Interview with Olga Capatina, a Moldavian Afganka, Paris, 25th September 2015 (in Russian)

25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act — July 2015

July 2015 marks the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H.W. Bush. ADA prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities in all areas of their everyday lives, such as work, school, transportation, communication, recreation, and access to state and local government services. When first enacte...

Paris 2015 : just a first step

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In the September 2015 issue

Day Saturday , September 19 , 2015

Genome editing is a useful tool for the characterization of gene function as well as the creation of disease-related mutations. Through the use of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR), we have successfully induced mutations in zebrafish for the study of four genes known to cause Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in humans. The use of genome editing to affect the ...

AIDSFree Prevention Update: September 2015

Repeat Use of Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV among Nairobi-Based Female Sex Workers Following Sexual Exposure Single-Tablet Emtricitabine-Rilpivirine-Tenofovir as HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in Men Who Have Sex with Men Missed Opportunities along the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Services Cascade in South Africa: Uptake, Determinants, and Attributable Risk (the SAPMTCTE) Impro...