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GenVec to liquidate following gene therapy setbacks
ReutersMay 28 (Reuters) - GenVec Inc approved a plan to liquidate the company, after years of setbacks in the costly development of its gene therapy drugs. The company's shares, which made their debut at over $100 in late 2000, were down 40 percent at 44...Tags: GenVec Incorporated, Genetic Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Preventative Medicine, Financially Distressed Companies
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Getting snippy over adult circumcision
Is it healthy to get circumcised well into your mid-40s? And can not being circumcised cause urinary tract infections?--Anon. Like my first boyfriend, I thank you sir, for putting the fate of your penis in my very unqualified hands. Circumcision is a...
Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Penile cancer, Syphilis, HIV, Human papillomavirus
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Towson biology professor developing silicone implant to battle herpes
The space sure looked like a science lab, with beakers full of brightly-hued potions and a dry-erase board covered in graphs and mathematical scrawl. But at the heart of the operation sits a hunk of metal with a hand crank on the side.
"It's a pasta...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Spaghetti, Students, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Biology
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Circumcision Ritual Under Fire Due to Risk of Herpes Infection
CNNNEW YORK -- A controversial Jewish circumcision ritual is under fire after allegedly causing the deaths of two infants and exposing potentially thousands more to the risk of herpes infections. New York City health officials are pushing a proposed...Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Health, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York)
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Does anyone talk on the phone any more?
I was fortunate enough to grow up in the sweet spot of technology. I'm young enough to have a firm grasp on computers, cell phones, Twitter and the like. But I'm old enough to remember life before the Internet. So I'm capable of working my iPhone, and I'm...
Tags: Cell Phones, Social Media, Twitter, Inc., Facebook, Apple iPhone
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STDs and sex: What you're obligated to disclose
This super dominant dude has been all into me the last couple days. He has a primary partner/girlfriend, and has been chatting me up/calling me/texting me. So we get down to the STD conversation, and turns out he won't play with me, not because I have...Tags: Health, Disease Prevention, Religion and Belief, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Values
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Genital herpes can be transmitted even between outbreaks
Tribune staff reporterGenital herpes is a common sexually transmitted disease, affecting about 16% of U.S. adults. A lot of people, however, don't have outbreaks of painful blisters and don't know they have the infection. Others know they have herpes but believe they can't...Tags: Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer, Medical Research, Viral Diseases and Infections
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STDs, midlife and beyond
HealthKey.com contributorBaby boomers, and even their parents and adult children, are experiencing a new type of boom-in acquiring sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Why are STDs on the rise in the 45+ population, and what should we do about it? Reasons for the Increase A...Tags: Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Geriatrics, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Ambushed by recurring cold sores? Here's why
For such a ubiquitous plague, cold sores can be mighty shaming.
In addition to the indignity of wearing a bulging, weepy blister on your lip, sufferers also must contend with the stigma of its source: HSV-1, a type of herpes simplex virus.
But unlike...Tags: New York, Health, Common Cold, Albert Einstein, Duke University
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Mother, Boyfriend Charged in Connection with Child's Death
KIAHInvestigators with the Harris County Sheriff's Office say they have a break in the case of a 4-year-old Spring girl who died June 27 from blunt abdominal trauma. As you may recall, officials say she had been physically and sexually abused. Monday evening...Tags: Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Assault, Prosecution, Social Issues
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