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Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC scientists identify enzyme important in aging

The secret to longevity may lie in an enzyme with the ability to promote a robust immune system into old age by maintaining the function of the thymus throughout life, according to researchers studying an "anti-aging" mouse model that lives longer than a typical mouse.

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Biology, Science

Fri Jul 10, 2009

Reporter

Stress and Depression Worsen Childhood Asthma, UB Researchers Show

Young people with asthma have nearly twice the incidence of depression compared to their peers without asthma, and studies have shown that depression is associated with increased asthma symptoms and, in some cases, death.

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Related Topix: Depression, Medicine, Asthma, SUNY Buffalo, Biology

RedOrbit

Lab Test Offers Better Prediction Of HIV Microbicide Safety

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have devised a laboratory test for predicting whether microbicides against HIV are safe for human use.

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Related Topix: Yeshiva University, Biology, Science, Women's Health, Health

International Herald Tribune

Ask an Expert: Understanding Lupus

In a oe Voices of Lupus, a New York Times Web producer Karen Barrow brings attention to the varied signs and symptoms of lupus, an autoimmune disease that can affect the skin, brain, kidneys, blood or other tissues in both women and men.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Lupus, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Biology, Science, Blog News

Thu Jul 09, 2009

WOIO

New drug fights anthrax toxin

Scientists report that experiments in animals show that a new, monoclonal antibody drug might safely cure anthrax poisoning in humans.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Human Genome Sciences, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Law, Food and Drug Administration, Law, University of Rochester, Biology, Science

Wed Jul 08, 2009

HealthDay

Experts Keep Wary Eye on Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu

Health experts say they can't predict at this point how widely a new strain of swine flu resistant to the drug Tamiflu will spread, or how dangerous it might become.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Tamiflu, Oseltamivir (generic), Medicine, Medication, Microbiology, Biology, Science, University of Rochester, Pediatrics

Med Ad News

Vical Announces News Release and Conference Call/Webcast Schedule to...

Vical Incorporated today announced that the company will report tomorrow the interim efficacy results from the company's Phase 2 trial evaluating the potential for its TransVax therapeutic DNA vaccine to prevent cytomegalovirus reactivation and disease in immunosuppressed stem cell transplant recipients.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Vical, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology, Biology, Science

Tue Jul 07, 2009

PhysOrg Weblog

HIV-1 damages gut antibody producing immune cells within days of infection

The virus that causes AIDS is classified as a lentivirus, a word derived from the Latin prefix, "lenti-," meaning "slow." But new research from the NIAID-funded Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology suggests that HIV-1 is anything but - moving at breathtaking speed in destroying and dysregulating the body's gut-based B-cell antibody-producing ...

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Biology, Science, Circulation, Medicine

Mon Jul 06, 2009

Physics Org

Microscopic 'beads' could help create 'designer' immune cells that ignore transplanted organs

The future of organ transplantation could include microscopic beads that create "designer" immune cells to help patients tolerate their new organ, says Dr.

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Related Topix: Allergy and Immunology, Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Biology, Science

Sun Jul 05, 2009

HON

Kids May 'Learn' to Tolerate Food Allergens

Doctors have long used allergy shots to desensitize children and adults to environmental allergens such as bee stings, pollen, mold and dust mites.

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Related Topix: Allergy and Immunology, Medicine, Leominster, MA, Fitchburg Metro, Biology, Science

Sat Jul 04, 2009

The Post Chronicle

Social Factors Influence Neighborhood Asthma Rates

Childhood asthma is less common in neighborhoods with high economic potential and strong community vitality, new research shows.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Biology, Science, Health

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Prometheus 6

From that damned, inefficient socialized Canadian health care system

If the vaccine is given the go-ahead to enter into human clinical trials, it will be at least four years before Kang expects to have statistically significant analysis, and possibly allow the vaccine to be marketed.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, HIV/AIDS, Health, Food and Drug Administration

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Circulation

[Original Contributions] Recombinant T Cell Receptor Ligand Treats Experimental Stroke

From Neuroimmunology Research , Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Ore; and the Departments of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine , Neurology , Molecular Microbiology and Immunology , and Pathology , Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore.

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Related Topix: Portland, OR, Biology, Science, Oregon Health & Science University

Wed Jul 01, 2009

East Bay Business Times

Gladstone looks to bring HIV out of hiding

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes of Virology and Immunology believe they have discovered a way to bring the AIDS virus out of hiding in certain patients, an important step toward potentially eradicating HIV.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Biology, Science

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Physics Blog

Scientists tackle viral mysteries

Scientists know that some cancers are triggered by viruses, which take over cellular systems and cause uncontrolled cell growth.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Microbiology, Biology, Science, North Carolina, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Sarcoma, Medicine

Philadelphia Business Journal

Centocor gets $1.7B award in Abbott case

Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. said late Monday that a federal jury in Texas has awarded the company $1.67 billion in a patent infringement case against Abbott Laboratories .

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Related Topix: Biotech, Abbott Laboratories, Horsham, PA, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Arthritis, Health, Biology, Science

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Physics Blog

Scientists find key culprits in lupus

The more than 1.5 million Americans with systemic lupus erythematosus suffer from a variety of symptoms that flare and subside, often including painful or swollen joints, extreme fatigue, skin rashes, fever, and kidney problems.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Lupus, Health, Technical Services, Biology, Science

Sun Jun 28, 2009

CiteULike

In HIV-1 pathogenesis the die is cast during primary infection.

NEW NEW Abstract The chronic stage of HIV-1 infection has been extensively described as a slowly evolving phase, in which the virus induces T-cell death slightly faster than the human body is able to recover.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Biology, Science

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Medical News Today

American Lung Association Teams With The AAAAI To Award Research...

Main Category: Respiratory / Asthma Also Included In: Allergy Article Date: 25 Jun 2009 - 7:00 PDT printer friendly view / write opinions rate article The American Lung Association and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology are partnering to further clinical research to benefit the estimated 40 to 50 million of Americans living with ...

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, Health

Fri Jun 26, 2009

RedOrbit

Scientists Identify Major Factor That Controls HIV Latency

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes of Virology and Immunology have found another clue that may lead to eradication of HIV from infected patients who have been on antiretroviral therapy.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, University of Utah

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