AIDS Weekly articles from December 2001

AIDS Weekly archives from December 2001

Novel Technique Developed For Measuring Antiretroviral Toxicity.(Brief Article)
December 3, 2001... 2001 DEC 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States and Italy have devised a novel method for measuring mitochondrial toxicity caused by antiretroviral HIV drugs. ...

Subtype C SHIV Variant May Be Useful In African Vaccine Development.(Brief Article)
December 3, 2001... 2001 DEC 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have developed a simian/human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) variant for studying potential HIV vaccines tailored to African...

Papers Add New Knowledge On HIV's Infection Tactics.(Brief Article)
December 3, 2001... 2001 DEC 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In its November 2001 issue, Nature Medicine published three papers that represent great advances in the fight against HIV. The first describes a strategy that could be developed to yield an...

Pokeweed Protein Semen Treatment May Enable Safe Insemination From HIV Patients.(Brief Article)
December 3, 2001... 2001 DEC 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - An antiviral protein coating may allow safe artificial insemination for women in relationships with HIV[superscript]+ men, according to researchers in...

Enteric-Coated Didanosine Linked To Milder Gastrointestinal Effects.(Brief Article)
December 3, 2001... 2001 DEC 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A delayed-release version of the antiretroviral drug didanosine (ddI) is much easier on patients than the standard form of the drug, researchers in...

China Confronts Growing AIDS Problem At First National Conference.(Brief Article)
December 3, 2001... 2001 DEC 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fear of discrimination prevents farmer Zhang Jianqi from telling his new neighbors in Beijing that his 8-year-old daughter has AIDS. Despair at finding treatment drove the two from their home...

Kentucky's Chandler Medical Center Gets Grant For HIV/AIDS Research.(Brief Article)
December 3, 2001... 2001 DEC 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of Kentucky's Chandler Medical Center has received a 3-year, $1.5 million grant to expand health care services for patients with HIV and AIDS. The federal grant from the U.S....

FDA Approves Viread.(Brief Article)
December 3, 2001... 2001 DEC 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gilead Sciences (GILD) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its antiretroviral agent Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus...

Monoclonal Antibodies Display Mysterious Synergy.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2001... 2001 DEC 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States and Europe have confirmed that several HIV specific monoclonal antibodies have synergistic effects in combination. ...

Maternal Antiretroviral Resistance Does Not Raise Risk.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2001... 2001 DEC 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States say that HIV drug resistance mutations do not yet have a significant impact on the chance of maternal transmission. Dr....

New Finding May Help Physicians Prevent HIV Drug Resistance.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2001... 2001 DEC 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When an individual starts taking antiretroviral drugs for HIV infection, it is important to know as soon as possible if the drugs are adequately suppressing the virus. If they are not, some...

HIV Rides Into Cells On Membrane Rafts, NIAID Scientists Say.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2001... 2001 DEC 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The AIDS-causing virus, HIV, must attach to cholesterol-rich regions of a cell's membrane before it can do its destructive work, researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases...

High HIV Levels Shut Down Anti-HIV Immune Responses.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2001... 2001 DEC 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research suggests that HIV specific T cells persist in infected individuals, but high virus levels can diminish the ability of those cells to respond to infection. The report sheds new light...

Peer Education Enhances Use Of Health Services Among Gay Men.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2001... 2001 DEC 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Peer educator interventions among homosexual men are effective for increasing the use of sexual health services, but those interventions don't tend to change...

Vical To Receive $3 Million Milestone Payment.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2001... 2001 DEC 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vical, Inc., (VICL) has received a $3 million payment from Merck & Co., Inc., (MRK) which has begun human testing of a prime-boost vaccine regimen that employs Vical's patented naked DNA nonviral gene...

Syringe Exchanges Are Cost-Effective Means Of Prevention.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2001... 2001 DEC 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A New York-based researcher says that syringe exchange programs are a cost-effective method for containing the spread of HIV infection. Franklin N....

Dexamethasone Can Reduce CD4 Cell Loss.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2001... 2001 DEC 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The anti-inflammatory steroid dexamethasone has a protective effect on CD4 cells in HIV patients, researchers report. Previous studies had shown that...

