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July 24, 2014

Brazil to release millions of GM-mosquitos to fight dengue
Campinas, Brazil (UPI) Jul 23, 2013
Next week, the biotech company Oxitec, based in Abingdon, England, will begin raising millions of genetically modified mosquitos at a new factory in Campinas, Brazil. The objective: curb the spread of dengue fever. These new GM-mosquitos won't target dengue specifically, only other mosquitos - the main vehicle by which the virus travels. These Franken-bugs will mate with females; but their defective sperm will produce offspring that won't make it too adulthood. The logic goes: by slowing rates ... read more

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South Africa targets screening whole population for AIDS South Africa's government plans to extend AIDS tests to the country's entire population and speed up antiretroviral treatment of those who test positive for the virus, the health minister said Wednesday. ... more		Poland suffers first cases of African swine fever in pigs Poland on Wednesday confirmed its first cases of deadly swine fever in domestic pigs, as the World Trade Organisation reviewed a Russian embargo on EU pork imports imposed over the disease. ... more		Latvia extends emergency zone for African swine fever Latvia on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in a second area of this Baltic EU state as efforts continued to contain an outbreak of deadly African swine fever in its pig population. ... more
				New report shows MERS virus may be airborne MERS, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, may be transmitted by air, a paper published Tuesday in the scientific journal mBio suggests. ... more		Town 'sealed off' after man dies of plague in China A Chinese town has been sealed off and 151 people placed in quarantine since last week after a man died of bubonic plague, state media said Tuesday. ... more

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AIDS cure: Study sees advance for 'kick and kill' strategy The elusive quest for an HIV cure received a boost at the world AIDS conference Tuesday as scientists said they had forced the virus out of a hiding place where it had lurked after being suppressed by drugs. ... more		BYU professor helping to eradicate fatal sleeping sickness A BYU ecologist is playing a role in the effort to curb a deadly disease affecting developing nations across equatorial Africa. Steven L. Peck, a BYU professor of biology, has lent his expertise in ... more		Muon Space joins SHIELD missile defense effort with next generation space systems role BlackSky expands Gen-3 satellite intelligence contracts worldwide Stratoship alliance charts staged path for smallsat payloads		Bubble wrap serves as sheet of tiny test tubes in resource-limited regions Popping the blisters on the bubble wrap might be the most enjoyable thing about moving. But now, scientists propose a more productive way to reuse the popular packing material - as a sheet of small, ... more
				Medical advances turn science fiction into science fact Exoskeletons helping the paralysed to walk, tiny maggot-inspired devices gnawing at brain tumours, machines working tirelessly as hospital helpers: in many respects, the future of medicine is already here. ... more		Study finds promise toward treating HIV and hep C A new hepatitis C drug has shown early promise in patients whose infection with both HIV and hepatitis C has made them traditionally difficult to treat, said a study Saturday. ... more

Search for AIDS cure pushes ahead despite setbacks Scientists on Saturday vowed to press ahead with their quest for a cure for AIDS, despite losing a veteran colleague and suffering a setback in research. ... more		HIV epidemic 'smaller' than UN estimates: report Anti-AIDS drugs have helped save 19 million years of human life since 1996, said an analysis Tuesday which also slashed UN estimates for HIV deaths and disease by a quarter. ... more		Bats use sound flow to steer through cluttered habitats Sentinel 2A trials reveal unexpected night sensing capability Solar cycles seen in Antarctic fast ice history		AIDS: Anger flares at homophobic laws Campaigners at the world AIDS conference are taking aim at countries with anti-gay laws, accusing them of creating conditions that let HIV spread like poison. ... more
AIDS: Circumcision campaign lifted by new evidence A campaign to encourage circumcision among men in sub-Saharan Africa to help protect them against the AIDS virus was backed by new research on Monday showing that men who have had the operation are unlikely to engage in unprotected sex. ... more		Physicists reveal random nature of metastasis The spreading of a cancerous tumour from one part of the body to another may occur through pure chance instead of key genetic mutations, a new study has shown. Physicists from the University of Dun ... more		UN leader vows to help Haiti fight cholera epidemic UN chief Ban Ki-moon visited Haiti on Monday, vowing to help the country end a cholera epidemic that has killed more than 8,500 people since 2010 and that some blame on UN peacekeepers. ... more		People with HIV living longer, study HIV-positive people in the world's rich countries now live nearly as long as those who don't carry the AIDS-causing virus, as drugs have cut the overall death rate in half, researchers said Friday. ... more

	AIDS could be wiped out by 2030: UN Global AIDS-related deaths and new HIV infections have fallen by over a third in a decade, raising hopes of beating the killer disease by 2030, the United Nations said Wednesday. ... more		Setback for cure overshadows AIDS council of war For more than three decades, AIDS and those fighting it have been locked in a tango whose steps have gone sideways, backwards or forwards with the lives of millions at stake. ... more

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