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MSM HIV Infection Rates In Some African Countries Significantly Higher Than General Population Rates, Study Says
HIV infection rates among gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in "some African countries are 10 times that of the general male population, and stigma, poor access to treatment or testing are to blame," according to a Lancet study published online on Monday, AFP/China Post reports. University of Oxford researchers looked at published studies to examine HIV prevalence rates between 2003 and 2009. "The difference varies a lot across Africa, but in most of the countries studied," MSM HIV prevalence rates "were substantially higher than among heterosexuals," writes AFP/China Post (7/20).
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Vitamin D Repletion Does Not Alter Urinary Calcium Excretion In Healthy Postmenopausal Women
UroToday.com - Vitamin D needs, especially in the northern latitudes where direct sunlight is unavailable for much of the year, are currently under scrutiny by members of both the scientific and medical communities. Vitamin D primarily plays a role in regulating calcium absorption in the gastrointestinal tract. However, epidemiologic and laboratory studies support the notion that vitamin D might play a role in chemoprevention - particularly of cancers of the colon, breast, ovarian, and prostate (Garland et al., Am J Public Health 2006;96:252-61) - immune modulation and prevention of certain autoimmune disorders (Cantorna et al., Exp Biol Med 2004;229:1136-1142), promoting bone integrity and preserving muscle mass (Montero-Odasso et al., Mol Aspects Med 2005;26:203-19), cardiovascular disease prevention (Wang et al., Circulation 2008;117:503-11), and prevention of all-cause mortality (Melamed et al., Arch Intern Med 2008;168:1629-37).
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NCDP Health Care Reform Recommendations Advocate For Diabetes Prevention, Treatment And Care
The National Changing Diabetes((R)) Program (NCDP), a program of Novo Nordisk, and several member associations today urged President Obama and members of Congress to make the prevention, detection and treatment of diabetes, one of the nation"s most pervasive and costly diseases, a priority in reforming the U.S. healthcare system.
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Micronics Receives Patent On Rapid Thermocycling Methodology For Molecular Diagnostics

Micronics, Inc. announced that it has been issued a letters patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a system and method for performing rapid thermocycling on a microfluidic device. The new patent has broad utility across the life sciences sector with particular application in point of care molecular diagnostics. The patent is entitled "System and method for heating, cooling and heat cycling on a microfluidic device," and is USPTO number 7,544,506 (the "506 case). The newly issued patent identifies an integrated system for performing a complete polymerase chain reaction (PCR) temperature cycle in less than 15 seconds using a microfluidic device that is made of lowest cost plastics. The system integrates a peltier-type heating, cooling and heat cycling exchange system on a disposable device using fluidic flow and the properties of selected plastic materials. This greatly simplifies both the cost and the size of a system needed to perform thermocycling. Historically, the process of thermocycling - the method that permits segments of DNA to be amplified using the PCR process - has involved complex and relatively expensive instruments operated by skilled technicians. In the "506 case, the disposable microfluidic cartridge makes it possible to perform PCR or rtPCR in a fraction of the time of commercial systems in use today. In Micronics" molecular diagnostic devices, all reagents required for a diagnostic test generally are incorporated into the disposable device. Micronics is advancing a point of care molecular diagnostic platform called the PanNAT system that employs disposable cartridges and a small, lightweight, easy to operate instrument. Using microfluidics, the Company is able to substantially reduce the volumes of sample and reagents required to produce a test result, generally within a fraction of the time and cost that traditional reference lab and bench top methods require. Micronics


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