An estimated 100,000 HIV infections have been prevented over five years, according to the initial phase of an Indian campaign for the prevention of HIV (called Avahan). Although in the more heavily populated southern states, the campaign was considerably more effective compared to the remote northern states. The discoveries are ...

For more than 100,000 area women, chronic vulvar pain (pain at the opening to the vagina) is so severe it makes intercourse, and sometimes sitting for long periods of time, painful, if not impossible. A new study from the University of Michigan, which surveyed 2,269 women in the metro Detroit ...

For more than 100,000 area women, chronic vulvar pain (pain at the opening to the vagina) is so severe it makes intercourse, and sometimes sitting for long periods of time, painful, if not impossible.

A $100,000 Challenge was announced today by The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the global leader for investigations to cure, treat, and prevent type 1 diabetes, and InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation and crowdsourcing. The challenge calls for new ways to tackle the discovery and development of a ...

(University of Michigan Health System) A new study from the University of Michigan, which surveyed 2,269 women in the metro Detroit area, found that more than 25 percent of women have experienced ongoing vulvar pain at some point in their lives. However, only two percent of women sought treatment for ...

Columbia, MO -- The University of Missouri has received a $100,000 grant from the Monsanto Company to support student research in the plant sciences. The $100,000 gift, to be distributed over the next three years, will be used to support a Monsanto Undergraduate Fellowship Program. The fellowship ...

Proposals for Round 8 of the Grand Challenge Exploration, a $100 million grant initiative to encourage innovation in global health and development research, are now being accepted, announced the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation this week. Proposals can be submitted until November 17, 2011 at 11:30 am Pacific Daylight Time. ...

Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin), recently FDA approved for Hodgkin lymphoma and systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma, may cost over $100,000 for a course of treatment, or $4,500 per vial. According to marketers and manufacturers, Seattle Genetics, patients typically need three vials in one dose, and from seven to nine doses per ...

A team of Bay Area researchers faced a herculean challenge 15 months ago: Sequence the DNA of more than 100,000 Kaiser Permanente members who joined an unprecedented study of genetics and environmental conditions links health.

(Nanyang Technological University) Ten students from Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore have each won $10,000 for being among their respective university's top five completed PhD theses related to the environment, sustainability and metropolis of the future. Awarded by World Future Foundation, these Ph.D. Prizes are Singapore's ...

Mountain View, Calif., genomics startup 23andMe just hit a milestone: As of Wednesday, 100,000 people have uploaded their genetic code to the 4-year-old company's database.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA June 15, 2011 Today 23andMe, a leading personal genetics company, announced that it has built one of the world's largest databases of individual genetic information. In the three and a half years since the launch of the company's Personal Genome Service, its database has ...