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| MED | AIDS Research Center Earns $7.5 Million Grant Renewal
The grant enables investigators to focus, expand their research goals and explore new ideas through collaboration and shared resources available to HIV teams. The UAB CFAR supports research on disease prevention and treatment in AIDS patients and also strengthens the capacity for HIV research in developing countries such as Africa, said the center director. | 12-Aug-2009
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| MED | Obesity Remains No. 1 Health Problem for Kids in 2009
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health lists parents’ top 10 health concerns for 2009; more adults worry about children’s obesity while blacks, Hispanics rank obesity as top child health concern for first time. | 10-Aug-2009
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| MED | Non-invasive Brain Surgery Moves a Step Closer
Ten-patient feasibility study shows potential for treating brain disorders with transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound.
Annals of Neurology | 07-Aug-2009
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| MED | Colon Cancer May Yield to Cellular Sugar Starvation
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have discovered how two cancer-promoting genes enhance a tumor’s capacity to grow and survive under conditions where normal cells die. The knowledge, they say, may offer new treatments that starve cancer cells of a key nutrient - sugar. However, the scientists caution that research does not suggest that altering dietary sugar will make any difference in the growth and development of cancer.
Science Express, 6-Aug-2009 | 06-Aug-2009
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| SCI | What Makes Stem Cells Tick?
Investigators at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research and The Scripps Research Institute have made the first comparative, large-scale phosphoproteomic analysis of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and their differentiated derivatives.
Cell Stem Cell, 6-Aug-2009 | 06-Aug-2009
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| MED | Khmer Rouge Trials Offer Baseline Study for Mental Health Impact to a Society of War Crimes Tribunal
A UNC-led study finds that 75 percent of Cambodians believe the Khmer Rouge trials will provide justice and promote reconciliation, but more than 87 percent of people old enough to remember the torture and murder during the Khmer Rouge era say the trials will rekindle “painful memories.” (Embargo expired on 04-Aug-2009 at 16:00 ET.)
JAMA, 6-Aug-2009 | 04-Aug-2009
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| LIF | Novice Parents Overlook Many Child-injury Risks
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Psychology researchers report that new parents identified less than half of the safety hazards in a simulated home environment, and most perceived that their children were less vulnerable to injuries than other children.
Accidental Analysis and Prevention | 04-Aug-2009
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| MED | Cheerleading Is Leading Cause of Catastrophic Injury in Young Women
Cheerleading has become the leading cause of catastrophic injury in young female athletes, says Amy Miller Bohn, a physician at the UMHS department of family medicine. (Embargo expired on 03-Aug-2009 at 08:00 ET.) | 03-Aug-2009
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| MED | Millions of U.S. Children Low in Vitamin D
Seven out of ten U.S. children have low levels of vitamin D, raising their risk of bone and heart disease, according to a study of over 6,000 children by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. (Embargo expired on 03-Aug-2009 at 00:00 ET.)
Pediatrics | 03-Aug-2009
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| MED | Nanoparticle-Delivered “Suicide” Genes Slowed Ovarian Tumor Growth
1) Potential late-stage ovarian cancer therapy; currently none available; 2) Diphtheria-encoding genes delivered to tumor site by nanoparticles; 3) Laboratory research; possible human trials about 18 months away.
(Embargo expired on 30-Jul-2009 at 00:00 ET.)
Cancer Research | 30-Jul-2009
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