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Article | AP posted 2009-11-20
Becton Dickinson buys test maker HandyLab
... The company first announced the acquisition in October. The company has said it would run tests for infections such as MRSA on a diagnostic test platform made by Ann Arbor, Mich.-based HandyLab. The product will be sold as a new version of Becton...
Article | AP posted 2009-11-18
Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes
...technology to create and mass produce vaccines is bringing progress in preventing tropical dengue fever and new threats like superbugs MRSA and C. difficile, even ending addiction to cocaine and nicotine. Success on some vaccines in development, particularly for...
Article | AP posted 2009-11-17
Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes
...technology to create and mass produce vaccines is bringing progress in preventing tropical dengue fever and new threats like superbugs MRSA and C. difficile, even ending addiction to cocaine and nicotine. Success on some vaccines in development, particularly for...
Article | Daily News posted 2009-10-24
Pavlik nearly died after injury
...trip to the doctor confirmed the bacteria. Antibiotics and surgery did not clear up the infection. Further tests revealed MRSA, a sometimes fatal strain of staph that resists broad-spectrum antibiotics. College Basketball * Kentucky freshman...
Article | Inquirer posted 2007-04-12
Health links
... CDC | Drug-resistant organisms Q&A | The facts about MRSA "Carnal Knowledge" Faye Flam's blog | Sex, Science... Antibiotic-resistant staph infections CDC | FAQ on MRSA IDSA | Attack strategies from Infectious Diseases Society...
Article | BSCN posted 2009-07-23
State funding cuts would affect area health care
...matching federal Medicaid dollars, compounding the loss, according to Schwarz. The deputy mayor talked about a teenager whose MRSA infection caused a life-threatening skin disorder, "which leads to loss of the top layers of skin from the entire body...
Article | Inquirer posted 2009-10-02
Molecular Detection gets $3.3M, a new CEO
... MDI is preparing to launch its first product, a test to rapidly detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a newer strain of bacteria that is resistant to a synthetic form of penicillin. This latest round of financing was led...
Article | Inquirer posted 2009-10-03
Business news in brief
...Israel. MDI is preparing to launch its first product, a test to rapidly detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). This latest round of financing was led by MentorTech Ventures II L.P. and included new investors Ben Franklin Technology...
Article | Daily News posted 2009-09-18
Smith shows heart of a champ as Imhotep tops Franklin
...sorts as early as Sunday, but since her life had recently been difficult because of a series of medical issues - a bout against MRSA among them - the last thing she wanted to do was make another trek to a hospital. "It was a prolonged process," Smith...
Article | Daily News posted 2009-09-19
High Schools - Smith shows heart of a champ as Imhotep tops Franklin
...sorts as early as Sunday, but since her life had recently been difficult because of a series of medical issues - a bout against MRSA among them - the last thing she wanted to do was make another trek to a hospital. "It was a prolonged process," Smith...
Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Bug: Bacterial Resistance, MRSA, &You
Type: Other Learn more about this growing concern and what you need to learn for yourself and your family. Speakers: Patrick J. Brennan, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Sarah S. Long, MD, Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases, St.