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California Group To Boost HIV Prevention Measures In Adult Film Industry
The California-based clinic Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation (AIMHF), which serves the adult film industry, said on Monday it will boost its HIV prevention measures by urging the industry to use an online database to verify that employees have recently been tested for HIV, the Los Angeles Times reports. The industry currently requires that workers be tested every 30 days. Los Angeles County health officials recently reported that there had been 16 unpublicized cases of HIV in adult film workers in the county since 2004 after news emerged last week that an adult film actress tested positive for HIV (Yoshino, Los Angels Times, 6/15).
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Research Shows Segments Of Carotid Artery Respond Differently To Atherosclerotic Plaque Buildup
Different segments of the carotid artery that supply the brain with blood respond in different fashions to the build-up of complex, health-threatening plaque, according to researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and their colleagues.
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Northeast Colorado Conference Discusses HIV/AIDS Needs Assessment Findings
Rural Solutions, an organization in northeast Colorado, held the "Community HIV/AIDS Education and Action Conference" as part of its ongoing effort to address issues related to HIV, the Sterling Journal-Advocate reports. At the conference, the organization presented the results of a recent needs assessment of HIV/AIDS services in the northeastern part of the state - conducted in partnership with the Center for Research Strategies and funded through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment - which found that HIV prevention services in the area are limited; barriers exist for HIV testing including confidentiality and costs; and mental health and substance use services for at-risk people also are limited, according to the Journal-Advocate (Jones, Sterling Journal-Advocate, 6/17).
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New DNA Sequencers To Speed Up Research, Australia

The time it takes to map a single human genome could be radically reduced thanks to two new next generation DNA sequencers to be unveiled at The John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) at The Australian National University tomorrow. The new machines will be markedly more powerful and faster than traditional sequencers reducing the time it takes to sequence a single human genome from 12 years to about 30 days. Because of reductions in time and cost, sequencing is likely to become the platform of choice for a greater variety of applications in areas such as infection and immunity; ecology, environment and evolution; genes and proteins and plant sciences. The sequencers, an Illumina GAIIx and a Roche GSFLX, are worth around $1.3 million. Funding for the equipment was from an ARC-LIEF grant jointly submitted by The Australian National University, The University of Canberra, CSIRO Plant Industry and CSIRO Entomology as well as financial contributions from each organisation. The sequencers will be housed at the Australian Cancer Research Foundation Biomolecular Re Facility in The John Curtin School of Medical Research at ANU and be available for use by researchers from all institutions. These sequencers will play an important role in advancing cutting-edge research with important health, agricultural and environmental applications. Professor Frances Shannon, Director JCSMR (ANU), Dr Liz Dennis, Chief Research Scientist (CSIRO Plant Industry) and Professor Arthur Georges, Dean of Applied Science (UC) will unveil the sequencers at the launch. The Australian National University


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