Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA articles from August 2003

Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA archives from August 2003

Flaxseed increases alpha-linolenic and eicosapentaenoic acid in rats.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Flaxseed increased alpha-linolenic and eicosapentaenoic acid and decreased arachidonic acid in the serum and tissues of rat dams and their offspring. "The effects of dietary flaxseed (FS), and...

The molecular and serological aspects of North American HBV infections vary.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The molecular and serological aspects of North American HBV infections vary. "A few hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections are characterized by the presence of HBV DNA in serum or liver tissue, or both,...

Oligohydrosis and fever reported in children treated with zonisamide.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cases of oligohydrosis and fever have been reported in U.S. children treated with zonisamide. "Zonisamide is an antiepileptic drug developed and first marketed in Japan in 1989. Cases of...

DNA vaccines for the rabies-related virus, Mokola, compared.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- DNA vaccines for the rabies-related virus, Mokola, were compared. According to published research from the United States, "Mokola virus, a rabies-related virus, has been reported to date from the...

Allele linked to diabetes in Pima Indians mediated by obesity.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pima Indians who are homozygous for the Asp1057 allele in insulin receptor substrate have a greater risk of type 2 diabetes that may be affected by interaction of the polymorphism with obesity. ...

Correlates of immunity for pneumococcal conjugate vaccines discussed.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Correlates of immunity for pneumococcal conjugate vaccines are discussed in a recent issue of the journal Vaccine. "The purpose of the NIAID/FDA joint workshop, 'correlates of immunity for...

Alcohol ads stimulate stronger brain responses in drinking than teetotaling teens.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adolescents with alcohol use disorder (AUD) have stronger reactions to alcohol-related images and advertisements than nondrinking teens, according to a newly published article. Cue reactivity...

Clots prompt warning over new stents.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors got a stern warning to properly use a popular new drug-coated heart stent that has been linked to blood clots in almost 3 dozen people, including 5 who died. The Cypher stent is a tiny...

Effective mucosal immunity to anthrax obtained.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neutralizing antibodies and Th cell responses to anthrax occurred after nasal immunization with protective antigen. According to a study from the United States, "Mucosal, but not parenteral,...

Enterotoxigenic El Tor-like hemolysin produced by Vibrio fluvialis.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An enterotoxigenic El Tor-like hemolysin produced by Vibrio fluvialis has been purified and characterized. According to a study from the United States, "The halophilic bacterium Vibrio fluvialis is...

Bioterrorism website offers resources for clinicians.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A bioterrorism website provides resources for infectious disease clinicians and epidemiologists. According to recent research from the United States, "Finding bioterrorism-related information on...

Wearing rings increases risk of contamination in hospital workers.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Wearing rings increased the risk of contamination in intensive care unit nurses. "We determined risk factors for hand contamination and compared the efficacy of three randomly allocated hand hygiene...

Fasting improves glucose metabolism and neuronal resistance to injury.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Intermittent fasting dissociates the beneficial effects of dietary restriction on glucose metabolism and neuronal resistance to injury from calorie intake. "Dietary restriction has been shown to...

Flaxseed reduces levels of linoleic and arachidonic acids in rats.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A diet high in flaxseed reduced levels of linoleic and arachidonic acids in rats. According to recent research published in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, "Flaxseed (FS) being rich in...

Rat fetal development not affected by diet high in flaxseed.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "Flaxseed, a rich source of reportedly beneficial n-3 fatty acid and phytoestrogens, has not been thoroughly tested for reproductive effects. High...

Routine cycling of antimicrobial agents may protect patients.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The routine cycling of antimicrobial agents may be helpful as an infection-control measure. According to published research from the United States, "Antimicrobial cycling is the deliberate,...

Findings indicate women are using EC correctly.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who are provided an advance supply of emergency contraception (EC) are significantly more likely than other women to use EC without adversely affecting their routine use of contraception,...

Scientists 'terrified' by Hong Kong bird flu: Doherty.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The risk of a SARS pandemic sweeping the world appears to be over, to the great relief of international health authorities who have been awaiting another pandemic of the magnitude of the Spanish flu...

Cumulative exposure to organophosphate pesticides assessed.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have conducted an assessment of the cumulative exposure to organophosphate pesticides. According to recent research from the United States, "The 1996 Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)...