China's First AIDS Conference Ends With Call For Education.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2001... 2001 DEC 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Participants in China's first AIDS conference called for education of sex workers, installation of condom-dispensing machines and more open discussion in schools, saying such measures will reduce...

Criminalizing HIV Transmission May Lead To Rise In Infections.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2001... 2001 DEC 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers warn of a one-third increase in new sexually transmitted HIV infections in Scotland as a result of the Glenochil judgement, which made knowingly transmitting HIV a criminal offense in...

Chronic Viral Liver Disease Rising Among HIV-Infected Population.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2001... 2001 DEC 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - An analysis of HIV cases in Madrid, Spain, has shown a steady rise in the number of patients admitted to the hospital because of chronic viral liver disease...

Endocrine Disorders Complicate Treatment For HIV Infection.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2001... 2001 DEC 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study indicates that a combination of chronic diseases is now a major problem in the treatment of many patients with HIV infection, and that some of these diseases are going untreated. The...

Few Immune Cells, High HIV Counts May Not Mean Poor Treatment Response.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2001... 2001 DEC 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Among patients beginning therapy to fight the virus that causes AIDS, a higher HIV level at the start of treatment and lower initial counts of CD4 cells are not associated with poorer response to...

HIV Specific T Cells May Not Be Crucial For Early Protection.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2001... 2001 DEC 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States and Europe say that immune protection against acute HIV infection does not seem to be exclusively mediated by HIV specific T...

Individuals With Chronic Conditions Spend More For Health Care.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2001... 2001 DEC 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a recently published study, individuals with chronic conditions spend up to five times more for health care than individuals without chronic conditions. The study, "Out-of-Pocket...

Verbal Memory Impaired From Early Infection Stages.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have shown that HIV infection produces a marked impairment in verbal cognitive function. "Verbal working memory (WM),...

High-Dose Idarubicin-Based Regimen Effective.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Italy have found a chemotherapy regimen that may provide effective treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma in AIDS patients. "Intensive...

NIH Begins New $20 Million Program In AIDS and Tuberculosis.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- On World AIDS Day, the Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a new building program to provide extended support for collaborative, multidisciplinary,...

Interleukin-2 Improves Lymphocyte Function.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The cytokine interleukin (IL)-2 can restore proper lymphocyte function to HIV patients, researchers say. "Increased susceptibility to apoptosis and loss of...

Researcher Developing Home Test Kit For HIV Therapies.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Since the AIDS epidemic began in the 1980s, advancements in drug therapy have improved the quality of life for those infected with the disease. Now, a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher is...

AIDS Epidemic Spreading Faster In Eastern Europe Than Anywhere.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new report, "AIDS Epidemic Update 2001," says the number of HIV infections in Eastern Europe is rising faster than anywhere else in the world. Reported figures are largely underestimated but even...

Streptococcus Bacteria Does Not Affect Macrophage Function.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Macrophages in the lungs of African HIV patients function normally in the face of streptococcus infection, researchers report. "Streptococcus pneumoniae...

Study Says Drug Cocktail Has Cut Death Rate In Children, Too.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The AIDS drug cocktails that have saved the lives of countless adults have proved powerfully effective in children, too. A 4-year study of 1028 HIV infected children and teenagers found that...

Protease Inhibitors Ineffective Against Pneumocystis Bacteria.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Contrary to previous reports, HIV drugs have little effect on Pneumocystis carinii microorganisms, researchers in the United States warn. "Human...

World AIDS Day Marked By Pleas For Compassion.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nelson Mandela, the former president of a country now beset by a deadly AIDS epidemic, commemorated World AIDS Day by urging South Africa's youth to fight the disease and accept those who suffer from...

AIDS Treatment Eludes Many Indians.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Many American Indians infected with HIV/AIDS aren't treated for the disease because of the stigma surrounding it in their communities, members of an Indian group say. Poverty, isolation and poor...

