New findings that one in 20 North Carolina men who have sex with men (MSM) reported using crystal methamphetamine during the previous month suggests increased risk for spreading HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, according to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues.
On 23 August 2007, Dr Howard Zucker, Head of the WHO cluster Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals and Representative of the Director-General on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Public Health of the World Health Organization (WHO), was visiting the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI) at Langen near Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Angiogenesis inhibitors that block a tumor’s development of an independent blood supply have been touted as effective cancer fighters that result in fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapy.
Avastin (bevacizumab), Roche’s innovative anti-cancer drug, was approved today in Europe for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy.
When human heart muscle cells derived from embryonic stem cells are implanted into a rat after a heart attack, they can help rebuild the animal’s heart muscle and improve function of the organ, scientists report in the September issue of Nature Biotechnology.
Working with embryonic mouse brains, a team of Johns Hopkins scientists seems to have discovered an almost-too-easy way to distinguish between ?true? neural stem cells and similar, but less potent versions.
Responding to the article, ‘Safety fears over explosion in nurse prescribing’ in Pulse Magazine, General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, Dr Peter Carter, said:
Melanocytes are not the only cells responsible for differences in skin coloration. New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) has shown that some of the most basic cells on the skin?s surface influence pigment production and help regulate skin coloration.
A researcher at Washington University in St. Louis has lead the development and testing of a new assessment tool that will determine the reliability of current pathological gambling disorder criteria equally well for Caucasian and African-American gamblers.
Humans are social animals even more than was thought, including those suffering from autism and conditions that make it hard to relate to others. Cooperative behaviour is deeply ingrained in nearly all people, but the underlying cognitive processes that make this happen are poorly understood.