Sidibe, Goosby Meet With Leaders In Nigeria To Promote Country's Fight Against HIV/AIDS

During a joint visit to Nigeria this week, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe and Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. global AIDS coordinator, encouraged the country to ramp up its efforts to fight HIV/AIDS, Pana/Afrique en ligne reports… Source:Sidibe, Goosby Meet With Leaders In Nigeria To Promote Country's Fight Against HIV/AIDS

APHA Urges Leaders To Move Forward On Health Reform

As President Obama and congressional leaders meet for a health reform summit, the American Public Health Association urges them to move forward on comprehensive, affordable health reform with a focus on prevention and wellness. “We applaud leaders of both parties for meeting and urge them to find common ground to reform our nation’s health system,” [...]

Modified Adult Stem Cells May Be Helpful In Spinal Cord Injury

Researchers at UTHealth have demonstrated in rats that transplanting genetically modified adult stem cells into an injured spinal cord can help restore the electrical pathways associated with movement. The results are published in the Feb. 24 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. In spinal cord injury, demyelination, or the destruction of the myelin sheath in [...]

25 Research Groups From 15 Countries Will Study A Severe Complication Of Diabetes And Hypertension

SysKid, a large-scale integrating European research project, aims at understanding chronic kidney disease in the context of diabetes and hypertension… Source:25 Research Groups From 15 Countries Will Study A Severe Complication Of Diabetes And Hypertension

The Challenges And Opportunities Facing Stem Cell Scientists

The United States government’s decision last year to lift restrictions on federally-funded stem cell research has helped the nation’s stem-cell researchers concentrate on science, but limitations remain – even under the new policy, according to George Daley, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Children’s Hospital Boston… Source:The Challenges And Opportunities Facing Stem Cell Scientists

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