Alliance Urges Joint Approach To AIDS And Tuberculosis.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fighting the converging epidemics of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) will require improved anti-TB drugs as well as wide access to antiretrovirals, with an integrated approach to treating both diseases,...

20 Years Of AIDS Ravages Societies, Young And Old, Around The World.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While other children are outside playing, Maggie Ubisi has more weighty things to deal with. The 14-year-old, who lives in Vosloorus, South Africa, has to cook for her brothers and sister, clean...

DEA Approves Center For Medicinal Cannabis Studies.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of California's Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR), has received Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) approval to begin two clinical studies on the possible efficacy of...

Antigen Fusion With Interferon-(gamma) Augments Efficacy.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A fusion protein made up of HIV gp120 and interferon-(gamma) holds promise as a candidate HIV vaccine, according to researchers in the United Kingdom. ...

Neonatal Vaccine Produces Antibody Response.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have found an HIV vaccine candidate that may protect newborn infants from vertical transmission of the virus. In a...

Atrix Submits INDA To Test Oral Interferon In HIV-Related Condition.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Atrix Laboratories, Inc., (ATRX) has submitted an Investigational New Drug application (INDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to proceed into human clinical studies with a low-dose oral...

Initial Phase I Clinical Study With HE2200 Completed.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (HEPH) announced it has completed a Phase I clinical study with subcutaneously administered HE2200, an immune-regulating hormone drug candidate, in healthy young and...

HIV Positive Hodgkin Patients' Disease Looks Like NHL.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although Hodgkin disease (HD) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) differ significantly with regard to their clinicopathologic features and prognosis, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated HD appears...

Progenics Awarded $1.2 Million For Development Of Innovative HIV Therapies.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (PGNX) has been awarded approximately $1.2 million from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of novel inhibitors of human immunodeficiency...

Epimmune, Bavarian Combine Technologies To Develop HIV Vaccine.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2001... 2001 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epimmune, Inc., (EPMN) and Bavarian Nordic A/S (BAVA) have entered into a collaboration agreement to combine their technologies to develop vaccines for the treatment or prevention of HIV infection. ...

Memory T-Cell Populations Affect Viral Load.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The makeup of antigen-specific memory T-cell populations influences viral load in the acute phase of HIV infection, according to researchers in the United...

Cytokines Can Alter Efficacy But Not Response Type.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Cytokines and growth factors can improve the effectiveness of DNA HIV vaccines although they have little effect on the type of induced immune responses,...

Ritonavir-Saquinavir Combination Superior To Ritonavir Alone.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The combination of ritonavir and saquinavir produces results superior to those seen after ritonavir monotherapy, researchers in France report. Dr....

Resistant African Sex Workers May Have Specific Antibody Responses.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - African sex workers who become resistant to HIV infection can develop antibodies that target the virus in vaginal fluid, researchers say. Prof. Laurent...

Humanizing HIV pol Gene Improves Immunogenicity.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have found a way to enhance the performance of DNA vaccines based on the HIV pol gene. "A synthetic gene consisting of...

Minority Medicaid Patients Least Likely To Use Most Effective AIDS Drugs.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Among Medicaid recipients with AIDS, African Americans experience the longest delays in starting the most powerful anti-HIV drug regimens and are the least likely to use them consistently enough for...

Garlic Supplements Can Interfere With HIV Medication.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have found that garlic supplements can cause a potentially harmful side effect when combined with a type of medication used to treat HIV/AIDS. Investigators from the National Institutes...

Drug Companies Are Testing 98 New Weapons Against AIDS.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As the war against AIDS enters its third decade, pharmaceutical companies are testing 98 new weapons to thwart this persistent and deadly enemy, according to a new survey released by the Pharmaceutical...

On And Off Regimen Feasible For Some AIDS Patients.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A pilot study at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) suggests that it may prove feasible for certain people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease to move from a...

PAMBEC Laboratories, Inc., Unveils New Antiretroviral.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PAMBEC Laboratories, Inc., of Loveland, Colorado, announced the release of a new anti-AIDS drug, Aidfarel, using a new drug technology invented by the company. This new technology shows great...

bioMerieux Receives Premarket Approval For HIV-1 Viral Load Assay.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- bioMerieux, Inc., has received Premarket Approval (PMA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its NucliSens HIV-1 QT quantitative viral load assay. Using the firm's proprietary Nucleic...

