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Lack of both the fragile X syndrome gene and one that is related could account for sleep problems associated with the disorder, which is the common cause of inherited mental impairment, said a consortium of researchers led by scientists at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Their findings appear in a report in the current issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics.

A new report by Frank Furedi, Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, and journalist/social commentator Jennie Bristow, argues that the growth of child protection policies, police vetting and CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) checks is poisoning the relationship between the generations and damaging the voluntary sector.

A group of German investigators headed by Birgitta Metternich is reporting a new method of improving memory disturbances in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. Patients with memory complaints, but without objective cognitive impairment, suffer considerably in their daily lives, as they experience frequent lapses of memory and attention leading to embarrassment, anxiety, reported occupational shortcomings and often the fear of dementia.

ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - CG0070 is a replication-competent adenovirus modified to replicate preferentially in retinoblastoma pathway-defective cancers and to express granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). This study initially assessed escalating single dose intravesical (IV) administration of CG0070, and reported a tolerable safety profile with signs of anti-tumor activity.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 'wimpy' artificial virus protected mice against polio, and the approach might be used to make a range of safer new vaccines against viruses, U.S. researchers reported on Friday.

The diseases that affect less developed nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are very similar to those occurring frequently in the poorest people in the United States, especially in women and children. These 'neglected infections of poverty' are reported in an analysis published on June 25, 2008 in the open access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

A recent study found that about 10 percent of apparently healthy middle-aged participants with no symptoms of stroke were injured from 'silent strokes,' researchers report in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. Silent cerebral infarction (SCI), or 'silent stroke,' is a brain injury likely caused by a blood clot interrupting blood flow in the brain.

Chembio Diagnostics, Inc. (OTCBB: CEMI) ('Chembio' or the 'Company') reported recently, National HIV Testing Day, that it has completed a clinical study designed to evaluate the performance of its two FDA (United States Food & Drug Administration) approved rapid HIV tests on a pediatric subpopulation (ages 13-17 years of age).