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Novel Vaccine Approach Offers Hope In Fight Against HIV
A research team may have broken the stubborn impasse that has frustrated the invention of an effective HIV vaccine, by using an approach that bypasses the usual path followed by vaccine developers. By using gene transfer technology that produces molecules that block infection, the scientists protected monkeys from infection by a virus closely related to HIV -- the simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV -- that causes AIDS in rhesus monkeys.

Legislation To Overhaul U.S. Foreign Aid Introduced
Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and ranking member, Senator Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), on Tuesday "introduced a bill to overhaul the U.S. system for providing global development aid," the Boston Globe reports (Smith, 7/29). The legislation was also introduced by Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), according to a release from Menendez"s office (7/28).
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Minor League Hockey Players Unable To Identify Concussion Symptoms, Study Says
When Chicago Blackhawk"s leading scorer Martin Havlat returned to the ice for game four of the Western Conference Final after sustaining a concussion only two days earlier, questions were raised surrounding his swift return. According to a new study by St. Michael"s Hospital neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Cusimano, similar questions were raised by 25% of minor league hockey players who did not know if an athlete with symptoms of a concussion should continue to play hockey. Nearly a majority of these players were also unable to identify a concussion or its related symptoms.
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Infectious Diseases Remain A Burden To Healthcare Systems Worldwide

Respiratory infectious diseases continue to be a huge and rising burden to health-care systems and societies worldwide. Published by Wiley-Blackwell, the latest issue of Respirology includes an invited review series focused on infectious pulmonary diseases. The first paper entitled "Clinical Challenges in Managing Bronchiectasis" provides a review of the characteristics and clinical features of Bronchiectasis. The article also includes the often misdiagnosed and neglected treatment guidelines on how best to manage this common disease. Lead author Kenneth Tsang from the LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong said, "As symptoms of bronchiectasis are not specific, many patients are misdiagnosed as suffering from other inflammatory airway diseases such as asthma and COPD. Despite being prevalent in Asia-Pacific, bronchiectasis remains a long-neglected illness which should receive more research attention for better understanding of its aetiology, pathogenesis and treatment." Another paper in the series, "Respiratory Infections: A Current and Future Threat", focuses on human pulmonary pathogens and environmental factors that contribute to the continued global burden of respiratory diseases. The evolution and adaptation of human pathogens, in order to overcome immune responses, mean that new therapeutic and diagnostic approaches are necessary to combat viral threats. Coupled with clinical vigilance and strict infection control, the burden of pulmonary infection disease may then stand the chance of being reduced. Wiley - Blackwell


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