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11-29-13
La Fondation Novartis Lance Une Nouvelle Stratégie de Lutte Contre la Lèpre Lors de son Symposium Sur L’élimination des Maladies
Le symposium de ce jour organisé par la Fondation Novartis pour un Développement Durable réunit des experts autour de la question suivante : « Comment éliminer une maladie ? » Tirant les enseignements de précédents programmes efficaces de lutte contre certaines maladies, les intervenants du sympo...
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11-29-13
New Malaria Target Identified With Potential to Prevent, Block and Treat Multiple Stages of the Malaria Life Cycle
Novartis scientists have discovered a new drug target for treating malaria. The discovery, which is published online in the journal Nature,2 identifies phosphatidylinositol-4 kinase (PfPI4K) as the target of the imidazopyrazines, a novel experimental antimalarial compound clas...
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11-29-13
Neues Malaria-Target mit dem Potenzial zur Prophylaxe, Hemmung und Behandlung verschiedener Stadien des Malarialebenszyklus identifiziert
Wissenschaftler von Novartis haben ein neues Wirkstoff-Target zur Behandlung von Malaria gefunden. Ihrer Entdeckung zufolge, die in Nature online publiziert wurde,2 fungiert die Phosphatidylinositol-4-Kinase (PfPI4K) als Target für Imidazopyrazine, eine neuartige, experimentel...
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11-29-13
Identification d'une nouvelle cible du paludisme ayant le potentiel de prévenir, bloquer et traiter plusieurs stades du cycle de vie du paludisme
Les chercheurs de Novartis ont découvert une nouvelle cible médicamenteuse pour le traitement du paludisme. La découverte, publiée en ligne dans la revue Nature,2 identifie phosphatidylinositol-4-kinase (PfPI4K) comme cible des imidazopyrazines, une nouvelle classe de molécule...
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11-25-13
KaBOOM! and Imagine Toys Introduce Go Out and Play Collection
November 25, 2013 – Just in time for the holiday season, national non-profit KaBOOM!, a leader in giving all kids the childhood they deserve, partnered with imagine toys, a specialty toy retailer, to introduce a new collection toys designed to keep kids physically active while challenging thei...
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11-20-13
LIXIL Marks First UN-Designated World Toilet Day with Launch of ISIS 2018, an International Program to Improve Sanitation in Schools
LIXIL Corporation, a leading global supplier of building materials and housing equipment solutions, today announced the launch of its ISIS (Improved Sanitation in Schools) 2018 project, as well as a partnership with UNICEF to improve sanitation and hygiene in underprivileged comm...
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11-19-13
We Can't Wait - Governments, Civil Society and Business Should Work Together to Tackle Sanitation for Women's Health; Say United Nations Organisation, Unilever and WaterAid
A collaborative approach between governments, civil society and business is essential to getting the Millennium Development Goal sanitation target back on track. This is critical to improve the health and prosperity of women worldwide, says a new report jointly published by the United Nations hos...
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11-18-13
Houston Parks and Recreation Department, UnitedHealthcare and CBS EcoMedia Celebrate New Community Garden at Shady Lane Park
Houston Parks and Recreation Department (HPARD) and UnitedHealthcare celebrated the creation of the new community garden at Shady Lane Park with a special ribbon-cutting event and volunteer activities today.
The creation of the community garden at Shady Lane Park, the improvements to five ...
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11-15-13
Bank of America Partners with Volunteers of America and CBS EcoMedia to Improve Housing for New York City Veterans
Thanks to generous financial support from Bank of America and in partnership with CBS EcoMedia, critical repairs and upgrades to important capital features will be made at two facilities operated by Volunteers of America-Greater New York, one in the Bronx and the other in Harlem, that provide per...
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11-14-13
Novartis Honored by Malaria No More Corporate Citizenship Award in Recognition of Long-standing Commitment to Eliminating the Disease
In recognition of Novartis’ significant on-going contributions to malaria control and elimination, the company has been honored with the Global Corporate Citizenship Award at the Malaria No More International Honors annual benefit.
Since 2001 Novartis has delivered more than 600 million an...
