Recent news on Cytomegalovirus

LIAI scientists make important finding on cytomegalovirus transmission  -  May 14, 2007
innovations report,Researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have shown that cytomegalovirus (CMV) in the salivary glands can be reduced – and in some

Study focuses on the cytomegalovirus  -  May 14, 2007
Earthtimes.orgLA JOLLA, Calif., May 14 US scientists have found cytomegalovirus in salivary glands can be reduced or even killed by use of antibodies to enhance immune

Study focuses on the cytomegalovirus  -  May 14, 2007
United Press International14 (UPI) -- US scientists have found cytomegalovirus in salivary glands can be reduced or even killed by use of antibodies to enhance immune system function

Scientists Make Important Finding On Cytomegalovirus Transmission  -  May 10, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Science Daily — Researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have shown that cytomegalovirus (CMV) in the salivary glands can be reduced

LIAI scientists make important finding on cytomegalovirus transmission  -  May 10, 2007
EurekAlert (press release),The team’s findings were published online this week in the Journal of Experimental Medicine in a paper entitled, "Cytomegalovirus exploits IL-10-mediated

New Data Show Oral Valcyte(R) (valganciclovir) as Effective as iv ...  -  May 9, 2007
campus med,About cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and disease CMV, otherwise known as cytomegalovirus, is a virus that infects people of all ages.

Vical DNA Vaccine Elicits Lasting Memory T-cell Immune Responses ...  -  May 14, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),Mary K. Wloch, Ph.D., the company's Associate Director of Vaccinology, presented the data at the 11th International Cytomegalovirus/Betaherpes Virus

ViroPharma Announces Decision To Develop And Commercialize ...  -  May 1, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),About Maribavir Maribavir is a potent and selective, orally bioavailable antiviral drug with a unique mechanism of action against cytomegalovirus and a

Market Report -- In Play (VICL)  -  May 14, 2007
MSN Money...says DNA vaccine elicits lasting memory T-cell immune responses in humans Co announces that antigen-specific memory T-cell responses to cytomegalovirus,

Company Begins Trials With Vaccines For CMV And Flu  -  Apr 30, 2007
Vaccine Rx (press release),AlphaVax, Incorporated has announced clinical trials evaluating vaccines for cytomegalovirus (CMV) and influenza developed with their "alphavaccine"

ViroPharma spawning European unit  -  May 1, 2007
Philadelphia Business Journal,It targets cytomegalovirus, also known as CMV. CMV is a member of the herpes virus group, which includes the viruses that cause chicken pox, mononucleosis,

Vical DNA Vaccine Elicits Lasting Memory T-Cell Immune Responses  -  May 14, 2007
BioResearch Online (press release),Toulouse, France - Vical Incorporated announced today that antigen-specific memory T-cell responses to cytomegalovirus (CMV), which may be important in

Harm of gum disease travels elsewhere  -  May 9, 2007
South Bend Tribune,Doctors at the University of Southern California have connected a common virus, cytomegalovirus, to gum disease and complications in kidney transplantation.

Treatment failure in severe pneumonia highlights need to revise ...  -  May 2, 2007
Aidsmap,The commonest organisms were cytomegalovirus, Pneumocystis jirovecii, and M. tuberculosis. In summary, risk factors for failure to respond to antibiotics by

ViroPharma Incorporated Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial Results  -  May 2, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),Cytomegalovirus is a worldwide disease; there are approximately the same numbers of transplant patients in Europe as there are here in the US each year,

Herpes infection might have an up side  -  May 18, 2007
The Money Times,...of Medicine in St. Louis demonstrated mice latently infected with either mouse gammaherpesvirus 68 or mouse cytomegalovirus are resistant to infection

Herpes Infection Might Have An Up Side  -  May 17, 2007
Post Chronicle...mice latently infected with either mouse gammaherpesvirus 68 or mouse cytomegalovirus are resistant to infection with a diverse range of pathogens,

Healthier With Herpesviruses?  -  May 17, 2007
Science Now,They can cause serious disease: The cytomegalovirus (CMV), for instance, can blind people with compromised immune systems, and the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)

Inovio Biomedical's Partners to Present New Data from Two Cancer ...  -  May 17, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Dr. Alain Rolland of Vical, Inc. will present preclinical data of a DNA vaccine for human cytomegalovirus (CMV) delivered with Inovio technology;

Strains of herpes virus can be beneficial  -  May 16, 2007
Journal and Courier,...which include oral and genital herpes, the chickenpox virus, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes.

Success With AlloMap Molecular Expression Testing  -  May 12, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...at the ATC sessions demonstrate that a non-invasive blood test can detect cytomegalovirus-induced immune responses in lung transplant patients.

