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October 25, 2013

HIV has big hiding place, foiling hopes for cure
Washington (AFP) Oct 24, 2013
Modern medicine can keep HIV at bay but not cure it, and researchers said Thursday the reason may lie in the larger-than-expected size of the virus's hiding place. Traces of HIV can lie dormant in the body's immune cells, and this so-called latent reservoir is 60 times bigger than previous estimates, according to new research in the journal Cell. The findings, based on three years of lab experiments, explain why human immunodeficiency virus usually makes a swift comeback and can lead to full-blo ... read more

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Glaxo says China drugs sales slump on bribery probe British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline revealed on Wednesday that pharmaceuticals and vaccines sales in China tumbled 61 percent in the third quarter, as it was rocked by a state bribery probe. ... more		Baby's HIV 'cure not a fluke,' US researchers say A little girl who was treated for HIV shortly after birth still shows no sign of infection at age three, suggesting her apparent cure was not a fluke, US researchers said Wednesday. ... more		A natural boost for MRI scans Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a technique widely used in medicine to create images of internal organs such as the heart, the lungs, the liver and even the brain. Since its invention in 1977, M ... more
				Physical cues help mature cells revert into embryonic-like stem cells Bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have shown that physical cues can replace certain chemicals when nudging mature cells back to a pluripotent stage, capable of becoming any cel ... more		'Electronic blood' powers experimental computer mimicking human brain IBM researchers in Switzerland have unveiled a prototype of a new brain-inspired computer powered by what they're calling "electronic blood." ... more

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Delhi hospitals overflow with hidden dengue epidemic Factory worker Mohammad Awwal is gripped by fever, sweats and the sort of agonising aches that mean his condition is sometimes called "breakbone disease". It's an annual plague in India and a hidden epidemic, say experts. ... more		Britain looks to Asia to manage 'national shame' of elderly care Hundreds of thousands of elderly Britons are being ignored by society, the health minister said on Friday, saying people should look to Japan and China for lessons on how to manage this "national shame". ... more		Greenland truce or Trump win? Davos "framework" pauses tariffs but not the takeover boasts Greenlanders doubtful over Trump resolution EU says ready to sign defence and security pact with India		New 3D method used to grow miniature pancreas An international team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen have successfully developed an innovative 3D method to grow miniature pancreas from progenitor cells. The future goal is to use ... more
				Football-shaped particles bolster the body's defense against cancer Researchers at Johns Hopkins have succeeded in making flattened, football-shaped artificial particles that impersonate immune cells. These football-shaped particles seem to be better than the typica ... more		Taiwan looks to first vaccine against fatal H7N9 avian flu Taiwan is scheduled to roll out its first vaccine against the H7N9 strain of avian flu in late 2014, after the island confirmed the first outbreak of the deadly virus earlier this year, researchers said Monday. ... more

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3-D printed microscopic cages confine bacteria in tiny zoos for the study of infections By caging bacteria in microscopic houses, scientists at The University of Texas at Austin are studying how communities of bacteria, such as those found in the human gut and lungs, interact and devel ... more		Animal mission to space gives clues to astronauts' vision problems A mission with dozens of animals launched into space in a Russian satellite yielded clues to why astronauts' eyesight deteriorates in space, scientists say. ... more		Trump vows to relaunch Egypt-Ethiopia talks on dam row China's birth rate falls to lowest on record Chile police arrest suspect over deadly wildfires		Researchers demonstrate 'accelerator on a chip' In an advance that could dramatically shrink particle accelerators for science and medicine, researchers used a laser to accelerate electrons at a rate 10 times higher than conventional technology i ... more
				Outside View: First Obamacare, then a single-payer system Republicans must live with Obamacare. They have few prospects for electing 60 senators needed to repeal the law and, unless they work to make it more palatable, something they have few ideas to accomplish - the country is headed for socialized medicine. ... more		Danone's Nutricia accused of bribing China doctors: media French conglomerate Danone faced fresh bribery accusations in China on Wednesday, made by a newspaper against its healthcare subsidiary Nutricia, as authorities investigate corruption among drug and dairy firms. ... more

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