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Botanical compound could prove crucial to healing influenzaBlacksburg VA (SPX) Jul 19, 2012 Building on previous work with the botanical abscisic acida, researchers in the Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory (NIMML) have discovered that abscisic acid has anti-inflammatory effects in the lungs as well as in the gut. The results will be published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. "While the immune effects of abscisic acid are well understood in the gut, less was known about its effects in the respiratory tract. We've shown definitively that not only does absc ... read more |
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 HIV drugs reach 8 million in needy countries More than eight million people - a record number in low- and middle-income countries - are now taking antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV, according to data released Wednesday by UNAIDS. ... more | .. |
 End of AIDS pandemic in sight: US expert Three decades into the AIDS pandemic an end to new infections is in sight, according to Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. ... more | .. |
  Man-made pores mimic important features of natural pores Inspired by nature, an international research team has created synthetic pores that mimic the activity of cellular ion channels, which play a vital role in human health by severely restricting the t ... more | .. |
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 Nanoscale scaffolds and stem cells show promise in cartilage repair Johns Hopkins tissue engineers have used tiny, artificial fiber scaffolds thousands of times smaller than a human hair to help coax stem cells into developing into cartilage, the shock-absorbing lin ... more | .. |
South Africa recalls 500,000 HIV test kits: ministry South Africa is recalling 500,000 HIV test kits it ordered from a South Korean company despite a World Health Organisation (WHO) warning over inconclusive results, the health ministry said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 EU threatens Microsoft with antitrust fine over web browser The European Commission threatened Microsoft with another big fine on Tuesday after the US software giant failed to give 28 million European customers the ability to choose their web browser. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan finds H5N1 virus in birds smuggled from China Dozens of pet birds smuggled from southern China into Taiwan tested positive for the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus and were destroyed, Taiwanese authorities said Tuesday. ... more |
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 UNAIDS welcomes US approval of drug to stop HIV The UN agency tasked with fighting AIDS on Tuesday welcomed the decision by the United States to allow the use of an HIV prevention pill for the first time. ... more | .. |
 Genetically engineered bacteria prevent mosquitoes from transmitting malaria Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute have genetically modified a bacterium commonly found in the mosquito's midgut and found that the parasite that causes malaria in people do ... more | .. |
US approves first-ever pill for HIV prevention The first-ever daily pill to help prevent HIV infection was approved Monday by US regulators for use by healthy adults who are at risk for getting the virus that causes AIDS. ... more | .. |
 Hand, foot and mouth disease kills 112 in China in June A Chinese province urged parents Sunday to seek immediate treatment for children showing symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease after official figures showed 112 people died from the illness last month. ... more |
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 Hopes high as AIDS conference returns to US A cure for AIDS remains a distant prospect but a host of drug treatments and other advances have fueled fresh hope that new human immunodeficiency virus infections may some day be halted for good. ... more | .. |
Drugs 'arsenal' could help end AIDS: WHO Thirty years into the AIDS epidemic, a cure remains elusive but a growing arsenal of drugs could someday help end new infections, the World Health Organization's HIV/AIDS chief says. ... more | .. |
  Can robots improve patient care in the ICU? Remote presence robots are used in intensive care units (ICUs) to help critical care physicians supplement on-site patient visits and maintain more frequent patient interactions. Physicians wh ... more | .. |
Pills to prevent HIV raise many questions: studies Various trials examining the use of anti-retroviral drugs in healthy heterosexuals as a way to prevent HIV have shown drastically different results, research showed Wednesday. ... more |
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NASA advances space based tracking of marine debris
Sudan army says breaks RSF siege on southern city Dilling
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 Zebrafish reveal promising mechanism for healing spinal cord injury Yona Goldshmit, Ph.D., is a former physical therapist who worked in rehabilitation centers with spinal cord injury patients for many years before deciding to switch her focus to the underlying scien ... more | .. |
 Vaccine and antibiotics stabilized so refrigeration is not needed Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a new silk-based stabilizer that, in the laboratory, kept some vaccines and antibiotics stable up to temperatures of 140 degree ... more | .. |
 Mexico kills 2.5 million poultry to contain bird flu Officials have slain 2.5 million birds at poultry farms in western Mexico over the past three weeks in an attempt to contain a bird flu outbreak, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Keeping the flu away San Diego State University researchers at the Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center may have found the secret to helping the immune system fight off the flu before it gets you sick. A new study publish ... more |
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  Spaceflight may extend the lifespan of microscopic worm The effect of spaceflight on a microscopic worm - Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) - could help it to live longer. The discovery was made by an international group of scientists studying the loss ... more | .. |
 Embattled Sahel facing deadly cholera outbreak The conflict in Mali could turn a cholera outbreak that has already killed 60 people in the Sahel this year into a serious regional epidemic, the UN children's agency said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Laws that criminalize gays hurt HIV treatment: study Laws that criminalize gay behavior are among a host of legal tangles that waste resources and hinder an effective response to HIV/AIDS worldwide, an independent commission reported on Monday. ... more | .. |
Record number of Africans get AIDS drugs: UNAIDS chief A record number of Africans now have access to drugs to control the HIV virus, but the continent must work harder to strengthen the lifeline, the head of UNAIDS says. ... more |
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Gold supraballs boost broadband solar absorption
Smartphone kit offers low cost on site radiation dose checks
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 Jekyll and Hyde bacteria aids or kills, depending on chance Living in the guts of worms are seemingly innocuous bacteria that contribute to their survival. With a flip of a switch, however, these same bacteria transform from harmless microbes into deadly ins ... more | .. |
Discrimination fuels rise of HIV in Philippines Discrimination against homosexuals and people infected with HIV is contributing to the rapid rise of the incurable disease in the Philippines, officials and health activists said Friday. ... more | .. |
 New study maps hotspots of human-animal infectious diseases and emerging disease outbreaks A new global study mapping human-animal diseases like tuberculosis (TB) and Rift Valley fever finds that an "unlucky" 13 zoonoses are responsible for 2.4 billion cases of human illness and 2.2 milli ... more | .. |
Hong Kong closes bird market over H5N1 virus Hong Kong on Thursday closed a popular tourist spot where hundreds of caged birds are on display after the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus was detected at one of the stalls. ... more |
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 Acoustic tweezers capture tiny creatures with ultrasound A device about the size of a dime can manipulate living materials such as blood cells and entire small organisms, using sound waves, according to a team of bioengineers and biochemists from Penn Sta ... more | .. |
US approves over-the-counter HIV home testing kit The United States announced Tuesday it has authorized sales of the first over-the-counter home testing kit for HIV, the virus that leads to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). ... more | .. |
 Improving living tissues with 3D printed vascular networks made from sugar Researchers are hopeful that new advances in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine could one day make a replacement liver from a patient's own cells, or animal muscle tissue that could be cut ... more | .. |
 Mexico declares bird flu 'emergency' The Mexican government declared a national animal health emergency on Monday in the face of an aggressive bird flu epidemic that has infected nearly 1.7 million poultry. ... more |
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