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A much-needed shot in the arm for HIV vaccine development

International efforts towards developing avaccine against HIV infection have been given a much-needed boost bythe publication today of the Global HIV/AIDS Vaccine Enterprise'sscientific strategic plan, published online in the freely available,open-access global health journal PLoS Medicine.The Global HIV/AIDS Vaccine Enterprise is an international alliance ofindependent agencies and organiz...

AIDS expert says global strategy needed to combat feminization of HIV/AIDS

Thomas C. Quinn, M.D., a Johns Hopkins physician and scientist, who has spent the best part of the last 25 years leading major efforts to combat HIV and AIDS throughout the world, is calling for global strategies and resources to confront the rapid "feminization" of the AIDS pandemic. Quinn, a professor of infectious diseases at Hopkins and a senior investigator at the National Institute o...

Clear rules needed to govern deep sea bioprospecting: UNU

Vast genetic resources ?"blue gold" on the international deep sea floor ?need protection from unfettered commercial exploitation, warns a new report from the Japan-based United Nations University Institute for Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS). Increasingly recognized as important to humankind for their potential medical and other uses, deep sea resources are now more accessible and vulnerable th...

Quick identification needed to save Florida's citrus industry from devastating disease

The recent discovery of citrus greening (huanglongbing) in samples collected from trees in South Florida poses a definite threat to Florida's $9 billion commercial citrus industry. Proper identification and eradication methods are needed to reduce the amount of crop loss caused by this disease, say plant pathologists with The American Phytopathological Society (APS). Citrus greening is a bacteria...

Womb needed for proper brain development

The brains of babies born very prematurely do not develop as well as those who are carried to full-term, according to new research presented today at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Washington, D.C. Dr. Sandra Witelson, a professor of psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University and chief investigator on...

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Hands-free Tissue Disruption No Homogenization Needed

High quality RNA is suitable for both RT-PCR and microarray gene expression analysis Hands-free tissue disruption in minutes: no grinding or polytron required Potent reagents protect and preserve...

Tommy Thompson says capital needed for electronic health records

- To differentiate himself from other presidential wannabes, former Wisconsin governor and cabinet secretary Tommy Thompson is casting himself as the candidate of new ideas in the 2008 presidential race, and he outlined several ways to accelerate the adoption of electronic health records following his keynote address at the annual conference of the <a href="http://www.wisbio...

More women needed in interface design

in which I vented my frustrations over the general lack of phone-ness on the Cingular 8125. Since that column, most people running start ups to develop mobile phone software and services have been a little sheepish when they come to tell...

With flawed schools exposed, real-world experience is needed

What kind of school systems are our taxes supporting? This question becomes very critical given the fact that jobs are being outsourced to other countries by the thousands and many leaders of public schools have lost touch with whats important. Educators better get with the program and start teaching real skills along with the ability to learn and compete. The latest decision to...

Tech Council online feature will help match job seekers to skills needed

JobSightUSA helps companies that are considering locating or expanding in Wisconsin to quickly find and hi...

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Doctors needed urgently in Gujarat

The quake-devastated state ofGujarat in India is now slowly coming to terms with the full fallout of thecalamity. While different news channels and papers are busy increasing thedeath toll by the thousand in every other bulletin, the state government andthe central government are now faced with the unenviable ta...

Aggressive blood pressure treatment needed

Those who are most at risk from high blood pressure have the most to gain from treatment - yet they are being neglected. Doctors are often reluctant to treat people with high blood pressure when they have other risk factors, like high cholesterol or diabetes. Maybe they believe little can be done when matters have reached the 'multiple risk factor' stage, or they may worry about lowering blood pr...

Radiation Not Needed for Childhood Cancers

Two new studies show radiation can affect how long and how well children survive cancer. The first study found children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who received chemotherapy but not radiation to the brain area tended to live longer and with a better quality of life than those who got both treatments. But the long-term outcomes for both groups were quite high.The second study found th...

Surgery not needed for Osteoarthritis

A new study shows these types of procedures may not be any more dynamic than a placebo procedure. Arthroscopy is the most common type of orthopedic surgery, and the knee is the most common joint on which it is performed. The procedure is frequently used to relieve persistent pain caused by osteoarthritis of the knee. However, while half the patients say the surgery relieves their pain whereas res...

Gene Decides How Much Exercise In Needed For The Elderly People

Research suggests that the reason why elderly population differs in their ability to exercise for better physical ability may be genetical by //nature. Researchers found that an enzyme involved in blood pressure regulation may also influence how the body responds to exercise. The findings, by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues, are reported today in...

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New Critical Path Report Highlights Research Needed to Foster Generic Drug Development

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 2, 2007-The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) today issued the "<a target="_blank" href="http://www.fda.gov/oc/initiatives/criticalpath/reports/generic.html">CriticalPath Opportunities for Generic Drugs " report identifying manyof the unanswered scientific questions that impede the developmentof generic versions of commonly used drugs. The report is part...