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Mast Therapeutics' data show that MST-188 reduces aggregation of both older and younger RBC

Mast Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that two posters for its lead product candidate, MST-188, were presented at the 7th Annual Sickle Cell Disease Research & Educational Symposium, currently underway in Miami.

18 Apr 2013

Blog interviews head of Ghana's immunization program

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog features an interview with K.O. Antwi-Agyei, a physician who "manages the Expanded Programme on Immunization in Ghana, where he oversees the day-to-day work to ensure vaccines reach children across the country."

18 Apr 2013

Study explores overall levels of daily physical activity among teenagers

A study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that the drop in boys' physical activity during the teenage years levels off in early adulthood.

18 Apr 2013

Examining function of all genes in zebrafish genome could benefit human health, researchers say

Equipped with the zebrafish genome, researchers have designed a method to assay the function of each and every gene and to explore the effects genetic variation has on zebrafish.

18 Apr 2013

Neuroscientists develop reliable method of analyzing brain activity to detect autism in children

Neuroscientists from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the University of Toronto have developed an efficient and reliable method of analyzing brain activity to detect autism in children.

18 Apr 2013

Research: Children and teens with ASD more likely to develop addictive patterns of video game play

Children and teens with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) use screen-based media, such as television and video games, more often than their typically developing peers and are more likely to develop problematic video game habits, a University of Missouri researcher found.

18 Apr 2013

U.N. nutrition report calls for increased action to address stunting in children

"A United Nations nutrition report [.pdf] released [Monday] shows that progress has been made in recent years in addressing stunting in children, and calls for increased efforts to accelerate a response to a condition that affects some 165 million children across the world," the U.N. News Centre reports.

17 Apr 2013

New York Times examines indictments of Sierra Leone health officials over misuse of GAVI funding

The New York Times examines the indictment of 29 top health officials "by Sierra Leone's anticorruption agency on charges of misappropriating a half-million dollars in grants from" the GAVI Alliance.

17 Apr 2013

Investigating effectiveness of clinical interventions needed for maltreated children

In 2011, 6.2 million children in the United States were referred to child welfare agencies for suspected physical abuse, sexual abuse or neglect. Children who have experienced maltreatment are at serious risk for a host of mental health and other problems that can persist throughout childhood and adulthood.

17 Apr 2013

Focus on early childhood critical to new development framework

"UNICEF's latest report [.pdf] on child nutrition, launched at the Dublin Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, Climate Justice hosted by the Mary Robinson Foundation and Irish Government, revealed that every year 2.3 million children under the age of five still die of malnutrition and 165 million children are stunted as a result of not receiving enough nutritious food within the first 1,000 days of life," British Member of Parliament Ivan Lewis, the shadow secretary of state for international development, writes in a Huffington Post U.K. "Politics" opinion piece.

17 Apr 2013

New study reports smoke-free policies for public housing would provide better health

Establishing smoke-free policies for public housing would help protect residents, visitors and workers' from the harmful effects of smoking and result in significant cost savings, reports a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

17 Apr 2013

Country representatives, development agencies gather in Johannesburg for global newborn health conference

"Representatives of the United Nations Children's Fund, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation attended the world's first global newborn health conference in Johannesburg on Monday," Business Day Live reports (Magubane/Rapetswane, 4/15).

17 Apr 2013

Birth registration key to achieving MDGs

With "less than 1,000 days to go until the 2015 deadline for the world's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ..., [t]he international community is busy examining the progress we've made and all the work remaining if we are to realize the vision that was laid out 12 years ago," Nigel Chapman, CEO of Plan International, writes in the Huffington Post's "Impact" blog.

17 Apr 2013

Flunisyn Phase 2a trial data shows positive results in elderly population

Following the widely publicised US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report in February that the current season's flu vaccine is only 9% effective in the over-65 population, Immune Targeting Systems Limited, today announces positive data from a Phase 2a trial with the Company's lead pan-strain influenza A T-cell vaccine, Flunisyn, in the elderly population.

17 Apr 2013

Research findings in mice may pave way towards understanding autism in human patients

For the first time, researchers have linked autism in a mouse model of the disease with abnormalities in specific regions of the animals' chromosomes.

17 Apr 2013

New partnership to introduce advanced genetic testing technologies to Turkey

BGI Health and ACIBADEM Healthcare Group Genetic Diagnostic Center in cooperation with Genoks Company Molecular Biology, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for jointly introducing the advanced genetic testing technologies to Turkey and improving Turkish reproductive healthcare.

17 Apr 2013

High levels of blood cholesterol increase risk of AD and heart disease

Researchers at the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome and the University of Colorado School of Medicine have found that a single mechanism may underlie the damaging effect of cholesterol on the brain and on blood vessels.

16 Apr 2013

Lessons learned from India's polio response could help country combat other diseases

"More than 400 signatories to [a scientific declaration urging the world to eradicate polio], hailing from 80 countries, believe polio eradication is achievable in large part because of the great gains India has made against the disease," T. Jacob John, a retired professor of clinical virology at Christian Medical College in Vellore, India, writes in the Wall Street Journal's "India Real Time" blog.

16 Apr 2013

ACAAI to offer free screenings for allergies and asthma

More than 50 million Americans suffer from allergies and asthma, a number that continues to rise annually. To help children and adults with symptoms of these conditions know if they are at risk, allergists from around the country will conduct the 17th annual Nationwide Asthma Screening Program.

16 Apr 2013

University of Manchester team to identify ways to improve maternal, child health in East Africa

Manchester midwives are to lead a major research project to improve midwifery services for women and babies in six East African countries.

16 Apr 2013

Children News and Research

Mast Therapeutics' data show that MST-188 reduces aggregation of both older and younger RBC

Blog interviews head of Ghana's immunization program

Study explores overall levels of daily physical activity among teenagers

Examining function of all genes in zebrafish genome could benefit human health, researchers say

Neuroscientists develop reliable method of analyzing brain activity to detect autism in children

Research: Children and teens with ASD more likely to develop addictive patterns of video game play

U.N. nutrition report calls for increased action to address stunting in children

New York Times examines indictments of Sierra Leone health officials over misuse of GAVI funding

Investigating effectiveness of clinical interventions needed for maltreated children

Focus on early childhood critical to new development framework

New study reports smoke-free policies for public housing would provide better health

Country representatives, development agencies gather in Johannesburg for global newborn health conference

Birth registration key to achieving MDGs

Flunisyn Phase 2a trial data shows positive results in elderly population

Research findings in mice may pave way towards understanding autism in human patients

New partnership to introduce advanced genetic testing technologies to Turkey

High levels of blood cholesterol increase risk of AD and heart disease

Lessons learned from India's polio response could help country combat other diseases

ACAAI to offer free screenings for allergies and asthma

University of Manchester team to identify ways to improve maternal, child health in East Africa

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