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1930s drug slows tumor growth

November 6, 2009

Drugs sometimes have beneficial side effects. A glaucoma treatment causes luscious eyelashes. A blood pressure drug also aids those with a rare genetic disease.

Magnetic nanoparticles to simultaneously diagnose, monitor and treat

November 6, 2009

Whether it's magnetic nanoparticles (mNPs) giving an army of 'therapeutically armed' white blood cells direction to invade a deadly tumour's territory, or the use of mNPs to target specific nerve c

The entwined destinies of mankind and leprosy bacteria

November 2, 2009

For thousands of years an undesirable and persistent companion has been travelling with man wherever he goes.

Hepatitis B does not increase risk for pancreatic cancer

October 31, 2009

DETROIT -- A Henry Ford Hospital study found that hepatitis B does not increase the risk for pancreatic cancer -- and that only age is a contributing factor.

HIV tamed by designer 'leash'

October 29, 2009

Researchers have shown how an antiviral protein produced by the immune system, dubbed tetherin, tames HIV and other viruses by literally putting them on a leash, to prevent their escape from infect

Scientists use world's fastest supercomputer to create the largest HIV evolutionary tree

October 27, 2009

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, October 27, 2009 -- Supporting Los Alamos National Laboratory's role in the international Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI) consortium, researchers are using t

M. D. Anderson redefines screening guidelines for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers

October 26, 2009

HOUSTON - Drawing on years of experience in cancer research and patient care, The University of Texas M. D.

Sperm may play leading role in spreading HIV

October 26, 2009

Sperm, and not just the fluid it bathes in, can transmit HIV to macrophages, T cells, and dendritic cells (DCs), report a team led by Ana Ceballos at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina.

Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology

October 23, 2009

Genes May Determine Susceptibility to H5N1 Avian Influenza A Virus Infection

Researchers question evidence linking overlapping sexual partners and African HIV rates

October 22, 2009

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Contrary to conventional wisdom, scientific evidence proving that overlapping multiple sexual partners -- concurrency -- drives the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is actually quite limited, Brown University researchers have concluded.

HIV care providers applaud Congress' extension of Ryan White program

October 21, 2009

Arlington, Va. -- Medical providers on the front lines of HIV care applaud the U.S. Congress for extending the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, helping to ensure that more than half a million low-income, uninsured, or underinsured people living with HIV/AIDS have access to lifesaving care.

Feelings of stigmatization may discourage HIV patients from proper care

October 21, 2009

The feeling of stigmatization that people living with HIV often experience doesn't only exact a psychological toll -- new UCLA research suggests it can also lead to quantifiably negative health outcomes.

The RV144 HIV Vaccine trial results are out! Onwards and upwards chaps...

October 21, 2009

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Yesterday saw the release of the paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine containing the hotly awaited data concerning the RV144 HIV vaccine trial that took place in Thailand. There was already some discussion of the initial results, which were reported in September and discussed by Colin and Martin. As has already been discussed, there is a very cautious consensus due to the statistical analysis of the trial only *just* falling on the side of significant. Click here to read this post in its native environment, on Blue-Genes.net.

Maternal HIV-1 treatment protects against transmission to newborns

October 16, 2009

Mothers receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to treat HIV-1 infection are less likely than untreated mothers to transmit the virus to their newborns through breastfeeding, according to a new study. The findings, now available online in the Nov.



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