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New HIV treatment guidelines focus on comorbid conditions
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The latest guidelines of the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS), released at the society's 13th European AIDS Conference, give special emphasis to comorbid conditions that may occur in patients infected with HIV. "The contemporary challenge in HIV medicine is no longer to suppress the virus but actually to maintain health of patients with HIV, and
the major focus now and the dominating reason for why people are still getting sick, even for those who are in care, is the development of various co-morbidities," said Jens Lundgren, MD, DMSc, professor in the Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Understanding the beginnings of embryonic stem cells helps predict the future
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Scientists have shown that laboratory-grown cells express a protein called Blimp1, which represses differentiation to somatic or regular tissue cells during germ cell development. Studies of these cells
show that they also express other genes associated with early germ cell specification.
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Scientists crack Black Death's genetic code
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Scientists have mapped out the entire genetic map of the Black Death, a 14th century bubonic plague that killed 50 million Europeans in one of the most devastating epidemics in history. The work, which involved extracting and purifying DNA from the remains of Black Death victims buried in London's "plague pits," is the first time scientists have been able to draft a reconstructed genome of any ancient pathogen.
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US scientists correct sickle cell disease in mice
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U.S. scientists have found a way to get mice with a form of sickle cell disease to make normal red blood cells, offering a potential new way to treat the blood disorder in people. Adults with sickle
cell disease make mutant, sickle-shaped forms of hemoglobin that block small blood vessels, causing pain, strokes, organ dysfunction and premature death. But this problem occurs only after birth.
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Good news for clinical labs and phlebotomists: Safety-engineered devices reduce needlestick injuries
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Plebotomists and safety managers in clinical laboratories across the nation will welcome the results of several studies on phlebotomy needlestick injuries. Evidence is accumulating that use of
safety-engineered devices contributes to fewer reports of accidental needle sticks.
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Answer to cystic
fibrosis might be under water
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Massachusetts scientists in Woods Hole and at a Charlestown laboratory are looking under water to treat a disease that robs sufferers of the ability to breathe. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Flatley Discovery Lab have struck a $1.18 million deal to collaborate on a three-year project to find out if microbes from the ocean are the key to finding a drug to treat the underlying disorder behind cystic fibrosis.
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Routine and molecular aspects of hematology
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Historically, diagnosing blood diseases/disorders has included a trifold approach: the complete blood count (CBC), blood chemistries and microscopic investigation. With the CBC, all major cell lines, platelet numbers as well as signs of anemia and malignancy can be investigated. Scott Warner, MLT(ASCP), lab manager at Penobscot Valley Hospital in Lincoln, ME, said physicians will often pay particular attention to the total leukocyte
count and breakdown.
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Tracking diseases from anthrax to
cholera
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When U.S. Army microbiologist Bruce Ivins committed suicide in 2008, knowing he was the lead suspect in the government’s investigation into the 2001
anthrax letter attacks, the massive scientific push to identify the killer also halted. But had anthrax-laden missives appeared in the mailboxes of journalists and members of Congress today rather than 10 years ago, modern science could have greatly simplified the hunt, says Paul Keim, a microbiologist at Northern Arizona University.
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Stem cells correct mutation causing inherited liver disease
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A new study provides evidence that human induced pluripotential stem cells (iPSCs) can be genetically corrected to generate cells that could be useful in
clinical cell-based therapies. The study, published in Nature, combined stem cell technologies to correct a point mutation in both alleles of the α1-1 antitrypsin gene (also known as SERPINA1; serine protease inhibitor).
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Infections after prostate biopsy on the rise
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Serious infections after prostate biopsies appear to be on the rise in the U.S., possibly fueled by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a new study of elderly men suggests. More than a million prostate
biopsies are done each year on Medicare patients, often to investigate suspicious results from prostate cancer screening. But the majority of those are false alarms, and some doctors worry that many men could be suffering needlessly due to screening.
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Study: 1 in 6 UK cell phones is contaminated with fecal matter
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One in six mobile phones in Britain is contaminated with fecal matter, according to research that cited poor hygiene as the cause. "This study provides more evidence that people still don't wash their
hands properly, especially after going to the toilet," Dr. Val Curtis of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said in the report. In the study, researchers in 12 cities took 390 samples from mobile phones and hands, then analyzed in a laboratory what they had found.
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