New approach to targeting the hidden reservoir of HIV
EurekAlert! Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:27 PM PDT
The drugs used to treat individuals infected with HIV-1 keep the virus under control but do not eliminate it from the body, some remains hidden in immune cells known as resting CD4+ T cells. However, researchers have now developed an in vitro system that faithfully mimics the situation in people and used it to identify a compound that can get at this hidden HIV-1 and eliminate it from the cells. |
Indonesian quake toll at 1,100, thousands missing
AP via Yahoo! News Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:10 PM PDT
As rescue workers searched for survivors in the wreckage of a four-story school Thursday, Mira Utami's mother clawed away, too â€" looking for the shoes missing from her daughter's body. Mira was taking a high school English final when the quake hit, flattening the school in seconds and killing her a week before her 16th birthday. |
Athletics South Africa loses sponsor
Brisbane Times Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:33 PM PDT
South Africa's athletics governing body has lost a major sponsor after its mishandling of world champion runner Caster Semenya's gender tests. |
Obese and Overweight Women Have a Higher Risk of Giving Birth to Baby with Heart Defects
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:07 PM PDT
The largest study of obesity during pregnancy and babies with heart defects in the United States finds that women who were overweight or obese before they became pregnant had an approximately 18 percent increased risk of having a baby with certain heart defects compared with women who were of normal body mass index (BMI) before they became pregnant. |
Peterson, Minn. female skaters exposed in ESPN mag's 'Body Issue'
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:44 PM PDT
I woulda thought... ...the Williams Wall would be in there too! Vikings running back Adrian Peterson and several Minnesota female hockey players are among the athletes in varying degrees of undress who will be exposed in next week's ESPN The Magazine. |
Malema slams sports sponsors
Pretoria News Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:32 PM PDT
ANCYL leader Julius Malema came out in support of Athletics South Africa (ASA) president Leonard Chuene on Thursday on the same day Nedbank announced the termination of their sponsorship deal with the athletics body. |
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-10-01 20:02 Connecticut eyes Novartis flu vaccine allocation
Interactive Investor Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:28 PM PDT
BOSTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. state of Connecticut has begun an investigation into Novartis asking why the Swiss drugmaker planned to ship a state health body less seasonal flu vaccine than it had ordered. Novartis has told the Connecticut branch of the Visiting Nurse Associations of America that it would supply it with 72 percent less flu vaccine than it had contracted to provide, state ... |
Whats Happening: October 2-4
WWAY 3 Wilmington Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:18 PM PDT
Video Whats Happening: October 2-4 Body Mark your calendar; Riverfest is this weekend. It has come a long way in the festival's thirty year history. More than 200 craft vendors and concession stands will be there. And don't forget the invasion of the pirates Saturday night. Riverfest is from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. Saturday. Sunday it is from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Saturday, while you ... |
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