Leptospira is found in fattening pig kidney in Asia; may be a health hazard.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leptospira is found commonly in pig kidney in South Vietnam and may be a health hazard to humans. "One kidney was collected from each of 32 fattening pigs at an abattoir in southern Vietnam in 2001...

Pancreatic tumors become susceptible to toxin when made to express IL-13Ralpha2.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer could some day be cured by gene therapy that makes their tumors more vulnerable to a recombinant cytotoxin. ...

FDA OKs new device to manage diabetes.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some diabetics will no longer have to add up how much insulin they need for every bite of food. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first device that checks patients' blood...

NCOA promotes efforts to reduce barriers to affordable cholesterol therapy.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an effort to help uninsured and under-insured Americans without affordable access to well-tolerated and effective cholesterol therapy, the National Council on the Aging (NCOA) announced the addition...

Francisella novicida LPS more immunogenic than F. tularensis LPS.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Francisella novicida lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has greater immunobiological activity in mice than F. tularensis LPS, and contributes to F. novicida murine pathogenesis. "To further understand the...

Wildlife markets and disease transmission: The problem is, pigs do fly.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A consortium of scientists from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society has announced that one way to reduce the risks of future SARS-like diseases is to control wildlife markets. ...

FDA streamlines vaccination, drug-reporting systems.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Informatica Corporation (INFA) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) has successfully implemented the Informatica data...

Officials baffled by reported increase in cases.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The number of reported cases of Legionnaires disease has risen sharply this year, baffling federal and state health officials. The number of cases of legionellosis reported to the U.S. Centers for...

FDA creates medication guide for Lariam.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the development of a Medication Guide (FDA-approved patient labeling) to provide better information to consumers about the risks and benefits of...

Scientists: One person likely source of outbreak.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Three Loudoun County, Virginia teenagers who contracted malaria last year were sickened by parasites with matching genetic fingerprints, making it virtually certain that one person was the source of the...

Diverse Plasmodium vivax populations seen in Thailand.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thailand is home to a genetically diverse set of plasmodial parasites "Using two polymorphic genetic markers, the merozoite surface protein-3alpha (MSP-3alpha) and the circumsporozoite protein...

Chloroquine therapy fails to prevent malaria during pregnancy.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A chloroquine chemoprophylaxis program failed to prevent malaria during pregnancy in Koupela District, Burkina Faso. According to recent research from Burkina Faso and the United States, "In West...

Novel sponge-derived agents active against malaria, malignancy.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A series of novel sponge-derived agents have demonstrated antimalarial and anticancer effects. "From a small specimen of the marine sponge Plakortis halichondrioides collected in Puerto Rico,"...

P. falciparum liver-stage Ag-3 protective in monkeys.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Plasmodium falciparum liver-stage Ag-3 conferred protection upon Aotus lemurinus griseimembra monkeys. According to recent research published in the European Journal of Immunology, "Three...

IFN-gamma response to malaria vaccine linked to improved hemoglobin levels.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data from the Asembo Bay Cohort Project indicate that interferon-gamma responses to pre-erythrocytic stage vaccine candidate antigens of Plasmodium falciparum are associated with improved hemoglobin...

AAMC issues new report on bioterrorism education for medical students.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a new report, Training Future Physicians About Weapons of Mass Destruction, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) provides the first guidance ever issued to medical educators about how...

Virus gives wake-up call about exotic pets brought into country.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- There are "dog people" and "cat people" so why not "flying squirrel people?" "I got my first one back in 1997," said Andrew Watts, 24, who now has four flying squirrels he sometimes lets loose in...

Brain neuronal degeneration occurs after single Ecstasy exposure.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neuronal degeneration in rat forebrains occurred following a single exposure to the recreational drug Ecstasy. According to a study from the United States, "Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA,...

Study examines factors related to adolescents' viewing of smoking in movies.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Availability of home movie channels, the number of movie videos watched per week and lack of parental restriction on R-rated movies are associated with adolescents having increased exposure to smoking...

HHS to require food labels to include trans fat contents.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson has announced that food labels will be required to list the amount of unhealthy trans fatty acids, or trans fat, to give...

Wisconsin gets $2 million to trim obesity rate.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Wisconsin will use $2 million in federal money to try to trim its obesity rate over the next 5 years. The state received the money from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which...

Poliovirus is excreted in feces of poliovirus receptor-transgenic mice.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Excretion of wild-type and vaccine-derived poliovirus in the feces of poliovirus receptor-transgenic mice discovered. "The emergence of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) strains in...

