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- Half of teens discuss sex drugs on MySpace says study
- Association for Medical EthicsReleases Ethical Rules of Disclosure
- New Genetic Markers For Ulcerative Colitis Identified
Research Published in Nature Medicine Shows Disruption of …
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5: Blog it chicklet ends here –> Research Published in Nature Medicine Shows Disruption of Chemokine Interactions Inhibits Atherosclerosis in Mice. San Diego-based Carolus Therapeutics Inc. which has in-licensed technology based on these and other findings of collaborators at RWTH Aachen University in Aachen Germany is focused on the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of atherosclerosis and other disorders triggered by acute and chronic inflammation. In their report which was published online yesterday RWTH Aachen University researchers demonstrated in a mouse model that the formation of heteromers of the chemokines platelet factor-4 (PF4 also known as CXCL4) and RANTES (CCL5) plays a regulatory role in the development of atherosclerosis. The scientists also showed that peptides designed to disrupt the formation of PF4-RANTES heteromers inhibited the development of atherosclerosis in mice that had a genetic propensity to develop the disease.
Half of teens discuss sex drugs on MySpace says study
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us Digg This Related News. The studies were published in the January 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine. They indicated that in 500 randomly chosen MySpace profiles of self-reported 18-year-old men and women 54 percent contained high-risk behavior information; 41 percent referred to substance abuse; 24 percent referred to sexual behavior and 14 percent referred to violence. The study also examined whether a physician’s online communication to these teens about substance and sex abuse would have a positive impact. The study identified 190 youths’ profiles that were described as “at-risk. ” Those 190 profiles received an online communication from a “Dr.
Association for Medical EthicsReleases Ethical Rules of Disclosure
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org) today releasedtheir comprehensive guidelines for the AME Ethical Rules of Disclosure. In Juneof 2008 the Association for Medical Ethics in conjunction with the Universityof California Irvine School of Medicine hosted a symposium on Ethics whereexperts from industry government and academia gathered from around the countryto participate in the day-long event. It was from this seminar and subsequentmeetings that the AME Ethical Rules of Disclosure were drafted. “This symposium was the first time that experts from industry government andacademia both physicians and ethicists have come together with the purpose ofaddressing the issue of disclosure in medicine. AME believes the key to medicalreform is the clear and full disclosure of any and all money received fromindustry by those doctors and others that influence medicine by either theirresearch and opinions or in their editorial and medical society leadershiproles” said AME President and University of California Irvine ClinicalProfessor Dr.
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New Genetic Markers For Ulcerative Colitis Identified
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4 2009) — An international team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers has identified genetic markers associated with risk for ulcerative colitis. The findings which appear today as an advance online publication of the journal Nature Genetics bring researchers closer to understanding the biological pathways involved in the disease and may lead to the development of new treatments that specifically target them. See also:Health & MedicineColitisGastrointestinal ProblemsCrohn’s DiseaseGenesDiseases and ConditionsGene TherapyReference.
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