Foodborne Diseases: The Technology of Prevention
In 1906, when Upton Sinclair published “The Jungle,” that expose of unsanitary conditions in the meat industry shocked the nation, ranging from the public to regulators. Today, it is too well known how...
View ArticleCell metabolism research starts path towards exercise pill, better cancer...
Although the American psyche may not always be interested in accomplishing the proper amount of exercise but it still craves the idea of being physically fit. And, as with most things, if there’s a...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Food Safety: HOF Inventors John Silliker and Welton Taylor...
The 2016 inductee class for the National Inventors Hall of Fame includes two microbiologists whose contributions to the field of food safety have helped to keep many foodborne pathogens, especially...
View ArticleA look at treatments for hepatitis C, America’s top infectious disease killer
The FDA has been pretty active this year in approving new tests and treatments designed to help identify and eliminate the hepatitis C virus in patients. Swiss healthcare developer Roche (VTX:ROG)...
View ArticleFDA approval of Teflaro puts Allergan’s portfolio of anti-infectives into focus
Treatments for infectious diseases is one area where Allergan is looking to buoy its fortunes in the coming years. The first quarter of 2016 was a strong one for Allergan, which saw its overall...
View ArticleThe superbugs are here, but where are we?
Superbugs have powerful friends in high places. SCOTUS’s patent eligibility criteria emanating from Mayo/Alice’s mysterious “laws of nature” and credible reports of unremitting turndowns by USPTO...
View ArticlePublic Health and Bioscientific War on Superbugs is Hobbled by IP Uncertainties
How will our patent system treat this wonderful new discovery? How long will it take before its curative benefits can be deployed ? We can only hope that DC’s meddlers in our innovation ecosystem read...
View ArticleSuperbugs Require New Weapons: Strong, Effective Intellectual Property Rights...
The dangers of killer germs and superbugs are not limited to bird flu in China, Ebola in West Africa, Zika in South America and MERS in the Middle East... If we are to have a fighting chance against...
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