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Sangamo announces presentations of ZFP Therapeutics data at ASGCT 2011

Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. announced today that data from clinical, preclinical and research-stage programs focused on the development of zinc finger DNA-binding protein Therapeutics were described in twenty presentations given by Sangamo scientists and collaborators at the 14th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy.

23 May 2011

First Edition: May 23, 2011

Today's headlines include reports about a new poll that shows Americans don't believe Medicare has to be cut in order to balance the budget.

23 May 2011

Leopoldina recommends improvements for global access to clean drinking water and sanitation to G8 states

Together with the national science academies of the other G8 states, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has prepared two statements for the G8 states in the run-up to the G8 Summit of Heads of State and Government.

21 May 2011

16 Countries announce new commitments to reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality

Today 16 countries announced new commitments to dramatically reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality, as part of the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health.

21 May 2011

Global Fund disbursed record $3B in 2010, faces more than $1B shortfall for 2011-13, report says

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Thursday in Paris released a report noting that while it disbursed a record $3 billion in 2010, the $1.3 billion shortfall if faces for 2011-2013, "threaten[s] goals to roll back diseases that together claim more than four million lives a year," Agence France-Presse reports.

21 May 2011

Kenyan HIV/AIDS advocates ask government to boost health funding

IRIN/PlusNews reports that hundreds of Kenyan HIV/AIDS advocates took to the streets of Nairobi on Wednesday "to demand that the government meet its commitment to increase annual health and HIV funding."

21 May 2011

Local production of pharmaceuticals could improve access in developing countries, U.N. report says

A U.N. Conference on Trade and Development report issued last week suggested "[l]ocal production of pharmaceuticals in some poor African and Asian countries, such as Ethiopia, Uganda, and Bangladesh, has the potential to improve access to essential drugs for many of the one billion people who live in the world's least developed countries," BMJ News writes.

21 May 2011

Separation of family planning, HIV funding harms women, girls in developing world, advocates say

Advocates at a meeting in Paris about women, population and development, held ahead of next week's G8 summit, said that HIV prevention methods can be used to further family planning goals, Deutsche Welle reports.

21 May 2011

'No magic pill' for HIV prevention

AIDS Healthcare Foundation today released the results of a groundbreaking online survey designed to gain better understanding of community perceptions regarding the possible use of an HIV prevention pill.

20 May 2011

AIDS mortality in China drops by nearly two thirds since 2002 when country began free treatment program

China's HIV/AIDS-related mortality has dropped from 39.3 per 100 person-years in 2002 to 14.2 in 2009, or 64 percent, since the nation began providing free antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2002, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and published online Wednesday in Lancet Infectious Diseases, the New York Times reports (McNeil, 5/18).

20 May 2011

African LGBT advocates warn against cutting multilateral aid to Uganda

At a World Bank panel discussion in Washington, D.C., on homophobia in developing countries, LGBT advocates from Africa expressed concern that if multilateral development organizations cut aid to Uganda in protest of attempts to make homosexual acts crimes punishable by death, the human rights situation for them could worsen, the Washington Blade reports.

20 May 2011

Longer looks: Tough health care questions for GOP presidential contenders; Robotics help spike use of prostate treatment

For my money, the most interesting thing about Mitt Romney's health-care speech last week wasn't his struggle to defend Romneycare and distance it from Obamacare, but the largely hostile reception of the speech from the right.

20 May 2011

AVAC calls on donors, policy makers to strengthen support for AIDS vaccine research

This year HIV Vaccine Awareness Day comes at the dawn of a true prevention revolution that could finally turn the tide of the AIDS epidemic. AIDS vaccine research is a critical part of that revolution and on this day AVAC calls on donors, policy makers and others to strengthen support for AIDS vaccine research.

19 May 2011

People living with HIV/AIDS in China face discrimination when accessing health care, report says

HIV-positive people living in China "are routinely being denied medical treatment in mainstream hospitals due to fear and ignorance about the disease," according to a study based on interviews with 103 people living with HIV/AIDS and 23 health care workers that was conducted by the International Labor Organization and China's National Center for STD and AIDS Prevention and Control, Reuters reports.

19 May 2011

Humanized BLT mice help prevent HIV/AIDS transmission

The more than 2.7 million new HIV infections recorded per year leave little doubt that the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to spread globally. That's why there's the need for safe, inexpensive and effective drugs to successfully block HIV transmission.

19 May 2011

Global health partnership announces first-, second-line AIDS drugs price reductions in developing world

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, UNITAID, and the U.K.'s Department for International Development "said on Tuesday they had secured price reductions on key AIDS drugs for HIV-positive patients in poorer countries," Reuters reports.

19 May 2011

Vinformatix receives ONC-ATCB certification for MedSonic EMR solution

Vinformatix announced today that after integrating the Healthwise Patient Education EMR Module and its patient-friendly content, the MedSonic EMR has earned certification from InfoGard Laboratories, an authorized Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology—Authorized Testing and Certification Body.

19 May 2011

State roundup: Med schools in Texas face budget crunch

Patients would have access to detailed histories of Illinois doctors — including whether the physician has been fired, convicted of a crime or made a medical malpractice payment in the past five years — under legislation headed to the governor's desk.

19 May 2011

Thirty years of AIDS

Thirty years ago next month, the CDC released the first report on a mysterious disease among gay men in Los Angeles. The AIDS epidemic had begun. It has since claimed the lives of an estimated 600,000 Americans and is currently ravaging Africa.

18 May 2011

Viewpoints: Gingrich fallout; Sebelius, Matsui on Medicare reform; physicians on their rights

The Republican Presidential campaign is off to a slow start, but judging by the last week not slow enough. First Mitt Romney defends his ObamaCare prototype in Massachusetts, and now Newt Gingrich has decided to run against House Republicans on Medicare. They must be loving this at the White House.

18 May 2011

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Sangamo announces presentations of ZFP Therapeutics data at ASGCT 2011

First Edition: May 23, 2011

Leopoldina recommends improvements for global access to clean drinking water and sanitation to G8 states

16 Countries announce new commitments to reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality

Global Fund disbursed record $3B in 2010, faces more than $1B shortfall for 2011-13, report says

Kenyan HIV/AIDS advocates ask government to boost health funding

Local production of pharmaceuticals could improve access in developing countries, U.N. report says

Separation of family planning, HIV funding harms women, girls in developing world, advocates say

'No magic pill' for HIV prevention

AIDS mortality in China drops by nearly two thirds since 2002 when country began free treatment program

African LGBT advocates warn against cutting multilateral aid to Uganda

Longer looks: Tough health care questions for GOP presidential contenders; Robotics help spike use of prostate treatment

AVAC calls on donors, policy makers to strengthen support for AIDS vaccine research

People living with HIV/AIDS in China face discrimination when accessing health care, report says

Humanized BLT mice help prevent HIV/AIDS transmission

Global health partnership announces first-, second-line AIDS drugs price reductions in developing world

Vinformatix receives ONC-ATCB certification for MedSonic EMR solution

State roundup: Med schools in Texas face budget crunch

Thirty years of AIDS

Viewpoints: Gingrich fallout; Sebelius, Matsui on Medicare reform; physicians on their rights

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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