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Mama Portia dishes out help for AIDS orphansJohannesburg (AFP) June 11, 2012 With woollen hats covering their heads from early morning chills, dozens of children troop into a courtyard for a bowl of hot cereal in South Africa's impoverished Alexandra township. Most of them have lost parents to AIDS, but thanks to Portia Mongake, popularly known as Mama Portia, they can have a meal or two each day. After she left her abusive husband 16 years ago, Mama Portia found new meaning in life by assisting those who need help the most in her township. Each day she feeds hundred ... read more |
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 Revealed: Secret of HIV's natural born killers Scientists on Sunday said they had found a key piece in the puzzle as to why a tiny minority of individuals infected with HIV have a natural ability to fight off the deadly AIDS virus. ... more | .. |
 New study shows why swine flu virus develops drug resistance Computer chips of a type more commonly found in games consoles have been used by scientists at the University of Bristol to reveal how the flu virus resists anti-flu drugs such as Relenza and Tamifl ... more | .. |
 China faces 'serious' epidemic of drug-resistant TB China faces a "serious epidemic" of drug-resistant tuberculosis according to the first-ever nationwide estimate of the size of the problem there, said a US-published study on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
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 50-year cholera mystery solved For 50 years scientists have been unsure how the bacteria that gives humans cholera manages to resist one of our basic innate immune responses. That mystery has now been solved, thanks to research f ... more | .. |
China faces 'serious' epidemic of drug-resistant TB China faces a "serious epidemic" of drug-resistant tuberculosis according to the first-ever nationwide estimate of the size of the problem there, said a US-published study on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  New device sees bacteria behind the eardrum Doctors can now get a peek behind the eardrum to better diagnose and treat chronic ear infections, thanks to a new medical imaging device invented by University of Illinois researchers. The device c ... more | .. |
 Greening operating rooms benefit the bottom line and the environment Efforts to "green" operating rooms can result in cost savings for hospitals and reduce the environmental impact without compromising patient care, argues an analysis published in CMAJ (Canadian Medi ... more |
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North Korea to soon unveil 'next-stage' nuclear plans, Kim says
Greenland dispute is 'wake-up call' for Europe: Macron
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 Anti-inflammatory drugs may improve survival from severe malaria A novel anti-inflammatory drug could help to improve survival in the most severe cases of malaria by preventing the immune system from causing irrevocable brain and tissue damage. Walter and Eliza H ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong sees first human bird flu case in 18 months Hong Kong health authorities on Saturday urged the public not to panic after the southern Chinese city reported its first human case of bird flu in 18 months in a two-year-old boy. ... more | .. |
  New Findings on Astronaut Vision Loss Could vision changes experienced by astronauts be linked to a vitamin B-12 or folate deficiency? While investigating the vision changes recently identified in astronauts, nutritional assessment data ... more | .. |
 Italy's biomedics industry hit by quake Italy's biomedical industry has been hit hard by a fatal earthquake in the northeast, with over 100 companies and 5,000 workers affected by damage to factories and warehouses around the town of Mirandola. ... more |
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 AIDS treatment in S.Africa send baby infections plunging One-year-old Katakane laughs and coos in the arms of her HIV-positive mother as a doctor tries to examine her at South Africa's largest public hospital, in Soweto township. ... more | .. |
 Powerful new approach to attack flu virus international research team has manufactured a new protein that can combat deadly flu epidemics. The paper, featured on the cover of the current issue of Nature Biotechnology, demonstrates ways to u ... more | .. |
 Targeting tuberculosis 'hotspots' could have widespread benefit Reducing tuberculosis transmission in geographic "hotspots" where infections are highest could significantly reduce TB transmission on a broader scale, according to a study led by researchers at the ... more | .. |
 Astronaut-inspired bone test could speed diagnoses A simple urine test could soon reveal more about a person's bones than X-rays, US researchers said Tuesday after publishing results of an early phase study funded by NASA. ... more |
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Trump-era trade stress leads Western powers to China
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 Cambodian girl, 10, dies from bird flu: WHO A 10-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, the World Health Organization said Monday, the country's third fatality from the virulent disease this year. ... more | .. |
 Earlier detection of bone loss may be in future Are your bones getting stronger or weaker? Right now, it's hard to know. Scientists at Arizona State University and NASA are taking on this medical challenge by developing and applying a technique t ... more | .. |
 Engineered microvessels provide a 3D test bed for human diseases Mice and monkeys don't develop diseases in the same way that humans do. Nevertheless, after medical researchers have studied human cells in a Petri dish, they have little choice but to move on to st ... more | .. |
 Analyzing disease transmission at the community level Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found evidence of a role for neighborhood immunity in determining risk of dengue infection. While it is established that ... more |
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  Quantum dots appear safe in pioneering study on primates A pioneering study to gauge the toxicity of quantum dots in primates has found the tiny crystals to be safe over a one-year period, a hopeful outcome for doctors and scientists seeking new ways to b ... more | .. |
 New discoveries about severe malaria Researchers from Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (Seattle BioMed), the University of Copenhagen and the University of Edinburgh have uncovered new knowledge related to host-parasite interactio ... more | .. |
 Flu shots during pregnancy could benefit babies: study Women who get flu shots while pregnant could also be protecting the health of their babies before and after birth, a new study suggests. ... more | .. |
 Could the ways animals regenerate hair and feathers lead to clues to restore human fingers and toes? This summer's action film, "The Amazing Spider-Man," is another match-up between the superhero and his nemesis the Lizard. Moviegoers and comic book fans alike will recall that the villain, AKA Dr. ... more |
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Online platforms offer filtering to fight AI slop; EU lawmakers want AI to pay for using copyrighted work
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 Biologists produce potential malarial vaccine from algae Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have succeeded in engineering algae to produce potential candidates for a vaccine that would prevent transmission of the parasite that causes ma ... more | .. |
 Trashing old, unused medications best for reducing environmental impact A new study suggests that dumping old or unneeded medications in the trash can may be the best way to reduce the environmental impact of the 200 million pounds of pharmaceuticals that go unused in t ... more | .. |
 Bio-hybrid device acts as 'thermostat' to control systemic inflammation in sepsis A small, external bioreactor holding human cells pumped out an anti-inflammatory protein to prevent organ damage and other complications in a rat with acute inflammation caused by bacterial products ... more | .. |
 Health experts narrow the hunt for Ebola Response efforts to outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Africa can benefit from a standardized sampling strategy that focuses on the carcasses of gorillas, chimpanzees and other species known to ... more |
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 Ultrasensitive biosensor promising for medical diagnostics Researchers have created an ultrasensitive biosensor that could open up new opportunities for early detection of cancer and "personalized medicine" tailored to the specific biochemistry of individua ... more | .. |
 Molecular subtypes and genetic alterations may determine response to lung cancer therapy Cancer therapies targeting specific molecular subtypes of the disease allow physicians to tailor treatment to a patient's individual molecular profile. But scientists are finding that in many types ... more | .. |
 HIV/AIDS patients at higher risk of cardiac death: study People suffering from HIV/AIDS are at much higher risk than the general population of sudden cardiac death, researchers in California have found. ... more | .. |
 US AIDS relief program saved 740,000 lives: study A US aid program aimed at helping foreign countries battle the AIDS epidemic saved 740,000 lives from 2004-2008, according to a US study published Tuesday. ... more |
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