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Quinine Side Effects May Be Result Of Tryptophan Deficiency
Researchers have found that the anti-malarial drug quinine can block a cell"s ability to take up the essential amino acid tryptophan, a discovery that may explain many of the adverse side-effects associated with quinine. Once confirmed, these findings would suggest that dietary tryptophan supplements could be a simple and inexpensive way to improve the performance of this important drug.

American Lung Association Supports Food And Drug Administration Finding That E-Cigarettes Are Harmful And Contain Carcinogens
The American Lung Association applauds the Food and Drug Administration for its announcement about e-cigarettes. FDA"s preliminary findings show e-cigarettes contain carcinogens and toxic chemicals, including ingredients found in antifreeze.
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New Drug Target For Kaposi's Sarcoma Identified By UCSF Researchers
UCSF researchers have identified a new potential drug target for the herpes virus that causes Kaposi"s sarcoma, re-opening the possibility of using the class of drugs called protease inhibitors against the full herpes family of viruses, which for 20 years has been deemed too difficult to attain.
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H1N1 Flu Update: U.S. Flu Funds; South Africa Confirms First Case; EU Encouraged To Coordinate Pandemic Vaccine Policy

Senate Passes Bill Including Flu Funds The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a $105.9 billion war-funding bill that "includes $7.7 billion to prepare for pandemic flu," the Washington Post reports (Bacon, Washington Post, 6/19). South Africa Confirms First Case of H1N1 Also on Thursday, South Africa"s Department of Health confirmed the country"s first H1N1 case, Reuters reports. The department released a written statement saying, "The patient, a 12-year-old who flew in from the U.S. on Sunday, was admitted to hospital on Monday and was kept in isolation," Reuters writes. He has since been released from the hospital (Bosch, Reuters, 6/18). Scientific Leaders Appeal For Coordinated EU Pandemic Vaccine Purchasing Policy The Times of Malta examines the recent appeal by the European Scientific Working group on Influenza (ESWI) that the EU coordinate a influenza pandemic vaccine purchasing policy to "ensure equitable distribution of pandemic vaccines" in the EU and "help the WHO acquire a stockpile of pandemic vaccines for distribution in developing countries" (Times of Malta, 6/18). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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