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Δευτέρα 30 Σεπτεμβρίου 2013

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Avahan Aids initiative may have prevented 600,000 HIV infections in India over 10 years
Study Finds New Moves in Protein's Evolution
Another 48 genetic variants associated with Multiple Sclerosis

Avahan Aids initiative may have prevented 600,000 HIV infections in India over 10 years

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 07:32 AM PDT

A programme funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation may have saved around 600,000 people in India from becoming infected with HIV over the course of a decade, according to a new report.

Study Finds New Moves in Protein's Evolution

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 07:26 AM PDT

Highlighting an important but unexplored area of evolution, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found evidence that, over hundreds of millions of years, an essential protein has evolved chiefly by changing how it moves, rather than by changing its basic molecular structure. The work has implications not only for the understanding of protein evolution, but also for the design of antibiotics and other drugs that target the protein in question.

Another 48 genetic variants associated with Multiple Sclerosis

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 07:23 AM PDT

An international consortium of scientists has identified an additional 48 genetic variants influencing the risk of developing multiple sclerosis, MS. This work, which is presented in the journal Nature Genetics, nearly doubles the number of known genetic risk factors associated with MS - and thereby provides additional key insights into the biology of this debilitating neurological condition, globally affecting millions of people.