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Vaccine against chlamydia not far away

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When a woman becomes infected with Chlamydia, the first white blood cells that arrive at the scene to fight the infection are not the most effective. This is shown by a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy. This discovery ...


Herpes medication does not reduce risk of HIV transmission

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A recently completed international multi-center clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a drug widely used as a safe and effective treatment to suppress herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which is the most common cause of genital ...


Rogue bacteria suspected in IVF failures

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A serendipitous discovery by QUT scientists could help unravel the mystery of why many assisted reproductive procedures for infertility fail to produce a pregnancy.





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No test needed for hand-foot genital syndrome in women without HOXA13 gene mutation

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hugh S. Taylor, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale, and colleagues have found that women without mutations of the HOXA13 gene do not need to be subjected to x-rays ...


FDA: Merck's Gardasil stops genital warts in boys

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Merck's blockbuster vaccine Gardasil, which is already used to prevent cervical cancer in women, also stops viruses that cause genital warts in men, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.


HIV Invades Healthy Vaginal Skin Cells

Researchers discover new way men can transmit HIV to women

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 16, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (29) | comments 5

Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered a critical new way a man can transmit the HIV virus to a woman.


Why circumcision reduces HIV risk

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

The decreased risk of HIV infection in circumcised men cannot be explained by a reduction in sores from conditions such as herpes, according to research published in PLoS Medicine.


New molecular markers for tumor aggressiveness in biliary tract cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Despite recent advances in diagnosis and treatment, the prognosis of patients with biliary tract cancer is still poor. Elucidating the biological characteristics of these carcinomas has become necessary to improve the prognosis ...


Scientists learn why even treated genital herpes sores boost the risk of HIV infection

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Aug 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

New research helps explain why infection with herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which causes genital herpes, increases the risk for HIV infection even after successful treatment heals the genital skin sores and breaks that ...


Progress made on group B streptococcus vaccine

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have completed a Phase II clinical study that indicates a vaccine to prevent Group B Streptococcus ...


Possible Chlamydia vaccine target found

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 12, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

U.S. scientists have identified a potential target for a vaccine to fight Chlamydia -- the world's most prevalent sexually transmitted bacterial infection.


Bacterial infections in premature babies more common than previously realized

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created Jan 07, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Premature babies are subject to a host of threats that can result in fetal/neonatal disease. In a study published in the January 2008 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, researchers from the University ...


Scent signals stop incest in lemurs

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chemical identifiers secreted from the genital glands of lemurs, allow them to avoid incest and also to engage in nepotism. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have identified the smells ...



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