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A new strategy to fight HIV and AIDS

An international team of researchers has developed a novel strategy against HIV. They added two genes to immune cells which 'transformed them into potent weapons that destroy cells infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.' This idea of 'genetically engineering immune cells to redirect their infection-fighting ability toward killing...

Tags: Strategy, Researcher, Cell, HIV, HIV-infected, CTL, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-07

Nanoemulsion vaccines effective against HIV?

Nanoemulsions are non-toxic lipid droplets approved for human consumption and common food substances that are defined as 'Generally Recognized as Safe' GRAS by the FDA. But they also can be used for medical applications. Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed nasal nanoemulsion vaccines for influenza which were successfully...

Tags: Vaccine, Particle, HIV, Nanoemulsions, Healthcare, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-28

Additional Resources

Apple to smokers: butt out or void your warranty

Well here it is...http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0446.htmlI have seen tar filled electronicsIt gets nasty. You open them up, and they can be full of tar and all this brown/black gunk. You can get a nicotine high just by touching the parts.As for second hand smoke risk, thats kind of unfounded. Is that gunk...

Tags: Apple Inc., cigarette, joint, Cannabis, tar, smoker, computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

The T-Mobile-Microsoft Sidekick data disaster: Poor IT management going mainstream

Always have local copies of your dataThe above is why it is a bad idea to put your fate in someone else's hands when you have a choice. By default, keep your data processing and data stores local, and then use cloud services when they suit you. All these kiddies...

Tags: Federal government, Advertising & Promotion, Recruitment & Selection, agency, FDA, job

Discussion threads 2009-10-11

(NASA spacecraft crashes into the moon)

Total Waste of MaterialLets see, we explode a bomb and crash a satellite into the moon to try and confirm whether or not water is on it. And for what purpose? To make another return trip to the moon? To build space colonies? We don't have...

Tags: spacecraft, NASA, Darwin

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

GlaxoSmithKline Leads the Way With Microsoft Online Services

GlaxoSmithKline (NYE: GSK) is a pharmaceutical industry leader: supplying a quarter of the world's vaccines, spending over $13 million each day to research new medicines, and providing many of the world's leading prescription medicines and consumer healthcare products. It is estimated that GlaxoSmithKline makes up seven percent of the world's...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., GlaxoSmithKline Plc., Healthcare, Vertical Industries

Case studies 2009-10-01

Poetry Book - The Power of Black 1.0 (Windows)

The poet has eternally believed that even the most inexplicable of sorrow can be projected as well as alleviated via the power of magical poetry. Wondrously implementing the same in this soothing compendium of poems--Parekh brings to the fore various evils lingering in the society and tries to cure them...

Tags: Poem, NikhilParekh, Poet, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-08

YourWorld (Mobile)

Ever wondered where a little state exactly is, when they talk about it on TV or the newspapers? Curious about its background, geography, political situation, economy, religion, people? With YourWorld this and many other information is always in your pocket! YourWorld is like a mini encyclopedia about all the countries...

Tags: Mobile, AnguriaLab LLC, YourWorld, It', Internet, TVs, Telecom & Utilities, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-09-02

Antibiotic Essentials (AntiEss) (Mobile)

Antibiotic Essentialspowered by Skyscape Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC Antibiotics Essentials is a concise, practical, and authoritative guide to the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases.Aside from section Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Drug Summaries, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, the resource also pertains to the treatment of infectious diseases and...

Tags: Syndrome, Mobile, Decision Support, Therapy, Skyscape Inc., Data Mining, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management

Software downloads 2009-08-05

Progress through processors: Intel's new Facebook app

Yesterday I signed up for Intel's "Progress Through Processors" application on Facebook. Essentially, through a small local application that interfaces with GridRepublic and BOINC, as well as your Facebook account, the application enables your Mac or PC to donate spare processing power to a variety of research causes. ...

