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Would knowing your genetic risk change your behaviour?
Providing people with genetic information on risk may not increase their motivation to change behaviour, and in some cases may decrease motivation, finds a review in this week's BMJ. Using the limited evidence and the literature on behavioural change, the research team examined if and how people's behaviour might be changed when given DNA based... view more... (2001-04-24)
VITELE: vital signs transmission
Following the research line of other initiatives at European and international level, the basque company VICOMTech and Fraunhofer IGD are working together in the development of a VITAL compliant platform for representation, storage and communication of vital signs. The platform will be flexible enough to be used in multiple platforms (PDA, PC,... view more... (2002-09-30)
Adult circumcision reduces risk of HIV transmission without reducing sexual pleasure
Two studies presented at the 104th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) show that adult circumcision reduces the risk of contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the risk of coital injury¬¬--without reducing pleasure or causing sexual dysfunction. view more (2009-04-27)
LSUHSC research finds evidence of RNA in structures essential to cell division
Research led by Mark Alliegro, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans, provides evidence for the first time that centrosomes, which play a key role in cell division, may carry their own genetic machinery, answering a controversial question of long standing. view more (2006-06-14)
Genetic tests advertised directly to the consumer
Genetic testing services have recently begun to be advertised directly to the patient, and the results of the consumers' response can affect public health, as well as the future adoption of pharmacogenetic/genomic testing. view more (2009-07-22)
Vaccine and drug research aimed at ticks and mosquitoes to prevent disease transmission
Most successful vaccines and drugs rely on protecting humans or animals by blocking certain bacteria from growing in their systems. But, a new theory actually hopes to take stopping infectious diseases such as West Nile virus and Malaria to the next level by disabling insects from transmitting these viruses. view more (2008-12-03)
Scientists predict swift end to vCJD epidemic
As few as 40 people over the next 80 years could die from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) as a consequence of eating BSE infected meat. Researchers from Imperial College, London published their new predictions in BMC Infectious Diseases. Previous estimates of the size of the vCJD epidemic have been uncertain, with the estimated upper... view more... (2003-05-19)
European research yields guidelines for treatment of HIV-positive pregnant women and infants
New guidelines for the treatment of HIV-positive women and children are emerging from European research. The guidelines, aimed at reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, are to be published on 28 June 2002 as a supplement to the journal AIDS. A comparable set of guidelines for paediatric patients will be published in July 2002. Both reports... view more... (2002-06-28)
Vaccine shown effective against chancroid
HIV plagues more than 25 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the World Health Organization, and efforts to develop a vaccine against the virus have achieved limited success. view more (2006-05-08)
1 in 7 cases of bird flu could be prevented by closing schools in event of pandemic
Closing schools in the event of a flu pandemic could slow the spread of the virus and prevent up to one in seven cases, according to a new study published today in the journal Nature. view more (2008-04-10)
Sports ads on TV by virtual means: different ads for different audiences
An advert for a Finnish local pub at the starting grid of a motor race in Monte Carlo? Of course not: it’s only seen in Finland, virtually. It will soon be possible to introduce advertisements into TV broadcasts of sports events without their ever appearing at the actual site. The usual sort of on-the-spot ad or billboard will be replaced by... view more... (2001-04-06)
HIV/AIDS: European Research provides clear proof that HIV virus cannot pass through condoms
Questions have arisen recently over whether the HIV virus can or cannot pass through pores in latex condoms. EU research projects provide extensive proof that this is not the case: if properly used, condoms are safe. Over the last 15 years, the Commission has supported about a dozen research initiatives in this field across Europe, as well as in... view more... (2003-10-20)
Chew fly, don't bother me
Genetic engineering may offer new hope for controlling malaria, entomologists will tell the Royal Entomological Society's meeting Entomology 2001: "Insects and disease", to be held at the University of Aberdeen on 10-12 September 2001. Alex Schwartz of the University of Aarhus in Denmark, and Professor Jacob Koella of the... view more... (2001-08-30)
Scientists report original source of malaria
Researchers have identified what they believe is the original source of malignant malaria: a parasite found in chimpanzees in equatorial Africa. view more (2009-08-04)
Porcine islets offer promise for human diabetic patients
Islet cell xenotransplantation presents a promising near-term solution to the critically low islet cell supply for humans suffering from type 1 diabetes. view more (2006-02-28)
New research suggests a potentially damaging effect of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields
The effect of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF), such as those emitted around high-voltage transmission lines on human health, is controversial. Some studies suggest an association between exposure to ELF-EMF and incidence of leukaemia, although little direct evidence exists that exposure causes damage to biological... view more... (2002-07-16)
Securing America's power grid
Terrorists attack Colombia's electrical grid hundreds of times a year. What's to stop attacks on America's power lines? view more (2006-06-27)
Anti-HIV drug has potential to prevent transmission in women
A new study from infectious disease researchers at The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School finds that a drug already given orally to treat HIV is also safe when applied as a vaginal microbicide gel. view more (2006-02-10)
Researchers identify OCD risk gene
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) have identified a previously unknown gene variant that doubles an individual's risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). view more (2006-03-29)
Ewe parasite research to save £80m a year
New research at the University of Leeds has overturned existing advice to farmers that has been maintaining the disease toxoplasma in the nation's sheep flocks for years. Toxoplasma is a disease humans catch from sheep and cats that causes human abortions and birth defects with greater frequency than rubella. In a study of a pedigree Charolais... view more... (2004-03-24)
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