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BCM, Texas Children’s announce recruitment of Dr. Peter Hotez and team in major advance to develop vaccines for world’s poor

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“We will be making an unprecedented assault on the diseases of poverty in the world.” — Dr. Peter Hotez

Agreement will establish national tropical medicine school at Baylor College of Medicine, move Sabin Vaccine Institute’s vaccine development program to Texas Children’s Hospital

HOUSTON – (June 8, 2011) – Leaders of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital today announced an agreement to move Sabin’s vaccine development program to Texas Children’s and BCM as part of the recruitment of world renowned neglected diseases expert Dr. Peter Hotez.

The comprehensive initiative will include the establishment of the first national school of tropical medicine in the United States at BCM. Hotez will serve as the founding dean. Continue reading →

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Reading List 6/9/2010

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Happy Wednesday! New reading list for your reading pleasure! Today we’re reading Professor Alan Fenwick’s – Tropical Parasitology at Imperial College London and Director of the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative for Neglected Tropical Diseases – paper on NTDs for the Summer 2010 issue of “A Global Village,” Canada’s announcement of putting $1 billion into maternal and child health activities, iBio’s licensing of vaccine technology to CMB, and advances in lymphatic filariasis (LF) drug research. Enjoy!

NTDs: Can We Take the ‘Neglected’ Out of the Name?, Alan Fenwick, A Global Village
Canada’s Reportedly $1 Billion toward Maternal Mortality, Nandini Oomman, The Huffington Post
iBio Licenses Vaccine Technology to CMB, Drug Discovery & Development
Molecular-Based Assay for Simultaneous Detection, Rajeev K. Mehlotra, Laurie R. Gray, Melinda J. Blood-Zikursh et al., The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene