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Brown researchers create first-ever HIV rapid test video
12-12-2007 · EurekAlert!Researchers at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University have created a first-ever educational video on rapid HIV testing. The video -- available for free online -- is aimed at increasing testing rates and slowing the spread of HIV/AIDS, one of the deadliest epidemics in recorded history.
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Researchers at Rush University Medical Center have been selected to participate in a collaborative initiative to develop a simple, affordable and rapid test to measure the immune systems of people infected with HIV/AIDS in developing countries. The four year CD4 Initiative is conducted under the leadership of Imperial College London with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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- Action video games sharpen vision 20 percent
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- NASA researchers find satellite data can warn of famine
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- Brown researchers make major signal transduction discovery
10-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
How cells sense and respond to chemical messages -- a process known as signal transduction -- is a fundamental force in biology, controlling key processes such as cell growth and immune response. Now researchers from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital report a significant discovery in the field of signal transduction that could provide a new target for drugs that fight cancer, HIV and diseases. Results are published in Cell.
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