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Assistant Professor of Biostatistics Gregory DiRienzo and colleagues recently identified specific regions in the HIV genome which allow the virus to resist certain drugs...
Here’s a little example: Back in the 1980s, a researcher at Yale discovered a compound which looked to be a promising new drug to fight the AIDS virus. Yale, in turn, licensed the compound to Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), a British pharmaceutical corporation. BMS proceeded to develop the drug, later named d4T, and to patent it in several countries, including South Africa...
...those unwilling to make the pilgrimage out, “Variations” is a white and gray virus-like structure against a startling blue background, in a simple wood frame. It may well hold the distinction of most pretentiously titled piece of bad science-related abstract...
...poses--some call it "moving meditation"--is known to build up strength, agility and balance. But shingles immunity? According to a study in the current edition of Psychosomatic Medicine, 15 weeks of Tai Chi seems to have helped protect a group of 18 elderly adults against the shingles virus (the same virus that causes chickenpox). One week after the study was completed, immune-cell levels increased an average of nearly 50% in those who practiced Tai Chi, while the control group showed no improvement. The results, which will need to be confirmed by larger studies, suggest that a little...
...Number of people who died last year after being infected with the West Nile virus...