A Zika virus vaccine could be ready for emergency use this year

Thousands of children with severe birth defects have been linked to the Zika virus, a vaccine before the end of the year could be ready for emergency use, one of the lead developers on Thursday, well Estimates by the US officials said a timetable.

Canadian scientist Gary Kobinger, part of a consortium working on the vaccine, the first stage of human testing can begin as early as August, told Reuters in an interview. If successful, the vaccine in October or November, to be used during a public health emergency could allow.

"The first thing is to be ready for more," was successful in the fight against Ebola in Guinea, a trial Kobinger ,, who helped develop the vaccine. "It is easy to produce vaccines. This very high level in a very short time can be cranked up." It could be widely available as they did not say.

US Zika two potential candidates for the vaccine by the end of this year, clinical trials in people could begin, but for many years the vaccine will not be available on a large scale, US officials said Thursday.

Mosquitoes transmit the virus in Brazil, thousands of children have been linked to brain damage. The Zika, mild fever and rash, which causes dengue and chikungunya, a close cousin, has no proven vaccine or cure. An estimated 80 percent of people infected pregnant women who were infected is difficult to know basis, have no symptoms.

In Geneva, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Zika "explosively" is spreading in the United States and as many as four million people could be affected on Thursday.

Kobinger, Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg Laval University in Quebec City and special pathogens at the head of the project lead scientist, scientist David Weiner, Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc and South Korea's GeneOne led by Life Sciences Inc, Pennsylvania is working with the University.

Joseph Kim, Inovio's chief executive, by the end of this year to make a vaccine aggressive timeline, but it is possible.

"I human testing will be the first to go in. We Zika a vaccine ahead of the pack in the race for sure," he said in an interview.

Inovio shares closed at $ 5.78 on Nasdaq on Thursday, jumped 7.6 percent.

Other vaccine candidates are moving more slowly appear to be.

Sao Paulo-based director of the Butantan Institute, it is still likely to take three to five years, although last week warned, "in record time" has planned to develop a vaccine.

Kobinger vaccine candidates to trigger the body's immune system, is working mimics the virus, he said.

"The real thing comes, then there are antibodies, the immune system is ready to attack immediately, primed is," Kobinger said.

Next year's iPhone might have advanced wireless charging

Many of its competitors in the wireless charging for smartphones, although in some type, Apple not to call feature. One that works over a distance - - but in 2017, according to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple wireless charging may begin to add an advanced type for this gadget.

Smart phones such as Samsung's Galaxy S6 that support the wireless charging devices, commonly seen to be charged is to be placed on a special mat. But Apple's technology in inches or feet with the charger, the charge will be more than a phone or a user will enable.

Apple for the Apple wireless charging tech, an inductive charger, a variety of uses. It is not included in the stars, it also has a magnetic charging the watch needs to be kept.

Allows radio waves to pass through an aluminum phone case includes a method for making, listing the Apple patent addition, the report claims, or how this wireless charging technology that will work for any other details of any further evidence to support the practice is not required.

It certainly relatively short battery life to overcome the biggest obstacles is considered as one of the smart phone industry, can be a game changer.

Marin Soljačić led by an MIT team back in 2007 introduced a system - - Wireless transmission of power can be increased as the distance of obstacles, including power loss, are there. According to Bloomberg, Apple this time is trying to overcome these problems, and to implement wireless charging technology is still being determined.

Microsoft Q2 Buoyed By Azure, Office 365 Gains

Microsoft Azure and Office 365 cloud offerings largely inspired by, Q2 2016 to $ 25.7 billion generated in revenue. Phone earnings from the same quarter a year ago, has dropped nearly 50 percent.
Microsoft ended 31 December 2016, its second fiscal quarter, revenue for the announced $ 25.7 billion in 2015. The company continued currency, earnings per share of $ 0.78 in earnings driven.
Numbers beat expectations. Analysts Redmond same period a year earlier to $ 26.5 billion from $ 25.3 billion, a decrease reported sales forecast, and $ 0.71 earnings per share.

This level lineup for Q2 was a strong quarter earnings, mainly driven by growth in the cloud and Office 365. Smart phones and Windows OEM sales decline were the main areas.

Microsoft to implement the change in the financial reporting structure by starting the 2016 fiscal year. The productivity services, cloud, and Windows / devices focused on three distinct business units revenue breaks down. Each division is broken down quarters here's how:

Productivity and Business Process
Office and Dynamics, which distribute it over the years due to currency fluctuations decreased 2% year represents $ 6.7 billion, generated. Constant currency, increased 5% distribution.

Year-over-year increase of almost 70% Office 365, which proceeds from the constant currency revenue growth in this division accounted for. Cloud-based Office productivity suite users extend to 20.6 million in Q2.

The company's quarterly earnings call, CEO Satya Nadella Development Office acknowledged on rival platforms. iOS and Android, Skype has more than 900 million downloads, he said, and Office applications in Q2 surpassed 340 million downloads.

The quarter when measured in constant currency revenue increased 11 percent year over year, where Dynamics, brought significant changes. Dynamics CRM customers are deployed in three-quarters of the cloud, Nadella said.

Intelligent cloud
Intelligent cloud server such as Windows Server and Azure's products and services encompasses.

Q2 consistently been a strong source of revenue for the company which focus on the cloud Nadella, continues to reflect strength. Intelligent cloud division revenue $ 5.9 billion in the same quarter a year earlier, to hit $ 6.3 billion, an increase of 5 percent. Constant currency, revenue grew 11 percent.

Azure Azure premium services revenue tripled from a year earlier, with revenues of 140% in constant currency sky. Cloud services and server products saw a 10% increase in revenue.

More than a third of Fortune 500 companies have adopted Microsoft's enterprise mobility solutions, company number nearly tripled, indicating a year-over-year, reported.

"Enterprise cloud is massive opportunity," Nadella place as described, earnings call, said: "We have never participated in any major market."

More Personal Computing
Windows, hardware, search, and gaming segment containing 5% decline year over year (down 2% at constant currency), marking the revenue pulled in $ 12.7 billion. OEM revenues fell 5 percent but still came out ahead in a struggling PC market.

For more personal computing division revenue increased income levels. The sales of $ 1.35 billion, the best quarter to date was level. Pro 4's release and remove the surface income.

Mobile segment, as expected, as the quarter did not have much success. Phone earnings year-over-year 49% toppled, the company implemented in July 2015, reflecting a change in strategy, announced.

Windows 10 over 200 million devices this quarter, Nadella said. Twenty million enterprise and teaching assistants have upgraded to the new OS.

Income was looking. With more and more people communicate as Cortana, now built into the Windows 10 desktop, using the Bing search service. Search engines now because Windows 10 and Cortana engage in large part, is more than 21% of the search market share.