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Saturday, July 26, 2008 1:09:07 AM
This may be a monster in the making!
MEDP PARTNER Also may have cure for avian flu!!!!!!!!!!! F'en HUGE!!!!!!!!!
Dr Brag spoke at the Pandemic Influenza Conference in 2007
Alerting Nations of the Potential Catastrophic Devastation of A Pandemic Influenza
Information Preparation & Containment
Adopting Strategic Measures to Avert Economic and Business Infrastructure Disaster
Date: 7, 8, 9 May 2007
Location: Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies.
Venue: Hilton Hotel
http://www.scientistsolutions.com/t4027-pandemic+influenza+conference+2007.html
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From the UK TIMES
Something fishy about new defence against avian flu
Robin Pagnamenta, Healthcare Industries Correspondent
An Icelandic company claims that an enzyme it has found in cod could help scientists to find a drug to beat avian flu.
Zymetech, founded in 1996 by scientists from the University of Iceland in Reykjavik, concentrates on making pharmaceuticals and cosmetics developed from enzymes found in fish.
One of the company’s medical products is Penzim, a compound first identified in the digestive system of cod which in the past has been shown to help relieve a variety of conditions including skin problems such as eczema and psoriasis.
Zymetech’s managing director Jón Bragi Bjarnason, said that a formulation of Penzim had been shown to destroy 99per cent of H5N1 avian flu virus cells in an experimental culture within five minutes.
The study was carried out by Retroscreen Virology, an independent research group based at the Centre for Infectious Diseases at Bart’s and the London Queen Mary’s School of Medicine & Dentistry in London.
“The results against the avian flu virus look very promising,” said Professor Bjarnason, who teaches biochemistry at the University of Iceland.
He said he believed the enzyme could be used to help to develop an alternative to Roche’s anti-flu drug Tamiflu and other rival products. Rather than a tablet, he said the enzyme could also be developed into a spray for use as a topical anti-flu disinfectant.
The report by Retroscreen Virology said such a product “would be ideal for use in poultry farms or quarantine units to prevent species-to-species transmission of the virus. In addition, healthcare workers, research scientists and those handling infected animals would benefit.”
Zymetech is currently seeking to raise up to $30 million to help further develop Penzim as a pharmaceutical product and conduct initial clinical trials.
Professor Bjarnason, who has worked with marine enzymes since 1978, said the company was being advised on the fundraising by Iceland’s KB Bank and Oury Clark, the London-based accounting and legal firm.
He said the initial tranche of funding would be used for Phase I trials. If succesful, a larger pharmaceutical company would be sought as a partner to conduct final Phase III trials and to market the product.
“I feel very confident now about the efficacy of this enzyme,” said Professor Bjarnason, who first noticed its potent effect while working part-time as a fisherman while an undergraduate in Iceland in the 1970s.
The professor said that the enzyme was currently produced from cod offal at a factory in a fishing village in eastern Iceland but that a new process was under development which would allow it to be grown in barley.
If the trials are succesful it would be several years before any Penzim-derived products could be licensed.
Could we possibly be seeing a clinical breakthrough for the avian flu cure with Penzim? If so ... it sounds like Med Spa is sure AHEAD of a lot of peeps with their agreement with Zymetech in Iceland.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article1293301.ece
Dr Brag was listed as a speaker ~ shows MAJOR credibility in the medical field.
Speakers
Professor Jon Bragi Bjarnason, Professor of Biochemistry, Science Institute, University of Iceland, Iceland
WHAT I POST IS ONLY MY OPINION.
I AM LOOKING AT A MINING STOCK AS MY NEXT CATCH.
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MEDP PARTNER Also may have cure for avian flu!!!!!!!!!!! F'en HUGE!!!!!!!!!
Dr Brag spoke at the Pandemic Influenza Conference in 2007
Alerting Nations of the Potential Catastrophic Devastation of A Pandemic Influenza
Information Preparation & Containment
Adopting Strategic Measures to Avert Economic and Business Infrastructure Disaster
Date: 7, 8, 9 May 2007
Location: Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies.
Venue: Hilton Hotel
http://www.scientistsolutions.com/t4027-pandemic+influenza+conference+2007.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
From the UK TIMES
Something fishy about new defence against avian flu
Robin Pagnamenta, Healthcare Industries Correspondent
An Icelandic company claims that an enzyme it has found in cod could help scientists to find a drug to beat avian flu.
Zymetech, founded in 1996 by scientists from the University of Iceland in Reykjavik, concentrates on making pharmaceuticals and cosmetics developed from enzymes found in fish.
One of the company’s medical products is Penzim, a compound first identified in the digestive system of cod which in the past has been shown to help relieve a variety of conditions including skin problems such as eczema and psoriasis.
Zymetech’s managing director Jón Bragi Bjarnason, said that a formulation of Penzim had been shown to destroy 99per cent of H5N1 avian flu virus cells in an experimental culture within five minutes.
The study was carried out by Retroscreen Virology, an independent research group based at the Centre for Infectious Diseases at Bart’s and the London Queen Mary’s School of Medicine & Dentistry in London.
“The results against the avian flu virus look very promising,” said Professor Bjarnason, who teaches biochemistry at the University of Iceland.
He said he believed the enzyme could be used to help to develop an alternative to Roche’s anti-flu drug Tamiflu and other rival products. Rather than a tablet, he said the enzyme could also be developed into a spray for use as a topical anti-flu disinfectant.
The report by Retroscreen Virology said such a product “would be ideal for use in poultry farms or quarantine units to prevent species-to-species transmission of the virus. In addition, healthcare workers, research scientists and those handling infected animals would benefit.”
Zymetech is currently seeking to raise up to $30 million to help further develop Penzim as a pharmaceutical product and conduct initial clinical trials.
Professor Bjarnason, who has worked with marine enzymes since 1978, said the company was being advised on the fundraising by Iceland’s KB Bank and Oury Clark, the London-based accounting and legal firm.
He said the initial tranche of funding would be used for Phase I trials. If succesful, a larger pharmaceutical company would be sought as a partner to conduct final Phase III trials and to market the product.
“I feel very confident now about the efficacy of this enzyme,” said Professor Bjarnason, who first noticed its potent effect while working part-time as a fisherman while an undergraduate in Iceland in the 1970s.
The professor said that the enzyme was currently produced from cod offal at a factory in a fishing village in eastern Iceland but that a new process was under development which would allow it to be grown in barley.
If the trials are succesful it would be several years before any Penzim-derived products could be licensed.
Could we possibly be seeing a clinical breakthrough for the avian flu cure with Penzim? If so ... it sounds like Med Spa is sure AHEAD of a lot of peeps with their agreement with Zymetech in Iceland.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article1293301.ece
Dr Brag was listed as a speaker ~ shows MAJOR credibility in the medical field.
Speakers
Professor Jon Bragi Bjarnason, Professor of Biochemistry, Science Institute, University of Iceland, Iceland
WHAT I POST IS ONLY MY OPINION.
I AM LOOKING AT A MINING STOCK AS MY NEXT CATCH.
To see what I am fishing for
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WHAT I POST IS ONLY MY OPINION.
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