of infectious diseases.
The CDC endorses treatment guidelines developed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, which represents nearly 10,000 physicians and scientists specializing in infectiouInfectious Diseases Society of America, which represents nearly 10,000 physicians and scientists specializing in infectiousinfectious disease.
A veterinarian and a scientist by training, I work for the federal government tracking infectious disease outbreaks around the globe.
According to a report on climate change and infectious diseases in India authored by top scientists from Environment Safety and Health Compliance Office of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Climate and [continue reading...]