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...heard of artificial limbs and artificial hearts but what about artificial immune systems? Add another notch to the test tube: scientists at VaxDesign, a five-year-old biotechnology company based in Orlando, Florida, have created a simulated human immune system, called the Modular Immune In Vitro Construct (MIMIC for short). The dime-sized immune system can predict how humans will respond to new vaccines. The goal? To streamline vaccine research and hasten the eradication of global killers, such as AIDS...
IAVI's search for an answer led them to Florida. Earlier this month, IAVI chose VaxDesign to receive the first award from its Innovation Fund, which supports potential breakthrough technologies applicable to AIDS vaccine research. Compared to what's available, MIMIC offers a dramatic increase in scale and speed, says Koff. "What's more, by collecting immune cells from different donors, promising vaccine candidates can be tested in diverse populations before they enter humans...
...Hillary Clinton look at herself in the mirror after trying to cajole people like Howard Dean to include Michigan's and Florida's delegate votes? The Democratic primaries have turned into a contest to see who can manipulate the system to gain advantage - and both candidates have become political chameleons. We want to see their true colors, not the ones they think are going to get them elected. John Gardiner, Lakewood, Colo...
Michigan, which has 156 delegates, held its primary on January 15, and Clinton won handily, with 55% of the vote. But all the other major Democratic contenders had taken their name off the Michigan ballot. ("Uncommitted" came in second, with 40%.) And Florida, which has 210 delegates, voted on Jan. 29. All of the Democratic contenders were on the ballot, but had pledged not to campaign there. Clinton won with 50% of the vote, well ahead of Obama...
Both the candidates and the party have another reason to be wary of doing anything to alienate voters in Michigan and Florida: Both are key swing states in the November election...