RNA Can be Written into DNA
Razi Berry Cells contain machinery that duplicates DNA into a new set that goes into a newly formed cell. That same class of machines, called polymerases, also build RNA messages, which are like notes copied from the central DNA repository of recipes, so they can be read more efficiently into proteins. But polymerases were thought […]
Toxic Effects of Racism are Not Only Psychological
Razi Berry A team of USC and UCLA scientists found that racist experiences appear to increase inflammation in African American individuals, raising their risk of chronic illness, according to the study published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology on April 18. A new study indicates that racism is toxic to humans We know discrimination is linked to […]
Syphilis Invades Rural America, and a Fraying Health Safety Net is Failing to Stop it
Razi Berry When Karolyn Schrage first heard about the “dominoes gang” in the health clinic she runs in Joplin, Mo., she assumed it had to do with pizza. Turns out it was a group of men in their 60s and 70s who held a standing game night — which included sex with one another. They […]
Treatment for STD, Could be Ineffective in Some Cases
Razi Berry From Tulane University A new study led by an infectious disease epidemiologist at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine could change the way doctors treat a common sexually transmitted disease. The most common curable STD Professor Patricia Kissinger and a team of researchers found the recommended single dose of medication […]
Cure for HIV May be Around the Corner
Experimental Trial: Male Patient Who Once Tested Positive for HIV Now Has No Detectable Virus in Blood Tests In an interview last week with the British Times, scientists unveiled that HIV has been successfully treated in an individual.1 As part of an experimental trial, a 44-year old male patient who has been HIV positive, has […]
Current Understanding of HIV Progression to AIDS
Maggie Martin @MaggieBiosource mmunen the early 1980s, homosexual men in the San Francisco area began contracting and dying from unusual infections in the setting of immunodeficiency characterized by specific depletion of a subset of white blood cells, known as helper T cells or CD4+ T cells. This was the initial presentation of the acquired immunodeficiency […]
Safe Sex for Seniors
Dr. Alethea Fleming, ND Sexually transmitted infections are increasing in the over 65 population – but why? A small but distinct trend has appeared in the Centers for Disease Control’s tracking of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The rate of these diseases, including syphilis, gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and HIV has more than doubled over a ten-year period […]