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UN sees ‘massive’ fall in South Africa AIDS cases

January 19, 2012
South Africa, home to the highest number of HIV cases in the world, should see a massive reduction by the end of the decade after a sea-change in government policy, a UNAIDS official said Thursday.

Groundbreaking cancer research receives massive funding boost

January 11, 2012
Research into a ground-breaking treatment for bowel cancer at Queen's University Belfast has received a massive funding boost from Cancer Research UK. Dr Sandra Van Schaeybroeck, whose research aims to identify ways to increase survival from bowel cancer, has received a prestigious 688,000 Cancer Research UK Clinical ...

Groundbreaking cancer research receives massive funding boost

January 11, 2012
(Queen's University Belfast) Research into a ground-breaking treatment for bowel cancer at Queen's University Belfast has received a massive funding boost from Cancer Research UK.

Earth’s massive extinction: The story gets worse

January 5, 2012
Scientists have uncovered a lot about the Earth's greatest extinction event that took place 250 million years ago when rapid climate change wiped out nearly all marine species and a majority of those on land. Now, they have discovered a new culprit likely involved in the annihilation: an influx of ...

Treatment Decisions In Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Aided By Massive DNA Search

December 14, 2011
The most comprehensive search to date of DNA abnormalities in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has unearthed several new altered genes that drive this common blood cancer, a finding that could potentially help doctors predict whether an individual patient's disease will progress rapidly or remain indolent for years, say scientists from ...

Massive DNA search uncovers new mutations driving blood cancer

December 13, 2011
The most comprehensive search to date of DNA abnormalities in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has unearthed several new altered genes that drive this common blood cancer, a finding that could potentially help doctors predict whether an individual patient's disease will progress rapidly or remain indolent for years, say scientists from ...

Massive DNA search uncovers new mutations driving blood cancer

December 12, 2011
Public Images: Cut and paste into the body of the release. SAN DIEGO -- The most comprehensive search to date of DNA abnormalities in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has unearthed several new altered genes that drive this common blood cancer, a finding that could potentially help doctors ...

Massive, Consistent Changes In Inflammatory Gene Expression Seen In Trauma, Burns

December 9, 2011
Serious traumatic injuries, including major burns, set off a "genomic storm" in human immune cells, altering around 80 percent of the cells' normal gene expression patterns. In a report to appear in the December Journal of Experimental Medicine, members of a nationwide research collaborative describe the initial results of their ...

Inbreeding in bed bugs one key to massive increases in infestations

December 7, 2011
New research on the bed bug’s ability to withstand the genetic bottleneck of inbreeding, announced today at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) annual meeting, provides new clues to explain the rapidly growing problem of bed bugs across the United States and globally. After mostly disappearing in ...

Inbreeding in bed bugs one key to massive increases in infestations

December 6, 2011
New research on the bed bug's ability to withstand the genetic bottleneck of inbreeding, announced today at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) annual meeting, provides new clues to explain the rapidly growing problem of bed bugs across the United States and globally. After mostly disappearing in ...

Inbreeding in bed bugs 1 key to massive increases in infestations

December 6, 2011
(Burness Communications) New research on the bed bug's ability to withstand the genetic bottleneck of inbreeding, announced today at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene annual meeting, provides new clues to explain the rapidly growing problem of bed bugs across the United States and globally. After mostly disappearing ...

Massive Scale Up In Access To HIV Treatment

November 22, 2011
"We have seen a massive scale up in access to HIV treatment which has had a dramatic effect on the lives of people everywhere," Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, told the press as a new report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) was released ...