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New test for most virulent HPV strains under study

...e better options for screening for the most common sexually transmitted disease. The current national study is giving the new HPV test and the type-specific assay to 1,500 women age 30 and older with a negative Pap test and to 1,000 women age 18 and older with cervical cell changes of undetermined signific...

No sex for 40 million years? No problem

...have been around for over 40 million years without sexually reproducing, and yet this new study has shown that they have evolved into distinct species. Using a combination of DNA sequencing and jaw measurements taken using a scanning electron microscope, the research team examined bdelloid rotifers living...

Scientists sequence genome of parasite responsible for common sexually transmitted infection

...that causes trichomoniasis, one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs), revealing potential...ctor Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Trichomoniasis is a sexually transmitted infection that affects both men and women and results in roughly 7.4 million new cases i...

Vasectomy may put men at risk for type of dementia

...ling, misspending large amounts of money or become sexually demanding. The most common form of dementia caused by brain deterioration in individuals over age 65 is Alzheimer's disease. Weintraub did not find an increased rate of vasectomy in patients with Alzheimer's. Many patients with FTD and PPA sh...

Africa's first large-scale HIV vaccine study launches

...ve males and females, aged 18 to 35 years, who are sexually active and not pregnant. The trial design will... also will be provided access to treatment for any sexually transmitted infection acquired during the study. Recent research has shown that men who are circumc...

Synthetic peptide targets latent papilloma virus infections

...ts and cancer. One study found that 75 percent of sexually active men and women under 50 have, or have had, an HPV infection, while 10,000 women annually develop cervical cancer, more than 90 percent of which is caused by HPV. Four thousand women die of cervical cancer each year. Once infected, it's diffic...

Selectivity is ultimate aphrodisiac

..."I really liked my interaction partner" and "I was sexually attracted to my interaction partner." After returning home, they recorded on the study Web site whether they would be interested in meeting each person they had speed-dated again in the future. Mutual "yeses" were given the ability to contact o...

Male-killing bacteria makes female butterflies more promiscuous

... the bacteria -- the female butterfly becomes more sexually rampant. Males on the other hand show signs of fatigue and put less effort into mating. In some populations of tropical butterfly the entire mating system is determined by a group of bacteria known as Wolbachia, according to the study, published ...

Study shows continued success for new HPV vaccine against virus responsible for cervical cancer

... are reported each year, making it the most common sexually transmitted disease in the nation. "Nearly all sexually active people are going to get exposed to the virus sometime during their lives," says Dr. Ault. "F...

New vaccine prevents CMV infection and disease in mice

... day care settings, for example, or adults who are sexually active, can pass along the virus,” explained Spector. “It becomes a serious problem in developing infants during the pregnancy or in those whose immune system is compromised, such as AIDS or transplant patients.” When a persistent virus such as ...

Male circumcision overstated as prevention tool against AIDS

...when model building researchers introduce a highly sexually active infected subset of “prostitutes” to their mathematical models does the infection spread exponentially to the general population....

Cellular message movement captured on video

...ay contribute to the carcinogenic potential of the sexually transmitted virus. Chien and Hu obtained cells for their most recent study from the inner membranous lining of a cow aorta. They added genetically engineered proteins tagged with red and green fluorescence markers to the bovine aortic endothelial ...

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