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Hepatitis-B 100 times deadlier than HIV says doc
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Hepatitis-B 100 times deadlier than HIV says doc

Not many may know that the Hepatitis-B is 100 times deadlier than HIV and claims around one lakh lives in India every yea, said Dr. Manoj Kumar Sahu, Associate Professor at the Centre of Excellence for Gastrointestinal...

2 August, 2013
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Adult HPV vaccination has limited impact
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Adult HPV vaccination has limited impact

The Costa Rica Vaccine Trial for human papillomavirus (HPV) in young women has had a “modest” impact on gynecologic outcomes in the first few years of the program. Data shows that the impact of vaccination on rates of...

29 July, 2013
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First dengue vaccine expected to be approved
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First dengue vaccine expected to be approved

A French pharmaceutical company says it hopes to have the first vaccine against dengue very soon. Sanofi Pasteur is finalising tests in Africa and Asia and plans to start producing the vaccine by the end of the year The...

29 July, 2013
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A first in front-line immunity research
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A first in front-line immunity research

Monash University researchers have gained new insight into the early stages of our immune response, providing novel pathways to develop treatments for diseases from multiple sclerosis to cancer. In a study published...

23 July, 2013
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