Perceptions about the threat of bioterrorism could impair the U.S. response.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study by researchers at St. Louis University School of Public Health has found that while a majority of health care professionals surveyed believe the United States is at a high or somewhat high risk...

Catechol from hair dyes is absorbed through the skin.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Catechol from hair dyes was absorbed through the skin during in vitro and in vivo studies. "The Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel found insufficient data to conclude that catechol could be...

HEDIS 2004 contains 10 new measures addressing public health, service issues.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) on July 1, 2003, released final specifications for the 2004 edition of the Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS), substantially...

Landmark study finds American adults often fail to get recommended care.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new RAND Health study that is the largest and most comprehensive examination ever conducted of healthcare quality in the United States found that adults fail to receive recommended healthcare nearly...

Prelminary evidence of radiation exposures in Kazakhstan is inconclusive.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prelminary evidence of radiation exposures in Kazakhstan is inconclusive. According to a study from the United States, "The presently available evidence about the magnitude of doses received by...

Higher public health awareness could be 'silver lining' of outbreaks.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As the mysterious disease spread through China's Guangdong province, frightened people began boiling vinegar as a disinfectant. Many people in Hong Kong laughed, figuring their mainland neighbors...

Liu: How Singapore scientists tackled outbreak.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The recent SARS epidemic highlighted the ability of Singapore's science community to rise to the occasion, according to the director of the 2-year-old Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Edison Liu at...

Outbreak contained worldwide but threat remains and more research needed.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The World Health Organization has removed Taiwan from the list of areas with recent local transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Taiwan is the last area to be removed from the...

RNA interference method allows suppression of cathepsin B expression.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Suppression of Schistosoma mansoni gene expression by the method of RNA interference is an effective tool. "In this paper, we used the genetic manipulation technique known as RNA-interference to...

States may have to destroy unused vaccine.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lackluster response to a nationwide drive to inoculate hospital workers against smallpox may lead to public health officials destroying thousands of doses of the vaccine that have sat on shelves too...

Regulatory strategies to reduce tobacco addiction in youth outlined.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Regulatory strategies to reduce tobacco addiction in youth are discussed in a recent issue of the journal Tobacco Control. "Preventing tobacco addiction and achieving cessation in established users...

M. tuberculosis suppresses dendritic cell maturation.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Mycobacterium tuberculosis inhibits the maturation of infected dendritic cells (DCs), researchers in the United States report. "To induce effector...

JC virus infection increases risk of adult astrocytic brain tumors.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adults with antibodies to the JC virus had an increased risk of developing astrocytic brain tumors. "Genomic sequences of the human polyomaviruses, JC virus (JCV) and BK virus (BKV), and simian...

Cigarette smoke linked to low folate levels.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exposure to cigarette smoke may rob people of folate, an important vitamin that helps protect against a variety of diseases, including a number of birth defects, a large nationwide study concludes. ...

FDA clears first diagnostic test.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the first test for use as an aid in the clinical laboratory diagnosis of West Nile virus infection. The West Nile Virus IgM Capture ELISA is...

Aerobic exercise better at reducing heart disease risk after menopause.
August 3, 2003... 2003 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aerobic exercise was better than resistive exercise at reducing heart disease risk factors in postmenopausal women. According to a study from the United States, "Physical inactivity has been...

Genetic links for venous thromboembolism rare in African-Americans.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Strong genetic risk factors for venous thromboembolism have yet to be discovered in African-Americans. According to recent research from the United States, "The aim of this study was to assess,...

Simian foamy virus detected by combined antigen Western blot assay.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Screening for simian foamy virus infection was accomplished by using a combined antigen Western blot assay. According to recent research from an international team of investigators, "Simian foamy...

Timing is everything for kids' successful immunization.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The timing of the third vaccination that children receive for diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough predicts whether children will get a fourth and final dose of the vaccine on time, according to a...

Aflatoxin B[subscript]1 increases DNA and RNA adduct formation in rat livers.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aflatoxin B[subscript]1 increased DNA and RNA adduct formation in rat livers in a dose-dependent manner. According to published research from the United States, "We studied the effects of...

Bartonella strains and Yersinia pestis found in prairie dogs.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novel Bartonella strains and Yersinia pestis were found in prairie dogs and their fleas by researchers using multiplex polymerase chain reaction. According to recent research from the United...