Inhibitex Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial Results  -  May 10, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),...a Phase I clinical trial in the third quarter of 2007, and a series of preclinical compounds for the treatment of human cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease.

New Data Show Oral Valcyte(R) (valganciclovir) as Effective as iv ...  -  May 9, 2007
Juraforum.de,...as intravenous ganciclovir, thecurrent gold-standard for the treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV)infection in solid organ transplant patients(1),(2).

Recommendations for Treatment of Pleurisy  -  May 8, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Infectious causes: viral (adenovirus, Coxsackie viruses, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, influenza, mumps, parainfluenza, and respiratory syncytial

XDx to Present Recent Success with AlloMap(R) Molecular Expression ...  -  May 7, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...sessions demonstrate that peripheral blood gene expression profiling can detect cytomegalovirus-induced immune responses in lung transplant patients.

Fertile ground  -  May 4, 2007
The Australian,...even knowing it – men can harbour "sub-clinical" infections of things like cytomegalovirus and some types of herpes and the human papillomavirus,

Genentech, Biogen Release Rituxan Data and ViroPharma Announces ...  -  May 4, 2007
Financial News USA (press release),...regulatory strategy and commercialization of maribavir, ViroPharma's selective oral antiviral targeting cytomegalovirus, without a strategic partner.

Gum disease can inflict damage elsewhere  -  26 Apr 2007
Ithaca Journal,Doctors at the University of Southern California have connected a common virus, cytomegalovirus, to gum disease and complications in kidney transplantation.

InB:Biotechnologies, Inc., a Wholly-owned Subsidiary of Integrated ...  -  26 Apr 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),...and has worked extensively on the development and application of other vaccines including polio, rabies, varicella, rotavirus and cytomegalovirus.

Nirali Naik - We will never know her sacrifice  -  Apr 25, 2007
IndiaPost.com,On day 55 after the transplant, some bad news: Nirali's blood tested positive for CMV Cytomegalovirus, a condition which can affect her lungs.

AlphaVax initiates human trials for two vaccines  -  Apr 11, 2007
Triangle Business Journal,About half the population carries cytomegalovirus at some point in their lives, but the virus causes problems only in people with weakened immune systems.

AlphaVax Begins Clinical Trials With Vaccines for CMV and Flu  -  Apr 13, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),In addition to programs in influenza and cytomegalovirus, important alphavaccine disease targets include cancer, HIV and a number of biodefense vaccine

Gum Disease Can Contribute To Bodily Maladies  -  Apr 24, 2007
Hartford Courant,Doctors at the University of Southern California have connected a common virus, cytomegalovirus, to gum disease and complications in kidney transplantation.

AlphaVax Begins Clinical Trials With Vaccines For CMV And Flu  -  Apr 12, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),AlphaVax, Inc. announced that immunization of volunteers has been initiated in clinical trials evaluating vaccines for cytomegalovirus (CMV) and influenza

RTP's AlphaVax starts clinical trials  -  Apr 12, 2007
TechJournal South,DURHAM, NC—Alphavax Inc. has started two clinical trials of experimental vaccines, one for flu and one for cytomegalovirus.

AlphaVax says trial immunization begins  -  Apr 11, 2007
Pharmaceutical Business Review...of volunteers has begun in clinical trials evaluating vaccines designed with its alphavaccine technology to treat cytomegalovirus disease and influenza.

AlphaVax Begins Clinical Trials With Vaccines for CMV and Flu  -  Apr 11, 2007
Infection Control Today,...initiated in clinical trials evaluating vaccines for cytomegalovirus (CMV) and influenza developed with the company's novel alphavaccine technology.

Inhibitex to acquire New York pharmaceutical  -  Apr 10, 2007
MSN MoneyInhibitex Inc. will buy FermaVir Pharmaceuticals Inc., a company developing drugs with the potential to treat shingles and human cytomegalovirus disease.

Inhibitex will acquire FermaVir  -  Apr 10, 2007
BusinessWeekIt is also developing a series of preclinical compounds to treat human cytomegalovirus, a member of the herpes virus group, which includes viruses that

Inhibitex Acquires FermaVir for Over $19M  -  Apr 10, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),...a series of preclinical compounds for the treatment of human cytomegalovirus disease, which are expected to produce a lead clinical candidate by end

Market Report -- In Play (INHX)  -  Apr 10, 2007
MSN MoneyPhase I clinical trials in the third quarter of 2007, and a series of preclinical compounds for the treatment of human cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease.

