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Gates Foundation accepting nominations for vaccine innovation award

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced on Thursday that "it is accepting nominations for the first Gates Vaccine Innovation Award to recognize, celebrate, and spur transformative ideas for achieving impact through the delivery of vaccines," according to a Gates Foundation press release.

7 Oct 2011

Cuts to U.S. military's HIV research program threaten HIV vaccine progress

Fred Sawe, deputy director of the Kenya Medical Research Institute/Walter Reed Project HIV Program in Kericho, Kenya, and Mitchell Warren, executive director of AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention, report in Global Health Magazine that "[t]he Department of the Army is set to slash 73 percent of the U.S. Military HIV Research Program's (MHRP) Army research budget for FY13 through FY17," a move they write is a threat to HIV vaccine progress.

7 Oct 2011

Smoking susceptibility of young people linked to tobacco displays

Young people who find tobacco displays in shops attractive and who easily recall seeing the displays have a greater chance of becoming a smoker according to a new Cancer Research UK funded research study published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research today.

7 Oct 2011

People from lower socio-economic backgrounds are more fatalistic about cancer

People in lower paid jobs are pessimistic about the benefits of diagnosing cancer early and more scared than affluent people to see a doctor about an unusual symptom, new research shows.

7 Oct 2011

Experts urge government to ensure future reliability of national suicide statistics

The increasing use of "narrative verdicts" by coroners in England and Wales may be leading to greater underestimation of suicide rates, warn experts on bmj.com today, based on ongoing research part funded by the National Institute for Health Research.

7 Oct 2011

Study explores link between ads, parental influence and food choices made by children

Directly advertising food items to children worries many parents and health care providers, and the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association have expressed concern about the negative impact of advertising on children's healthy food choices.

7 Oct 2011

African-Americans have higher overall post-scene of injury mortality rate than whites

New research based on post-hospital arrival data from U.S. trauma centers finds that even after adjusting for differences in injury severity, gun use, and other likely causes of race difference in death from assault, African-Americans have a significantly higher overall post-scene of injury mortality rate than whites.

7 Oct 2011

Liver cancer incidence rates continue to rise in North America

A new study finds liver cancer incidence rates continue to increase in some low-risk parts of the world such as North America, and are decreasing in some of the highest risk countries of Asia.

7 Oct 2011

Co-occurrence of medical and psychiatric disease is likely to affect QoL

This review provides evidence of a substantially reduced psychosocial and physical quality of life in medically ill patients with comorbid mental disorders. This patient-reported outcome highlights the importance of recognizing and treating comorbid mental disorders in the medically ill.

7 Oct 2011

Logistic regression models identify risk factors for open angle glaucoma

Early detection and diagnosis of open angle glaucoma important so that treatment can be used in the early stages of the disease developing to prevent or avoid further vision loss.

7 Oct 2011

Scientists discover how cells detect tissue damage and modify their repair properties

Scientists have discovered how cells detect tissue damage and modify their repair properties accordingly. The findings, published in the journal Developmental Cell, could open up new opportunities for improving tissue repair in patients following illness or surgery.

7 Oct 2011

NIH/FDA study to monitor and assess impacts of new government tobacco regulations

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health today announced a joint, large-scale, national study of tobacco users to monitor and assess the behavioral and health impacts of new government tobacco regulations.

7 Oct 2011

Study shows Sox2 expression in many adult stem cells

Investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Regenerative Medicine and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) have found that Sox2 - one of the transcription factors used in the conversion of adult stem cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) - is expressed in many adult tissues where it had not been previously observed.

7 Oct 2011

Study proposes an integrative dynamic model of depression-CAD relationship

This study proposes an integrative dynamic model of the depression-coronary artery disease (CAD) relationship. This model may have potential for integrating findings regarding the depression-CAD relationship, contributing to the clarification of discords on screening and treatment of depression, and guiding future research.

7 Oct 2011

Researchers identify gene responsible for aggressive, bold behavior in zebrafish

A gene responsible for aggressive and bold behavior has been identified in zebrafish by a team from CNRS/Laboratoire Neurobiologie et Développement.

7 Oct 2011

HPV may be responsible for the alarming numbers of oral cancers: Study

Sore throat for a very long time could be an early precursor of a sexually transmitted virus that is fueling a rise in oral cancer suggest researchers. Between 1988 and 2004, head, neck and throat cancers that tested positive for the human papilloma virus rose an astounding 225 percent, according to a new study.

4 Oct 2011

Teenage problem drinking could be detected on Facebook

A new study suggests that college students’ Facebook pages might hold clues to which of them are at risk for alcohol dependence and abuse.

4 Oct 2011

X-BODY, TRL enter collaboration to identify therapeutic target epitopes

X-BODY, Inc., a developer of monoclonal antibody therapeutics, today announced a partnership with Tanabe Research Laboratories U.S.A., Inc. (TRL). The companies will collaborate to identify therapeutic target epitopes and develop monospecific and/or bispecific antibodies to the identified therapeutic targets.

4 Oct 2011

Illumina, UNTHSC enter next-generation sequencing collaboration in forensic DNA analysis

Illumina, Inc. today announced it has entered into a wide-ranging collaborative research agreement with the Institute of Applied Genetics and the Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC). Illumina and UNTHSC will collaborate on several visionary projects in forensics using Illumina's next-generation sequencing technologies.

From Illumina, Inc. 4 Oct 2011

New research relates role of gender and weight management in overall sleep patterns

The benefits of a good night's sleep to overall health have long been reported. Now, new research has emerged relating to the role gender and weight management play in overall sleep patterns. The abstract, Gender Differences in a Naturalistic Observational Study of Sleep and BMI, was presented during a poster session at the annual Obesity Society meeting in Orlando, Florida this week.

4 Oct 2011

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Gates Foundation accepting nominations for vaccine innovation award

Cuts to U.S. military's HIV research program threaten HIV vaccine progress

Smoking susceptibility of young people linked to tobacco displays

People from lower socio-economic backgrounds are more fatalistic about cancer

Experts urge government to ensure future reliability of national suicide statistics

Study explores link between ads, parental influence and food choices made by children

African-Americans have higher overall post-scene of injury mortality rate than whites

Liver cancer incidence rates continue to rise in North America

Co-occurrence of medical and psychiatric disease is likely to affect QoL

Logistic regression models identify risk factors for open angle glaucoma

Scientists discover how cells detect tissue damage and modify their repair properties

NIH/FDA study to monitor and assess impacts of new government tobacco regulations

Study shows Sox2 expression in many adult stem cells

Study proposes an integrative dynamic model of depression-CAD relationship

Researchers identify gene responsible for aggressive, bold behavior in zebrafish

HPV may be responsible for the alarming numbers of oral cancers: Study

Teenage problem drinking could be detected on Facebook

X-BODY, TRL enter collaboration to identify therapeutic target epitopes

Illumina, UNTHSC enter next-generation sequencing collaboration in forensic DNA analysis

New research relates role of gender and weight management in overall sleep patterns

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