HIV Hides In Bone Marrow Say Researchers

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Researchers in the US have discovered that a latent form of HIV hides in progenitor cells in bone marrow, avoids detection by the immune system and retains the ability to reproduce and spread when the coast is clear (eg when treated people stop taking anti-HIV drugs). The researchers ...

Museum Launches New Online History Resource For Schools – Royal Pharmaceutical Society Of Great Britain

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

The Museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has launched a brand new on-line resource for pupils at Key Stage 3 and 4. Health Histories uses primary source material to allow students to investigate pharmacy history in the 20th century. Written with the British Dental Museum, the project was inspired ...

Viruses changed human evolution, study shows

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Italian scientists said on Friday they had found evidence of how viruses helped change the course of human evolution and said their discovery could help in the design of better drugs and vaccines.

Health Discovery Corporation Inks Deal For Final Validation Of A New Molecular Diagnostic Test For Colon Cancer

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Health Discovery Corporation (OTCBB: HDVY) announced today that the Company has entered into an exclusive agreement with the Pancreas, Biliary and Liver Surgery Center of New York at Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers in New York City to provide clinical specimens to be utilized to complete the final validation of ...

Gene Variant For Biological Ageing In Humans Discovered

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Scientists from the UK and The Netherlands have identified for the first time a variant of a gene that is linked to biological ageing in humans and suggest the discovery will help us better understand cancer and diseases of ageing. The findings of the study by researchers based ...