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Initial positive results reported on vaccine to treat genital herpes

By Guest PostSeptember 26, 2013Healthanna wald, chemotherapy in denver, chip clark, david koelle, epidemiology, gen 003, genital herpes, genocea biosciences, herpes simplex virus, human t cell, infectious diseases, matrix m, novavax, pathogens, placebo injection, positive result, protein subunit vaccine, scanning electron micrograph, sexually transmitted disease, t cell vaccines, transmission of infection, type 2, united states, university of washington, vaccine

Initial, positive results have been reported for a therapeutic vaccine candidate for treating patients with genital herpes. This first-in-class, investigational, protein subunit vaccine, GEN-003, is under development by Genocea Biosciences Inc.

Dr. Anna Wald, University of Washington professor of medicine and laboratory medicine in the School of Medicine and professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health, is among those leading clinical studies of GEN-003. The trials are also taking place at six other centers in the United States. (more…)

Electrically Spun Fabric Offers Dual Defense Against Pregnancy, HIV

By Guest PostDecember 5, 2012Healthafrica, against, antibodies, antivirals, bill, cameron ball, condom, contraception, drugs, electrospinning, emily krogstad, fibers, fluid jet, gates foundation, gels, geometry, gooey solution, heat sensitive molecules, hiv, hiv expert, hiv infection, kim woodrow, melinda, nanometer scale, pills, pregnancy, protect, sexually transmitted disease, sexually transmitted infection, sperm, tablets, Technology, thanyanan chaowanachan, treat hiv, university, vaccine, Washington

The only way to protect against HIV and unintended pregnancy today is the condom. It’s an effective technology, but not appropriate or popular in all situations.

A University of Washington team has developed a versatile platform to simultaneously offer contraception and prevent HIV. Electrically spun cloth with nanometer-sized fibers can dissolve to release drugs, providing a platform for cheap, discrete and reversible protection. (more…)

Across the Border: Children of U.S.-born Latinas More Likely to Get Retina Cancer, Study Finds

By Guest PostAugust 7, 2012Healthacross the border, beate ritz, bilateral disease, california, epidemiologic study, etinoblastoma, foreign born latinas, in vitro fertilization, julia heck, latina mother, malignant tumor, Mexico, perinatal period, retina cancer, sexually transmitted disease, socioeconomic status, unilateral disease, us born latinas

In a large epidemiologic study, researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center found that babies of U.S.-born Latinas are at higher risk for retinoblastoma — a malignant tumor of the retina which typically occurs before the age of 6 — than children of Mexico-born mothers.

The study, which focused on infants born in California, also found that children of older fathers and those born to women with sexually transmitted diseases were at greater risk for the disease, as were children from multiple-birth pregnancies, which may indicate an increased risk from in vitro fertilization. Those findings confirmed the results of several smaller studies. (more…)

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Initial positive results reported on vaccine to treat genital herpes

Electrically Spun Fabric Offers Dual Defense Against Pregnancy, HIV

Across the Border: Children of U.S.-born Latinas More Likely to Get Retina Cancer, Study Finds