AIDS virus directly linked to certain cancers in AIDS patients
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco report that the AIDS virus can insert its genetic material into a cell DNA and switch on a cancer-causing gene, triggering non-B-cell lymphoma. The finding suggests safety concerns for retrovirus use in vaccines and gene therapy and could guide safer cancer treatments.
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University of California- San Francisco
Michael McGrath
Bruce Shiramizu
McGrath
Kaposi
Cancer Research
American Association For Cancer Research
William Blattner
National Cancer Institute
Dawn Willis
American Cancer Society
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Study pinpoints protein in Alzheimer's disease
Washington scientists identify beta amyloid protein as the early killer in Alzheimer's, damaging cellular pathways before brain lesions form. The work suggests calcium, potassium channels, and memory signaling are disrupted early, steering toward new diagnostic markers and interventions.
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Patricia Grady
National Institutes of Health
Science
Daniel Alkon
Alkon
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
AIDS patients to test thalidomide effects on weight loss
A small group of AIDS patients will receive Synovir, the reborn name for thalidomide, to test weight gain effects and potential halting of HIV replication. Celgene Corp. president Sol Barer says the aim is to ease wasting, not cure AIDS, with 75 patients in a trial.
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Synovir
Sol Barer
Celgene Corp
Warren, N.J
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