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Australia set to test insulin 'vaccine' for juvenile diabetes

Article Abstract:

Australian researchers are planning to test 'vaccine-like' insulin for juvenile diabetes in order to find whether delivering insulin through the nose can keep the immune system from attacking the body's own cells. The results of phase I trial have indicated that, although the treatment did not eliminate the T cells that destroy beta cells, it is likely to increase the T cells that help make antibodies.

Product information, Testing, Drug therapy, Juvenile diabetes, Vaccines, Diabetes in children

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Australia to create biomedical lobby group

Article Abstract:

This article discusses the creation of Australian lobbying group for biomedical research, Research Australia. The advocacy group is based on the American model Research!America, which was developed in 1989 as a grassroots lobbying group that has raised money for medical research.

Associations, Lobbying

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Much ado about data

Article Abstract:

Biomedical research's greatest achievement since the 1950s is the ability to manage large complex data sets. Utilizing this tool effectively requires an interdisciplinary approach, such as that practiced by Andrew Murray, director of the Harvard Center for Genomics Research.

United States, Editorial, Analysis, Database administration, Reductionism, Genomics

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