Study: Hepatitis A, C attack same protein  -  Apr 23, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...is a virus of the herpes family (which includes Herpes simplex virus and Cytomegalovirus), and is one of the most common viruses ... > full article

Fighting CMV Infection  -  Apr 23, 2007
13WHAM-TV,Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a member of the herpes family, can lead to serious health problems. It's so common, scientists estimate eight out of ten adults

Gum disease can inflict damage elsewhere  -  Apr 16, 2007
Los Angeles Times,Doctors at USC have connected a common virus, cytomegalovirus, to gum disease and complications in kidney transplantation. About 20% of all failed kidney

Inhibitex Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire FermaVir ...  -  Apr 10, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),Cytomegalovirus, or CMV, is a member of the herpes virus group, which includes the viruses that cause chicken pox, mononucleosis and herpes simplexes 1 and

Date Book  -  Apr 19, 2007
Arizona Daily Wildcat,Jay Nelson discusses "The Function of Cytomegalovirus Encoded miRNAs." Nelson is a molecular microbiology and immunology professor and director of the

ViroPharma to Release 2007 First Quarter Financial Results on May ...  -  Apr 19, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),ViroPharma currently focuses its drug development activities in viral diseases including cytomegalovirus (CMV) and hepatitis C (HCV).

Locals claim top prizes in state science meet  -  Apr 18, 2007
Shreveport Times,Benton High School's Alexander Parmater garnered a first-place for his entry in the Microbiology-Senior Division, "Human Cytomegalovirus Activation of

Case 12-2007 — A 56-Year-Old Woman with Renal Failure after Heart ...  -  Apr 18, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),Both cytomegalovirus and polyomavirus BK (BK virus) nephropathy can also occur in immunosuppressed patients. Although BK-virus nephropathy is almost

Locals claim top prizes in state science meet  -  Apr 17, 2007
Shreveport Times,Benton High School’s Alexander Parmater garnered a first-place for his entry in the Microbiology-Senior Division, “Human Cytomegalovirus Activation of

AlphaVax Launches Clinical Trials for Vaccines to Battle ...  -  Apr 11, 2007
Local Tech Wire,Research Triangle Park — AlphaVax is launching clinical trials of vaccines designed to fight cytomegalovirus (CMV) and influenza.

Biotech Day In Review: Entereg from GSK and Adolor Fails Test  -  Apr 10, 2007
Seeking Alpha,It also has a number of compounds in pre-clinical development for human cytomegalovirus [CMV] disease. Each of the 20.8 million shares of FermaVir will be

Inhibitex agrees to FermaVir merger  -  Apr 10, 2007
Pharmaceutical Business Review...including FV-100, for the treatment of shingles and a series of preclinical compounds for the treatment of human cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease.

Extra Filtration of Donated Blood May Lower Infection Risk  -  Apr 9, 2007
MedPage Today,Leukoreduction may reduce the occurrence of infections carried in white blood cells, such as human T-cell leukemia virus, cytomegalovirus, herpesviruses,

Dale Guyer, MD, Discusses the Integrative and Molecular Treatment ...  -  Apr 5, 2007
ProHealth's ImmuneSupport.com,...including the Epstein-Barr virus [Human Herpesvirus-4], HHV6 [Human Herpesvirus-6], and CMV [cytomegalovirus, a member of the herpesvirus family].

Autism and Stealth Adapted Viruses  -  Apr 4, 2007
24-7PressRelease.com (press release)In 1972 it was realized that African green monkey kidney cell cultures were commonly contaminated with simian cytomegalovirus (SCMV).

Researchers Identify Risk Factors for Nocardia infection After ...  -  Apr 3, 2007
DG NewsMUNICH, GERMANY -- April 3, 2007 -- High-dose prednisone dosing and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in the 6 months, and elevated calcineurin inhibitor

Feeding our cells  -  Mar 31, 2007
Malaysia Star,...assays so that we could diagnose quickly and accurately in the laboratory whether a person had cytomegalovirus infection, respiratory syncytial virus .

Special needs pupil left outside school  -  Mar 31, 2007
Suffolk Evening Star,Derry was born ten-weeks prematurely by emergency caesarean after his mother had contracted the congenital condition cytomegalovirus.

A Case Report of Varicella Zoster Meningitis in the Emergency ...  -  Mar 30, 2007
AEM (subscription)Serum herpes simplex, cytomegalovirus, Epstein–Barr, rubella virus, and toxoplasmosis antibodies were negatives. He was discharged after 7 days with no

ViroPharma Announces Completion Of Convertible Offering  -  26 Mar 2007
PR Newswire (press release),ViroPharma currently focuses its drug development activities in viral diseases including cytomegalovirus (CMV) and hepatitis C (HCV).

FermaVir Pharmaceuticals CEO Featured in Exclusive Interview With ...  -  26 Mar 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),FermaVir is also developing compounds that could provide the first improved effective treatment in years for Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection,

Chimerix Raises $23.1 Million to Advance Antiviral Drug Pipeline  -  Mar 8, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),Chimerix's lead program, CMX001, is in Phase I development as an oral treatment for smallpox and cytomegalovirus (CMV), the most common viral infection in

Vaccine Might Protect Against Birth-Defect Virus  -  Feb 28, 2007
NBC4.TV,The Centers for Disease Control estimates that 50 to 80 percent of adults have been infected with CytoMegalovirus, or CMV, a common viral infection.

