The next step in administering antiviral drugs, especially for STDs, could be through the use of biodegradable nanoparticles, able to carry microRNA strands directly to the place of infection and deliver the tiny acid overtime. One day, the innovation, made possible by the efforts of a Yale research team, could resul... |
4 May 2009
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Despite the fact that contraceptive drugs have been developed for women more than 40 years ago, no similar class of products has been created for men up to this point, though surveys show that many would use them if they became available. According to a paper published in the April 2nd online issue of the American Jo... |
3 April 2009
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Lice need their "forest" in order to survive. However, just like the Brazilian Amazon forests, another one seem to be lost forever, thanks to the influence of modern civilization... A British research published in the June 2006 issue of the Sexually Transmitted Infections journal revealed that crab rates in Leeds are... |
12 May 2008
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I once used to think Jared Leto was the mother of all hotness - well, if you like skinny, emaciated guys who like to go out wearing no shirt underneath their coats - but no more. After having taken just one look at this photo of Jared and Paris exchanging germs, tongues and whatever else can be found in their mouths,... |
23 January 2008
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HIV, syphilis or gonorrhea are words that go like bullets through your brain, but amongst all STDs, Chlamydia, the "Silent Epidemic" (named so because in women it may not induce any symptoms and will linger for months or years before being detected) is the most widely-spread. In men, Chlamydia can sometimes cause abn... |
5 November 2007
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Gonorrhea or clap, as it is colloquially named, is the second most common sexually transmitted disease in the US after Chlamydia. The disease is determined by the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae and causes pains during urinating and sexual contact, ectopial pregnancies, and blindness in newborn if untreated. There wer... |
16 April 2007
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HIV is bad, but combined with any other disease, it's worse. A team at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has showed that the use of entecavir, an antiretroviral drug widely used against hepatitis B infections, in patients co-infected with HIV leads to cross-resistance to other antiviral chemical in the... |
1 March 2007
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