High rates of HIV infection documented among young Nepalese girls sex-trafficked to India
...e documented support concerns that sex trafficking may be a significant factor in both maintaining the HIV epidemic in India and in the expansion of this epidemic to its lower-prevalence neighbors, said Jay Silverman, Associate Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health at HSPH. India has the ...Investigating antibiotic use in acute care patients
...ecause subsequent therapy with a second antibiotic may be ineffective because resistance against the second antibiotic had already been increased by the first antibiotic." In the United States an estimated 10 percent of patients get sick because of infections acquired whilst being treated in hospital. ...New UD tissue-engineering research focuses on vocal cords
...housed in the larynx, or voice box. Sadly, Andrews may never fully recover her singing voice after surger...roduce a sound. When you talk or sing, the folds may vibrate more than 100 times a second from the air that is forced up from the lungs through the trach...Discovery in plant virus may help prevent HIV and similar viruses
...akes it difficult to analyze the function the gene may have in the organisms' growth, development and sur...e those tasks are performed. "The two genes each may have specialized functions depending on where they are activated in the plant," he said. "In some ti...UF to lead research on life-threatening fungus
...You and I have a good healthy defense, so while we may be colonized by the organisms, we rarely get serio...he infection. "That's the biggest challenge - we may suspect patients have theinfection but we can't really know with certainty from currentlyavailable t...Fish eyes could hold clue to repairing damaged retinas in humans
... damage. Now, a UK team of scientists believe they may be able to use these cells known as Mller glial c...tudy. "Our findings have enormous potential. "It may be possible to store the cells in a cell bank and transplant them into the eye or to use cells from ...Rare example of Darwinism seen in action
... the baby after it is born. But while the father may not be present, the genetic material he provided is hard-wired to provide fast fetal growth, so that his offspring will be the hardiest, best survivors and the ones who demand the most of the mothers placental nutrients. The mother, on the other ha...Stem cell therapy rescues motor neurons in ALS model
...ival of the motor neurons," Svendsen argues. "This may be very important for patients that lose neurons every day. However, it's not a trivial intervention -- you have to drill a hole in the spinal cord to get the cells releasing GDNF in. But there are few options for these patients and we will continu...Cell damage caused by brushing may help keep gums healthy
One way regular brushing may help keep gums firm and pink is, paradoxically, by...ly-response gene often activated under stress that may be the first step in a response such as cell division or growth, says Dr. Paul L. McNeil, MCG cell b...Parents seeking sex abandon 1 in 3 offspring
...fe-styles with plenty of mating opportunities that may lead to neglect for the family at home. We have shown that over the course of the breeding season desertion enables the parents to produce a greater number of offspring, improving their reproductive success over those more willing to stay home. Int...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- July 25, 2007
...ssPac information for stocks or securities dealing may be guilty of insider trading under the federal Sec...ese findings suggest that urinary 1-NP metabolites may be used as a representative biomarker for assessing exposure to diesel exhaust. ARTICLE #3 FOR IMM...New studies on goats' milk show it is more beneficial to health than cows' milk
...ow how the nutritive utilisation of these minerals may affect their metabolic distribution and destinatio.... Although there is no doubt that these findings may be a base for further in depth study of the multiple health benefits of goats milk, the UGR [ http:/...Geisinger scientist seeks cure for Lou Gehrig's disease, creating device to find treatment
...ands of potential cure-carrying chemical solutions may soon take days, and with far fewer research staff ... from ALS. In the diseases early stage, symptoms may be so hard to detect that the disease gets overlooked. But by the end stages of the disease, the pat...Reading ability protects brain from lead exposure
...nd childhood cognitive abilities are factors which may contribute to cognitive reserve. The study involved 112 smelter workers in New Brunswick, Canada. The workers underwent several cognitive and motor speed tests and a measure of reading ability. The researchers calculated working lifetime lead ex...Learning to evolve: With a little help from my ancestors
...epresentations then evolution is accelerated. This may help explain how complex motor skills, such as nes...over future generations. It now seems that Baldwin may have been more right than he could have guessed, even though concepts such as artificial neural netw...Genomics study provides insight into the evolution of unique human traits
... copy number expansions and contractions in humans may underlie traits such as endurance running, higher ...water and glycerol across membranes. Therefore, it may facilitate the mobilization of glycogen (energy) stores during long periods of intense exercise; it ...Negative effects of plastic's additive blocked by nutrient supplements
...at have suggested that one glass of red wine a day may be good for your cardiovascular system, Jirtle said. That may be true, but we certainly know a gallon of red wine a day is not good for you....US Department of Defense awards $1.6 million for implantable biochip research
...iers and civilian trauma victims. The biochip also may be injected as a precaution to future traumas, he adds. Clemson scientists have formulated a gel that mimics human tissue and reduces the chances of the body rejecting the biochip, which has been a problem in the past. The researcher predicts the b...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...nimals could be extracted; thus synaptic receptors may have been underrepresented. Intrinsic Membra...of the serine/threonine phosphatases PP2A and PP1, may confer protection to A10 neurons. G-substrate got its name because it was first identified as a subs......ese events are clinically significant because they may allow the exploration of therapeutic interventions for retinal degenerative diseases such retinitis pigmentosa. ...