IL-12 and IL-18 impairment associated with severe malarial anemia.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Interleukin-12 (IL-12) and IL-18 impairment was associated with severe malarial anemia in an area of holoendemicity in western Kenya. "In this study, we investigated whether levels of...

Strategies to control parasitic infections during pregnancy outlined.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A researcher from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has outlined strategies to control parasitic infections during pregnancy. According to recent research from the United States, "In...

Revised guidelines will ease selection of HIV/AIDS treatments.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new update of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents will make it easier for clinicians and...

Novel adenovirus-based SIV vaccine effective in macaques.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A novel adenovirus-based vaccine against the simian version of HIV (SIV) has delivered promising results in a macaque model of infection, researchers in the...

Army survey measures soldiers' risky drinking behaviors.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Soldiers who reported having more than 21 drinks a week on an Army survey were more likely to be hospitalized or discharged for alcohol-related problems later on in their military careers, according to...

CDC and partners launch autism awareness initiative.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in partnership with the Autism Society of America (ASA) have announced a joint initiative aimed at boosting awareness of the importance of...

Electron microscopy can differentiate poxviruses from herpesviruses.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Electron microscopy can differentiate poxviruses from herpesviruses. According to a study from the United States, "With increased threat of terrorism, much attention is being directed toward...

The National Nutrition Summit outcomes released.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Outcomes resulting from the National Nutrition Summit have been released in a recent issue of the Journal of Nutrition. "Over the past several decades, great progress has been made in developing...

Surfactants are transporter-specific with drug resistance proteins.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The role of surfactants in the reversal of active transport mediated by multidrug resistance proteins has been investigated. According to recent research published in the Journal of Pharmaceutical...

FDA announces initiative to heighten battle against counterfeit drugs.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Commissioner of Food and Drugs Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD, has announced a major new initiative to more aggressively protect American consumers from drugs that have been counterfeited. The...

Satellites will join search for source of virus.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Microscopes are not the only tools available to study disease. A new European Space Agency (ESA) project employs satellites to predict and help combat epidemic outbreaks, as well as join the hunt for...

Method to quantify urinary phthalate metabolites in humans developed.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An improved quantitative method for the detection of 11 urinary phthalate metabolites in humans has been developed using liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization tandem mass...

WHO report documents worsening global TB/HIV crisis.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The World Health Organization has called for free anti-TB drugs (ATDs) and quality care to be made widely available to people living with HIV, along with renewed efforts to increase access to...

Keppra now approved in oral solution.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved grape-flavored, dye-free Keppra (levetiracetam) oral solution (100 mg/mL), providing a new option for patients with epilepsy who prefer a liquid...

Changes in food ad rules questioned.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Food packages may soon advertise possible health benefits before they're fully proved, under a program aimed at speeding information about nutrition discoveries to consumers - but one critics fear will...

Aflatoxin B[subscript]1 can stimulate and suppress the immune system.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depending on the dose and the timing of administration, aflatoxin B[subscript]1 can either stimulate or suppress the immune system. "We investigated the effects of aflatoxin B-1 (AFB[subscript]1)...

Coalition urges Thompson to prevent disruption from HIPAA transaction rule.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A broad-based coalition of healthcare providers has written Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson urging him to act to prevent the disruption in the healthcare system that may occur...

First assay to include detection of HIV-1 group O gets premarket approval.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- bioMerieux, Inc. has received premarket approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Vironostika HIV-1 Plus O Microelisa System. The device is used for qualitative detection of...

FDA approves St. Jude safety trial for second part of three-part HIV vaccine.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin testing another part of its HIV vaccine regimen. The hospital will now begin...

HIV-1 epidemic in the United States dates back to 1968.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data analysis has revealed that the origin of the HIV-1 epidemic in the United States dates back to 1968. "Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 subtype B sequences (whole envelope and the p17...

HIV infection impairs B cell costimulatory function.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infection with HIV disrupts CD28-dependent costimulatory pathways between B cells and helper T cells. "HIV infection leads to numerous immunologic defects, including impaired B cell function,"...

Manifestations of hantavirus infections dictated by rodent host.
August 10, 2003... 2003 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The manifestations of hantavirus infections are dictated by the rodent host. According to a study from the United States, "Infectious febrile nephropathies, initially described as epidemics during...