Tags: Facebook, Intel Corp., Climateprediction.net, Africa@home, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-04

Sex, geeks and Blackbox Republic

Sex, geeks and Blackbox RepublicSex PositiveMakes me think "HIV Positive"I have nothing against sex, or strangers meeting online to arrange sex, but they need a better name.Also, the site predominantly features images of women. WTF? Men are usually the ones more interested in online dating [i]anyway[/i]. You need to attract...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Blackbox Republic, BlackBox

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

REDI-REFERENCE CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR PC READER (Mobile)

REDI-REFERENCE CLINICAL GUIDELINES (MARCH2003) gives concise yet complete summaries of the most important national clinical guidelines at your fingertips, and updates those guidelines regularly as new information comes out. ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE BOOKREVIEW: "Redi-Reference Clinical Guidelines Handbook is a powerful tool for bringing evidence-based medicine to the point of...

Tags: Mobile, Guideline, PC, Desktops, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-10

OB-On Call (Mobile)

Have you ever been on call, covering Obstetrics for the evening, when you are caught completely off guard with a patient file? The OB triage nurse callsyou, expecting you to know everything about all the patients, but you cannot recall the patient preparing to be admitted to the hospital. Even...

Tags: Patient, Mobile

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Alticopeia (Mobile)

Alticopeia contains approximately 400 herbs and non-herbal dietary supplements. Its purpose is to provide a framework by which one may understandgeneral aspects of the drug and for what it may be used. It may be used much as a Pharmacopeia is used, but with less emphasis on dosing and more...

Tags: Commission, Mobile, Name, Alticopeia, Sales Force Management, Sales

Software downloads 2009-07-08

REDI-REFERENCE CLINICAL GUIDELINES 5.1 (Mobile)

REDI-REFERENCE CLINICAL GUIDELINES (January 2005) gives concise yet complete summaries of the most important national clinical guidelines at your fingertips, and updates those guidelines regularly as new information comes out. ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE BOOKREVIEW: "Redi-Reference Clinical Guidelines Handbook is a powerful tool for bringing evidence-based medicine to the point...

Tags: Mobile, Guideline, Desktops, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-08

SmartPlanet: Fighting HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases [video]

How will we find the cure for Swine Flu? John Mirsalis and biosciences team at SRI International are working on the development of drugs to fight infectious diseases like HIV, Malaria, Tuberculosis and the Flu. Over the years, his team has helped save thousands of lives by moving drugs from...

Tags: Team, Video, HIV Virus, Team Management, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Global Risks Fact File 1.0 (Mobile)

Maplecroft's Global Risks Fact File is designed to help BlackBerry users navigate global risks for over 200 countries. The application, created for the business, political and NGO communities, also provides comprehensive information for anyone interested in the wider world. Data on climate change, education, health, geography, religion, economy, population, land...

Tags: Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Maplecroft, Global Risks Fact File, Government, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-06-25

UNIPAC QR: A Quick-Reference Guide to the Hospice and Palliative Care Training For Physicians(unipac (Mobile)

UNIPAC QR: A Quick-Reference Guide to the Hospice and Palliative Care Training For Physicianspowered by Skyscape Publisher: American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine UNIPAC QR: A Quick-Reference Guide to the Hospice and Palliative Care Training For Physicians will be useful for practicing physicians and clinicians who work with patients...

Tags: Physician, Mobile, Training, Skyscape Inc., Workforce Management, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-06-20

The cause of swine flu

The cause of swine fluas I said beforeThe origin of this virus and many others is in the promiscuos way of life of the homosexuals.Church leaders and conservative bloggers saw it comming.Unfortunately Obama does nothing to eradicate the root cause of this disease that is homosexuality, and panders to these...

Tags: antibiotics, H1N1 flu, virus

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

A Prescription for RFID Success in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Today's ePharma RFID systems typically track the location of pills from RFID tags or barcodes, and the change of custody at all change of ownership points. Specifically, the system supports serialized and non-serialized pedigrees, as well as item-level and/or case-level serialization. Any man, woman or child with an e-mail address...

Tags: Industry, Viagra, FALKEN Secure Networks, RFID, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics

White papers 2009-03-14