Shedding Pounds Protects Knee Cartilage

Weight loss among obese individuals can help prevent the loss in thickness and quality of cartilage associated with knee osteoarthritis, a prospective study showed. full story

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Science journal fully retracts study linking XMRV to CFS

The journal Science has retracted a 2009 study that associated the XMRV retrovirus to chronic fatigue syndrome, or CFS, as several subsequent studies have failed to validate the findings. A partial retraction was issued in...[подробнее]

CDC: 3 patients gets hepatitis C from transplants

A pediatric patient in Boston and two people in Kentucky became infected with hepatitis C after receiving a blood vessel transplant and two kidneys from an infected donor, the CDC has reported. Such infections are rare, but the...[подробнее]

HIV vaccine is cleared for human testing

The FDA has approved human testing of SAV001, an HIV vaccine developed by University of Western Ontario researchers in partnership with the South Korean biotech firm Sumagen. The Phase I trial, scheduled to begin next month, will...[подробнее]

Report: Reuse of needles leads to hepatitis C cases in China

The reuse of needles at a private clinic in China's Henan province led to at least 13 people, including children, contracting the hepatitis C virus, according to a report. Health officials in Henan's neighboring province of Anhui...[подробнее]

Gilead to acquire Pharmasset to combine hepatitis C treatments

Gilead Sciences agreed to purchase Pharmasset for about $11 billion. The firms' combined portfolio of hepatitis C drugs will enable testing of multiple oral, interferon-free regimens, said Gilead CEO John Martin. Pharmasset has...[подробнее]

FDA approves supplemental test for Chagas disease in blood

The FDA has approved Abbott Laboratories' ESA Chagas assay, which can identify antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease, in human serum and plasma samples. The FDA said the test is the first...[подробнее]