The FDA's Critical Path program must be seeded with more than bird feed. Here's why:
A team of FDA scientists and colleagues from the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and Switzerland's Institute for Research in Biomedicine say their study of the avian influenza virus might lead to new tests that can detect such infections.
The FDA said in-depth analyses of blood from patients recovering from the H5N1 virus also provided important insights into how to combat the potentially lethal virus and helps define what part of the virus is seen by the immune system.
As one result of the research, the FDA scientists and their collaborators said a protein of the bird flu virus called PB1-F2 was identified as a potentially potent target for attack by immune systems to stop the spread of the virus.
The study appears online in the journal PLoS Medicine.
Now imagine what the FDA could achieve if only Congress would release the designated funding for the Reagan/Udall Foundation.
Collaboration is the key -- and the Critical Path has never been more critical.
A team of FDA scientists and colleagues from the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and Switzerland's Institute for Research in Biomedicine say their study of the avian influenza virus might lead to new tests that can detect such infections.
The FDA said in-depth analyses of blood from patients recovering from the H5N1 virus also provided important insights into how to combat the potentially lethal virus and helps define what part of the virus is seen by the immune system.
As one result of the research, the FDA scientists and their collaborators said a protein of the bird flu virus called PB1-F2 was identified as a potentially potent target for attack by immune systems to stop the spread of the virus.
The study appears online in the journal PLoS Medicine.
Now imagine what the FDA could achieve if only Congress would release the designated funding for the Reagan/Udall Foundation.
Collaboration is the key -- and the Critical Path has never been more critical.