A Reinterpretation of the Image of "Refrigerator Mothers" of ...  -  Mar 15, 2007
24-7PressRelease.com (press release)Neonatal infections from mother to unborn child are known to occur and autism has been reported in children infected before birth with human cytomegalovirus

Nichole's Corner: Unprotected oral sex can often result in ...  -  Mar 13, 2007
The WhitworthianUnprotected oral sex increases the risk of contracting gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes, hepatitis B and cytomegalovirus (CMV), according to Planned Parenthood.

Redox-regulated immunity  -  Mar 21, 2007
Scientist,..."On top of this, the authors show that the US3 protein of human cytomegalovirus targets PDI for degradation, adding to the ever-growing list of strategies

Blood Transfusion  -  Mar 21, 2007
WSOCtv.com,Several viruses have been found in the nation's blood supply, such as HIV, hepatitis A, B, and C, malaria, syphilis, cytomegalovirus, herpes virus,

Researchers Working On Vaccine For Virus That Can Be Lethal During ...  -  Mar 1, 2007
KSDK,The Centers for Disease Control estimates 50-80% of adults have been infected with cytomegalovirus, or CMV, a common viral infection.

ViroPharma Prices $225 Million in Convertible Senior Notes Due ...  -  Mar 21, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),...including methicillin-resistant strains ViroPharma currently focuses its drug development activities in viral diseases including cytomegalovirus (CMV)

Experimental Vaccine Given During Pregnancy Reduces Stillbirths ...  -  Feb 26, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...have developed an experimental vaccine that reduces stillbirths among rodents born to mothers infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV)--a common virus that

Experimental Vaccine Given During Pregnancy Reduces Stillbirths ...  -  Feb 25, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Institutes of Health have developed an experimental vaccine that reduces stillbirths among rodents born to mothers infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV)

ViroPharma Announces Proposed Offering of $200 Million in ...  -  Mar 20, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),ViroPharma currently focuses its drug development activities in viral diseases including cytomegalovirus (CMV) and hepatitis C (HCV).

ViroPharma Incorporated Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 ...  -  Feb 28, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),Clinical Pipeline: -- Patient dosing began in a Phase 3 study of maribavir for the prevention of cytomegalovirus disease in stem cell transplant patients;

Justine Henin regains the no.1 ranking  -  Mar 17, 2007
Lawntennisnews,Unfortunately Justine had to surrender her #1 ranking in 2004 when her health was adversely affected by infection with a strain of cytomegalovirus and an

Mom plans lawsuit over her child's fall  -  Mar 16, 2007
Inside Bay Area,...and Management Professionals on how her daughter, Shelly Guinn, who was born with cytomegalovirus, fell outside the Dublin Chuck E. Cheese's on March 8.

Good cause elicits effect  -  Mar 15, 2007
Demopolis Times,Since receiving the liver Spence has found out that the liver he received carried the cytomegalovirus, for which he must now undergo a strong antibiotic

Bloodless Medicine  -  Mar 13, 2007
WHOI,Several viruses have been found in the nation’s blood supply, such as HIV, hepatitis A, B, and C, malaria, syphilis, cytomegalovirus, herpes virus,

New drug target for herpes viruses  -  Mar 11, 2007
News-Medical.net,...to delineate the intricate structure of M48, a close relative of UL36 that is found in murine cytomegalovirus, also a member of the herpesvirus family.

Don't just push through or accept illness  -  Mar 7, 2007
ProgressiveU.org,Both EBV (Epstein-Barr virus) and CMV (cytomegalovirus) have been known to remain active and cause a plethora of physical problems, including swollen,

Starting HIV medicines  -  Mar 4, 2007
ZimDaily,...repeated bacterial pneumonias; AIDS dementia complex (if patient can accept to take the medicines); viral infections (cytomegalovirus).

A newborn illness may be curbed  -  Mar 1, 2007
Minnesota Daily,...he treated a month-old infant who died from cytomegalovirus or CMV in the late 1980s that Schleiss found his focus - developing a cure for the virus.

ViroPharma earnings drop 75 percent  -  Mar 1, 2007
Chester Daily Local Online,The company is also moving forward with the Phase 3 study of maribavir for the prevention of cytomegalovirus disease in stem cell transplant patients,

Health Alert: Common virus poses dangerous threat to pregnant women  -  Feb 28, 2007
WIS,Cytomegalovirus is found widely around the world and is a type of herpes virus. According to the NIH, CMV infects between 50-80% of all US adults by age 40.

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