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Studies have shown that regions spending more on medical care, such as Miami, do not have better health outcomes than regions that spend relatively less, such as Minneapolis. However, less is known about how medical spending affects health at certain critical times, such as in the immediate period after a patient is admitted to the hospital with a life-threatening condition.
Although research has shown that teens with mental health disorders are more likely to engage in high risk sexual behaviors, like unprotected sex, a new study from the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center suggests there is an additional risk associated with certain psychiatric diagnoses. The findings were recently published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
Following up a pioneering 2007 proof-of-concept study, a University of Utah biochemist and colleagues have developed a promising new anti-HIV drug candidate, PIE12-trimer, that prevents HIV from attacking human cells. Michael S. Kay, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry in the University of Utah School of Medicine and senior author of the study published Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, online by the Journal of Virology, is raising funds to begin animal safety studies, followed by human clinical trials in two to three years.
Scientists have discovered two potent human antibodies that can stop more than 90 percent of known global HIV strains from infecting human cells in the laboratory, and have demonstrated how one of these disease-fighting proteins accomplishes this feat. According to the scientists, these antibodies could be used to design improved HIV vaccines, or could be further developed to prevent or treat HIV infection. Moreover, the method used to find these antibodies could be applied to isolate therapeutic antibodies for other infectious diseases as well.
The Scientist Research News Update for early December brings about fairly complex research articles with cancer, HIV/AIDS, immunology, and genetic themes. Plus, read up on research that details how scientists revisit an older theory that advocates a role for the immune system in cancer detection and elimination, genetic mutations identified in bacteria occur in a [...]
The New York Times reports that a new vaccine appears to reduce the risk of AIDS infection. This is a novel and important development because this represents the first time in 20 years of vaccine research that an AIDS vaccine shows promise. The vaccine, named RV-144, combines 2 previously unsuccessful genetically engineered vaccines. Thailand researchers [...]
The National Institutes of Health/Mental Health (NIH/NIMH) Research News Update for early September highlights that a combined atypical antipsychotic medication and an selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) may be the most effective treatment for psychotic depression, a new study that will investigate the transition from teenage years into adulthood for Autistic youth, new genetic research [...]
A brief but nonetheless interesting update for the 8-15-09 edition of The Scientist Research News Update. Check out the incredible report of how regenerative medicine induced a spinal cord to regrow sensory axons to their target destination, a new director for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), gender differences in HIV/AIDS progression, the Avian flu [...]
An all around great update for the Science Daily Research News series with some exiting new research on nicotine dependence rates, high carb diets and heart problems, neuroimaging and dyslexia subtypes, genetic causes of ADHD, potentially dissapointing news with CBT for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, groundbreaking images of synapse formation and its possible implications in [...]
Today’s The Scientist Research News Update brings about a very interesting round of new research. For example, check out these articles that discuss: the control of a prosethetic or robotic arm using an implanted brain electrode may be easier than initially believed, the role of white brain matter in human learning, the injection of growth [...]
