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By charting differing fates of individual T cells, researchers show unpredictable aspects of immune response

By charting the differing fates of individual T cells, researchers have shown that previously unpredictable aspects of the adaptive immune response can be effectively modeled.

21 Mar 2013

Blocked bile ducts can be effectively treated with metal stents

A multi-center analysis, led by Weill Cornell Medical College and published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, shows the use of temporary "fully covered self-expanding metal stents" (FCSEMS) can effectively fix a painful and potentially life-threatening benign biliary stricture -- a severely blocked or narrowed bile duct.

21 Mar 2013

Common test may overestimate exposure to mercury vapor from dental amalgams

A common test used to determine mercury exposure from dental amalgam fillings may significantly overestimate the amount of the toxic metal released from fillings, according to University of Michigan researchers.

21 Mar 2013

Genes play a significant role in children's eating behavior

Parents may plead, cajole or entice their children to try new foods, but some kids just won't budge. Now, new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reveals that the reason these kids fear new foods has less to do with what's on their plate and more to do with their genes.

21 Mar 2013

Researchers identify new substance in olive oil that reduces risk of Alzheimer's disease

The mystery of exactly how consumption of extra virgin olive oil helps reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) may lie in one component of olive oil that helps shuttle the abnormal AD proteins out of the brain, scientists are reporting in a new study. It appears in the journal ACS Chemical Neuroscience.

21 Mar 2013

Adult stem cells improve cartilage repair

Using adult stem cells is a good way of culturing better-quality cartilage to repair worn hips and knees. New cartilage that has good properties can be grown in particular by cultivating adult stem cells in combination with a small quantity of cells from the patient's own cartilage.

21 Mar 2013

HIV home tests: an interview with Dr Nitika Pant Pai, McGill University

30 years into the HIV epidemic, there is no vaccine in sight. Yet, even though there are fantastic and effective cheap and universally available drugs, and a treatment as prevention strategy is known to work, people do not wish to get tested for HIV! If everyone got tested, and treated, we could have brought the infection under control a long time ago!

21 Mar 2013

Sleep plays important role in brain's ability to consolidate learning for competing tasks

Sleep plays an important role in the brain's ability to consolidate learning when two new potentially competing tasks are learned in the same day, research at the University of Chicago demonstrates.

21 Mar 2013

Study: News stories on mass shootings contribute to negative perceptions of mental illness

News stories about mass shootings involving a shooter with mental illness heighten readers' negative attitudes toward persons with serious mental illness, according to a new report by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

21 Mar 2013

First Edition: March 21, 2013

Today's headlines include various reports about what the public knows -- and doesn't know -- about the health law.

21 Mar 2013

TGen researcher explores latest findings about children born with limited mobility

Dr. Lisa Baumbach-Reardon, an Associate Professor at the Translational Genomics Research Institute, will lead a panel discussion about Arthrogryposis (ARGY) today at the 2013 American College of Medical Genetics Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting.

21 Mar 2013

New issue of GHD-NET's Health & Foreign Policy Bulletin available online

The February 2013 issue of the Global Health Diplomacy Network's Health & Foreign Policy Bulletin is now available online.

21 Mar 2013

U.S. continues to respond to Syrian crisis

Noting "[t]he two-year anniversary of the Syria uprising coincides with another dark milestone: over one million refugees have fled Syria," Anne Richard, assistant secretary of state for population, refugees and migration, writes in the State Department's "DipNote" blog, "This escalating crisis ... is challenging all of us to do more. We must ensure more life-saving assistance reaches people who need it."

21 Mar 2013

Some public health experts concerned over Saudi Arabia's response to SARS-like virus

"A SARS-like virus has infected 15 people, nine of whom have died, mostly in Saudi Arabia, worrying some Western scientists who question whether the kingdom is sharing enough critical data on the outbreak," "[b]ut a top Saudi Arabia health official rejected those complaints on Tuesday and said the virus posed a low risk of pandemic," the Wall Street Journal reports.

21 Mar 2013

Alarming report on persistent side effects of antidepressant drugs published online

An alarming report from patient online websites on persistent side effects of antidepressant drugs has been published in one of the last issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics by investigators from the University of Bologna and North America.

21 Mar 2013

U.N. food agencies welcome Pope Francis's commitment to helping poor, hungry

"United Nations officials [on Tuesday] welcomed Pope Francis' public commitment to support those who live in poverty and suffer from hunger, and expressed their readiness to work with the new leader of the Catholic Church on these issues," the U.N. News Centre reports (3/19).

21 Mar 2013

Research shows short, bad sleepers have 65% higher risk of cardiovascular disease

People who sleep badly or not long enough have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease. This does not apply to people who sleep less than 6 hours, but wake up feeling fit and rested.

21 Mar 2013

U.S. foreign aid system needs 'overhaul' to better foster development

"In practice, the foreign aid system, and in particular, the U.S. Agency for International Development, work very well in accomplishing what Washington politicians want them to do," Charles Kenny, a fellow at the Center for Global Development and the New America Foundation, writes in Bloomberg Businessweek's "Small World" blog.

21 Mar 2013

Positive results from Affinium Pharmaceuticals' Phase 2a clinical trial of AFN-1252 in ABSSSI

Affinium Pharmaceuticals announced today that its Phase 2a clinical trial evaluating oral AFN-1252 in acute bacterial skin & skin structure infections demonstrated excellent efficacy and safety data, marking a significant proof-of-concept milestone for Affinium's first-in-class, novel antibiotic targeted against bacterial fatty acid biosynthesis inhibition (FabI inhibitors).

21 Mar 2013

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah publishes annual letter

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah on Tuesday published his 2013 annual letter. "Today, I am pleased to share with you our third annual letter about the work our Agency does around the world to help answer President Obama's call," he writes in the letter, available on the USAID webpage.

21 Mar 2013

Research News and Research

By charting differing fates of individual T cells, researchers show unpredictable aspects of immune response

Blocked bile ducts can be effectively treated with metal stents

Common test may overestimate exposure to mercury vapor from dental amalgams

Genes play a significant role in children's eating behavior

Researchers identify new substance in olive oil that reduces risk of Alzheimer's disease

Adult stem cells improve cartilage repair

HIV home tests: an interview with Dr Nitika Pant Pai, McGill University

Sleep plays important role in brain's ability to consolidate learning for competing tasks

Study: News stories on mass shootings contribute to negative perceptions of mental illness

First Edition: March 21, 2013

TGen researcher explores latest findings about children born with limited mobility

New issue of GHD-NET's Health & Foreign Policy Bulletin available online

U.S. continues to respond to Syrian crisis

Some public health experts concerned over Saudi Arabia's response to SARS-like virus

Alarming report on persistent side effects of antidepressant drugs published online

U.N. food agencies welcome Pope Francis's commitment to helping poor, hungry

Research shows short, bad sleepers have 65% higher risk of cardiovascular disease

U.S. foreign aid system needs 'overhaul' to better foster development

Positive results from Affinium Pharmaceuticals' Phase 2a clinical trial of AFN-1252 in ABSSSI

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah publishes annual letter

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