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BioNanomatrix, Inc. has announced receipt of a grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute of the U.S. National Institutes of health (NIH). Under the direction of BioNanomatrix principal investigator Dr. Ming Xiao, the two-year $399,020 project will develop a nanoscale platform for single-molecule haplotyping imaging and analysis of long strands of DNA at ultra-high resolution in a massively parallel format.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - More than 17 percent of HIV patients being treated for their infection in China developed resistance to available drugs by 2006 and 2007, according to a new nationwide survey.

Related Articles Intra-molecular electron transfer in proteins. Protein Pept Lett. 2008;15(6):556-61 Authors: Brittain T Intra-molecular electron transfer is a key process, which is of prime importance, in photosynthesis, mitochondrial electron transfer and the action of many multi-centre enzymes. This mini-review considers the possible mechanisms of intra-molecular electron transfer in proteins and reviews the recent developments relating to possible electron tunnelling and electron hopping processes within di-heme cytochrome c peroxidase. PMID: 18680449 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Protein and Peptide Letters)

A new technique for culturing cancer cells from a virulent form of brain cancer affecting children and infants may speed development of a treatment for the disease, researchers at the University of Calgary said on Wednesday.

A drug commonly used in the developing world to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child persists in the breast milk and blood of the mothers, putting them and their babies at risk for developing ...

The campaign to provide universal access to anti-AIDS drugs by 2010 and meet key Millennium Development Goals is at threat from a crippling shortage of doctors and nurses, a senior UN health official said.

More than 17 percent of HIV patients being treated for their infection in China developed resistance to available drugs by 2006 and 2007, according to a new nationwide survey.

Although results of HIV vaccine research have been 'unrelentingly negative' in recent years, scientists still should increase efforts to develop a vaccine, HIV/AIDS experts said Monday during a workshop at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, Toronto's Globe and Mail reports (Picard, Globe and Mail, 8/5).read more

HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report they have blocked the development of prostate tumors in cancer-prone mice by knocking out a molecular unit they described as a 'powerhouse' that drives runaway cell growth.read more