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HIV Drug Resistance can Be Identified by Genome Sequencing

...s high as previously thought, said Kozal, who also directs the HIV Program at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System. These low frequency resistant viral strains are not detectable by current resistance testing methods used in the clinic. While HIV treatment has been largely successful, with dramatic increas...

Teenagers Untimely Death Draws Attention To Safety Of Over The- Counter Drugs

...each of children. Says Dr. Thomas Kearney, who directs a poison control center and is a professor of pharmacy at the University of California at San Francisco: "It's on my one-swallow-to-kill list for kids. Kearney adds that topical application of methyl salicylate can be hazardous, if it is smeared ove...

Bush Announces Request for $30B, Five-Year Extension of PEPFAR

...ires next year, the New York Times reports. PEPFAR directs an authorized $15 billion over five years for HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis primarily to 15 focus countries and provides funding to the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. PEPFAR's original mandate is scheduled to expire in September 2...

Suicide Among Returning US Soldiers on the Rise

...s is considering a bill named for Joshua Omvig. It directs the VA to develop a suicide prevention program for veterans suffering from PTSD and other depression issues. It unanimously passed the House in March....

Nanomedicine Gives the Way for Nerve Cell Regeneration

...tween damaged nerve endings is a straight line. It directs straightforward nerve growth and never lets them stray from the fast lane."...

Ways to Stop Organ Damage When Blood Flow Is Cut Off

...e part of the body is bleeding profusely, the body directs the blood from the non-vital organs, including the intestines, and sends more blood to the lungs, heart and brain. Because of this, some organs experience ischemia-like conditions when the body hemorrhages. In addition, the same antibodies that har...

Scientists Identify Previously Undetected Drug-resistant Forms of HIV

...gh as previously thought, said Dr. Kozal, who also directs the HIV Program at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System. These low frequency resistant viral strains are not detectable by current resistance testing methods used in the clinic, he added. Dr. Kozal said that the study aimed at determining whether...

Advancement in Gene Associated With Colon Cancer

...pidemiology in the U-M School of Public Health. He directs the Cancer Genetics program in the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center, which focuses on inherited cancer risks. Genetic discovery in Israel through MECC has already proven highly informative. Senior author Gad Rennert M.D., Ph.D., of the Carmel Medica...

A new century of Alzheimer's disease research

...en, M.D., Ph.D., a Mayo physician in Rochester who directs the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), encompassing the research programs in Jacksonville and Rochester. “We have moved a great distance forward in understanding what might be the key, or, in the least, an important aspect of t...

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