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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring May 2018 as “Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month” in the State of California.
Governor Brown Announces Appointments
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Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments:
Merged microscope offers unprecedented look at biological processes in living cells
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- Written by Jessica Meade
Washington, DC - Scientists at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have combined two different microscope technologies to create sharper images of rapidly moving processes inside a cell. NIBIB is part of the National Institutes of Health.
NIH clinical trial to track outcomes of kidney transplantation from HIV-positive donors to HIV-positive recipients
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- Written by Judith Lavelle
Washington, DC - The first large-scale clinical trial to study kidney transplantations between people with HIV has begun at clinical centers across the United States. The HOPE in Action Multicenter Kidney Study will determine the safety of this practice by evaluating kidney recipients for potential transplant-related and HIV-related complications following surgery. The study is sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.
NIAID-Sponsored Trial of a Universal Influenza Vaccine Begins
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- Written by Elizabeth Deatrick
Washington, DC - A Phase 2 clinical trial of an investigational universal influenza vaccine intended to protect against multiple strains of the virus has begun in the United States. The study is sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, and is being conducted at four U.S. sites that are part of the NIAID-funded Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units (VTEUs). The trial is testing an experimental vaccine called M-001 for safety and its ability to produce potentially broad protective immune responses, both on its own and when followed by a standard, licensed seasonal influenza vaccine.
Essential malaria parasite genes revealed
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- Written by Anne A. Oplinger
Researchers have exploited a quirk in the genetic make-up of the deadly malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, to create 38,000 mutant strains and then determine which of the organism’s genes are essential to its growth and survival. P. falciparum is responsible for about half of all malaria cases and 90 percent of all malaria deaths. New information about the parasite’s critical gene repertoire could help investigators prioritize targets for future antimalarial drug development.
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