By Judy Wilyman, MSc Abstract Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection has been linked with cervical cancer. Some medical professionals see it as the determining causal agent and therefore promote vaccination as an effective prevention strategy. However, the biological plausibility of a causal theory requires that the incidence of the causal agent varies with the incidence and […]
Newly identified DNA repair defect linked to increased risk of leukemia relapse
By Summer Freeman St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists tie low levels of a key DNA repair protein to loss of regulatory genes in a study that offers new clues about why acute lymphoblastic leukemia sometimes returns A newly identified defect in a DNA repair system might leave some young leukemia patients less likely to […]
How to fix peer review
By David Caplan, PhD Despite its importance as the ultimate gatekeeper of scientific publication and funding, peer review is known to engender bias, incompetence, excessive expense, ineffectiveness, and corruption. A surfeit of publications has documented the deficiencies of this system.[1-4] In September, the fifth in a series of international congresses concerned with how peer review […]
Whooping cough strain now immune to vaccine
By Danny Rose The Daily Telegraph February 11, 2010 THE bacteria that causes whooping cough has mutated, eroding the protection provided by the vaccine now given to children, scientists warned yesterday. University of NSW researchers have identified significant changes in the two most common strains of the bordetella pertussis bacteria, which they also traced back to events […]
Study reveals altered digestive genes in children with autism and gastrointestinal disturbances
NEWS Medical Published on September 17, 2011 at 2:22 AM · Researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and at the Harvard Medical School report that children with autism and have altered expression of genes involved in digestion. These variations may contribute to changes in […]
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