Evotec AG and Interprotein Corporation proudly announce today that they have signed a collaboration agreement on Interprotein’s Interleukin 6 inhibitors programme for the development of novel, orally active drugs treating inflammatory diseases.

Fundraiser aims to help Boyertown grad with debilitating diseases (The Mercury)
NEW HANOVER — For Lindsay Spengler, every single moment of her daily life is like living in an inferno.

Anti-oxidants of no benefit in prolonging life: Study (EARTHtimes.org)
Consuming Beta carotene, vitamins A and E and other antioxidant supplements to fight other diseases could in fact pose a serious health risk that could be fatal, according to a wide range of studies conducted by Center for Clinical Intervention Research at Denmark’s Copenhagen University Hospital.

If doctors placed bets on diagnoses, those sticking to classic diseases with quirky symptoms would win 9 times out of 10.

Many people believe immunizations are just for children, but this is not true. Older adults are particularly susceptible to some of the infections prevented by vaccination. Each year, many adults die from a disease that could have been prevented. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicated, “approximately 50,000 adults die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S.”

Perfecting Pesticide Applications to Protect the Troops (Agricultural Research Magazine)
When deployed to foreign countries, U.S. military personnel have plenty to worry about. But, thanks to data collected by Agricultural Research Service ( ARS ) scientists, diseases spread by insects and other arthropods in the field can now be of less concern.

Doctors receive $1M grant for HIV prevention research (The Temple News)
Researchers in the School of Medicine are making progress in the understanding and treatment of two diseases caused by abnormalities in the human antiviral pathway: HIV and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.