Triangle Researchers Search For AIDS Vaccine.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at two of North Carolina's top universities are at the forefront of the international effort to protect mankind from AIDS. Work on eradicating the virus that has killed more than 22...

AIDS Experts Discuss Vaccines, Reducing Drugs' Cost In Africa.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Experts from around the world gathered in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to confront two vital issues in the fight against AIDS in Africa: reducing the cost of drugs for those already infected and finding...

Ethiopian Opposition Parties Call For Action Against AIDS Crisis.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Three opposition parties have called on the government of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to declare a state of emergency to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Horn of Africa nation. An...

Federal Officials Say Philippines' Youth Exposed To Risky Behaviors.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A large proportion of Philippines' youth are exposed to the risks of early pregnancy, drugs and AIDS, a government population agency reports. Roughly 60% of the country's 77 million people are...

Trans World Radio Proclaims Hope and Compassion to AIDS-Ravaged Africa.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "In Africa, where sexual matters are mostly discussed in hushed tones, if ever at all, the sheer devastation of HIV/AIDS is bringing us all to the realization that silence is perhaps our biggest enemy...

United Nations, Private Foundation Pledge $100 Million For HIV Mothers.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Private foundations have joined those of the United Nations to pledge $100 million over the next 5 years to improve treatment of mothers with HIV. To date, treatment of women who were pregnant and...

Castro Admits To Some Cases In Havana.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Speaking at a medical school in Havana, Cuban President Fidel Castro admitted the existence of some cases of dengue fever in the capital but said the situation was far from grave. The Cuban leader did...

Combination Test To Provide Phenotypic, Genotypic Data.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ViroLogic, Inc., has launched PhenoSense GT, the first HIV drug-resistance test to provide doctors with a single report on a patient's drug resistance profile using phenotypic test results supplemented...

Every Third Case Of California AIDS Occurs Among Latinos.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One in every three new AIDS cases in California occurs among Latinos, says the state's highest health official, and may be linked to higher AIDS numbers in Mexico. New findings also reveal that...

HIV And Hepatitis Rates In The United Kingdom Published.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Department of Health of the United Kingdom published the latest (2001) figures on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis prevalence in that country recently. The report estimates...

Researchers Recommend Community Advisory Boards To Ensure Informed Consent.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Expanding the use of community advisory boards could go a long way toward preventing lapses in the informed consent process and safeguarding the interests of people who agree to participate in clinical...

Donors Pledge More Than $760 Million To Rebuild Burundi, Fight AIDS.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- International donors have promised more than $760 million to Burundi for reconstruction after eight years of civil war and to fight against AIDS. Burundi's President Pierre Buyoya said he was...

NIH Grant Helps Population Council Advance Promising Research.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has awarded a grant of $6.8 million to the Population Council to further its research on a promising HIV/AIDS prevention...

Preclinical Results Are Promising.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CEL-SCI Corporation announced researchers have demonstrated that animals given CEL-SCI's experimental L.E.A.P.S.-based HIV vaccine agent showed strong evidence supporting the induction of cellular...

United Kingdom Issues New Policy For HIV Infected Health Care Workers.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The United Kingdom Department of Health announced a new policy on the action to be taken whenever a health care worker is found to be infected with HIV. This new policy is based on advice from the...

New Finds Explain T Cell Loss In HIV Infection.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For a number of years, many scientists have believed that HIV depletes its primary target, CD4[superscript]+ T cells, by blocking new T-cell production. Two independent studies now challenge that...

Scientists Find Biological Key To Wasting Syndrome.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers and colleagues have discovered a biochemical mechanism that may explain wasting syndrome, a condition that causes severe weight loss and weakness in...

1989 Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus Calls For Global Medical Research Corps.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2001... 2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Nobel medicine laureate has proposed the establishment of a Peace Corps-type international program for medical researchers, saying it would narrow the health care gap between rich and poor nations....