Critical donor selection and testing increases the safety of blood transfusion by excluding donors at risk of transmitting infections. This study investigated the seroprevalence of and risk factors for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among accepted and deferred blood donors in Jamaica. A total of 1015 blood donors consisting of 794 (78%) accepted donors and 221 (22%) deferred donors pres...

STUDY QUESTION Does medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) impair human dendritic cell (DC) activation and function? SUMMARY ANSWER In vitro MPA treatment suppressed expression of CD40 and CD80 by human primary DCs responding to Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) agonist stimulation (i.e. DC activation). Moreover, this MPA-mediated decrease in CD40 expression impaired DC capacity to stimulate T cell prol...

We have shown previously that DNA hypomethylation is significantly associated with grade of cervical intraepitheliab neoplasia (CIN; Y. I. Kim et aL, Cancer, 74: 893-899, 1994). The objective of this study was to further describe this relationship and to investigate the role of folate in the observed association of DNA hypomethylation and CIN. Eighty-three patients with abnormal PAP smear resul...

Recently, there has been a growing controversy, especially among evangelicals, over whether the birth control pill might have an abortifacient mechanism that sometimes causes early chemical abortions. An understanding of this controversy necessitates a clear definition of abortion, abortifacient, pregnancy, implantation, and especially personhood. If a zygote (fertilized egg) is not a person, t...

24 We compared the preclinical safety and efficacy of Tenofovir (TFV) 1% gel and 25 MZC gel containing 50 μM MIV-150 (M), 14 mM Zn(O2CCH3)2(H2O)2 (Z) and 3% 26 carrageenan (C) through a series of in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo assays. Both gels 27 showed good antiviral therapeutic indexes (>25-800). MZC showed greater anti28 SHIV-RT activity than TFV 1% gel in rhesus macaque vaginal explants. MZ...

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Vitamin D deficiency is common in athletes. The conventional measurement of vitamin levels provides a general indicator body stores. However, there are nuances its interpretation as values 25(OH)D do not correlate absolutely with the amount ‘bioavailable’ to cells. should be regarded hormone and influences between 5% 10% our total genome. Determining precise effect vitamin, isolated from action...

S for University Faculty for Life Conference June 1 & 2, 2012 BYU Law School The Case for After-Birth Abortion in the Journal of Medical Ethics: A Critique Francis J. Beckwith, MJS, PhD Professor of Philosophy and Church-State Studies (Department of Philosophy) Resident Scholar (Institute for the Studies of Religion) Baylor University In February 2012 the prestigious Journal of Medical Ethics p...