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The first four students at Fredonia to receive Merck/AAAS summer research stipends of $3,000 began rigorous, 10-week projects this week on campus. The students are Jason Randall of Fredonia, Ryan Racino of Dunkirk, William Ehrman of Jamestown, and Joanna Tober of Buffalo. Mr. Randall, Mr. Racino and Mr. Ehrman are independently studying the regulation and expression of heat shock proteins in prokaryotic organisms with Dr. Fountain and Dr. Lee. Ms. Tober is studying protein transport in yeast with Dr. Marshall.
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In addition, Merck said it would reduce operations at a number of other sites, including closing one basic research site and two preclinical development sites. The closings, sales or cutbacks, will take place by the end of 2008 and are the initial phase of a broader cost reduction program, said Merck.
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The decision to expand the Mectizan Donation Program comes after research conducted by Merck in collaboration with the World Health Organization that demonstrated that Mectizan is effective against lymphatic filariasis. While lymphatic filariasis occurs throughout many parts of the world, the decision to donate Mectizan for lymphatic filariasis in Africa was based on the fact that diethylcarbamazine, or DEC, which is commonly used to treat the disease, cannot be widely used in Africa because it can cause severe side effects in patients who have either onchocerciasis or loaisis -- two diseases that are common in Africa.
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Francois joined Merck in October 2006 as a Life Science Specialist servicing the Victorian area. Francois has previous work experience with Gribbles Pathology, DHL, Deakin University and the Mental Health Research Institute. He has a B. Sc. (Hons) in Cell and Molecular Biology and is currently completing his Ph.D.
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