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March 01, 2016

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Analyzing genetic tree sheds new light on disease outbreaks

Los Alamos National Laboratory via Infection Control Today
Scientists have a new tool for unraveling the mysteries of how diseases such as HIV move through a population, thanks to insights into phylogenetics, the creation of an organism's genetic tree and evolutionary relationships. READ MORE

In monkeys, therapy flushes HIV-like virus from its hiding places

HealthDay News
One of the key roadblocks to a cure for HIV infection and AIDS is the fact that the virus can "hide out" in a dormant state in immune system cells, evading treatment. However, research in monkeys suggests that a new approach might push these hidden cells out of hiding, to where they can be destroyed by conventional anti-retroviral drug therapy. READ MORE

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Skin cells turn into stem cells that are cancer cell killers

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Researchers have turned skin cells into cancer-hunting stem cells that destroy the brain tumors known as glioblastoma — a discovery that may offer a new and more effective treatment for the disease. The survival rate beyond two years for a patient with a glioblastoma is 30 percent because it is so difficult to treat. READ MORE

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New image analytics may offer quick guidance for breast cancer treatment

Case Western Reserve University via Health Canal
For women with the most common type of breast cancer, a new way to analyze magnetic resonance images data appears to reliably distinguish between patients who would need only hormonal treatment and those who also need chemotherapy, researchers from Case Western Reserve University report. The analysis may provide women diagnosed with estrogen positive-receptor breast cancer answers far faster than current tests and, due to its expected low cost, open the door to this kind of testing worldwide. READ MORE

The Ebola outbreak is over, but the hunt for a vaccine continues

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In a nondescript office park outside Atlanta, researchers at Emory University's Hope Clinic are running tests on blood and plasma. The samples come from people who received an experimental Ebola vaccine, which made it to a final efficacy trial in West Africa. Unfortunately, it arrived a little too late. READ MORE

Community-based medical laboratories and pathology groups likely to profit from growth of provider-sponsored health plans

DARK Daily
One interesting new trend in healthcare is the growth in the number of provider-owned health insurance plans. This is a development that could be auspicious for local clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups because most provider-owned health plans want local labs in their provider networks. This includes contracting with their own hospital labs. READ MORE

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Researchers develop 3-D printed diagnostic device that can rapidly detect anemia

Kansas State University via ScienceDaily
Researchers are using 3-D printers to develop a low cost, point-of-care device that can quickly detect anemia. Anemia is a condition in which the blood does not have enough healthy red blood cells to transport oxygen to the body's organs. It affects 2 billion people worldwide, including more than half of preschool children and pregnant women in developing countries and at least 30 percent of children and women in industrialized nations. READ MORE

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Sperm created from stem cells offer hope in cases of male infertility

Medical News Today
Functioning sperm that could one day be used to treat infertility in men have been created in a laboratory by scientists in China, according to a report in Cell Stem Cell. READ MORE

Zika infection may cause stillbirth, loss of brain tissue

Reuters
A case study of a stillborn baby whose Brazilian mother was infected with Zika raises suspicions that the virus may be capable of doing more damage to fetal tissue than previously thought, researchers said. The study showed the baby's brain was absent, a condition known as hydranencephaly. Instead of tissue, the brain cavities were filled with fluid. READ MORE