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World Health Organization (WHO): is an organization that is responsible for international public health. The WHO was formed on April 7, 1948 by the United Nations World Health Assembly. The object of the WHO, according to its constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. The WHO helps to strengthen international health and respond to crises by promoting co-operation and communication between governments and healthcare agencies.
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MAR 31, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have identified blood-based biomarkers in patients with active tuberculosis (ATB) that could lead to new blo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 30, 2015Neuroscience
After six years of painstaking research, a UCLA-led team has validated the first standardized protocol for measuring one ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 23, 2015Technology
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A robust new material is extraordinarily adept at destroying toxic nerve agents that were first used 100 years ago durin ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 05, 2015Cardiology
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Alere Inc, Waltham, Mass, a leading maker of rapid diagnostic tests, has received IVD CE marking in Europe for the Alere ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 25, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have shown that small molecules can "hijack" enzyme function in mice, suggesting a possible preventive mechan ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 26, 2014Health & Medicine
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Prof. Zvi Bentwich Receives Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation GrantBen-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Professor Zvi Bentwich has received a Grand Challenges in Global Health Grant f ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 17, 2014Technology
PathSensors Inc. (www.PathSensors.com), a Baltimore-based biotechnology and environmental testing company, is developing ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 14, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
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The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters released a three-part analysis on the depression drug ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 01, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Former Secretary of State and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, who gave a 65-minute keynote appearance at the 2014 BIO ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 24, 2014Cancer
Smart Phones Can Save Women's Lives
MobileOCT is transforming everyday smart phones into advanced, life savin ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAR 31, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have identified blood-based biomarkers in patients with active tuberculosis (ATB) that could lead to new blo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 30, 2015
Neuroscience
After six years of painstaking research, a UCLA-led team has validated the first standardized protocol for measuring one
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 23, 2015
Technology
Some 2.5 million years ago, early humans survived on a paltry diet of plants. As the human brain expanded, however, it r
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 20, 2015
Videos
The World Health Organization resisted declaring Ebola a global health emergency despite the fact that senior staff in A
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 18, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The largest genetic study of tuberculosis (TB) susceptibility to date has led to a potentially important new insight int
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 17, 2015
Plants & Animals
Nearly 100 anatomically dissected animals will go on display in Dublin when the well known Body Worlds - Animals Inside
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 16, 2015
Microbiology
A robust new material is extraordinarily adept at destroying toxic nerve agents that were first used 100 years ago durin
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 05, 2015
Cardiology
People living in areas with more air pollution face a greater risk of carotid artery stenosis (narrowing of the arteries
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 02, 2015
Immunology
Alere Inc, Waltham, Mass, a leading maker of rapid diagnostic tests, has received IVD CE marking in Europe for the Alere
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 25, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have shown that small molecules can "hijack" enzyme function in mice, suggesting a possible preventive mechan
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 26, 2014
Health & Medicine
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Prof. Zvi Bentwich Receives Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Professor Zvi Bentwich has received a Grand Challenges in Global Health Grant f
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 17, 2014
Technology
PathSensors Inc. (www.PathSensors.com), a Baltimore-based biotechnology and environmental testing company, is developing
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 14, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute has announced plans to launch a cell repository in 2015, wh
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 03, 2014
Health & Medicine
It is rare to see a new business segment emerge in any market, but this is what is happening within the biopharmaceutica
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 01, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
Alzheimer's disease, a progressive, fatal brain disease-and the most frequent type of dementia-hijacks a person's memory
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 03, 2014
Health & Medicine
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters released a three-part analysis on the depression drug
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 01, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Former Secretary of State and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, who gave a 65-minute keynote appearance at the 2014 BIO
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 24, 2014
Cancer
Smart Phones Can Save Women's Lives
MobileOCT is transforming everyday smart phones into advanced, life savin ...
MobileOCT is transforming everyday smart phones into advanced, life savin ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider