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What Is The Function Of Lymph Nodes?
If we imagine our immune system to be a police force for our bodies, then previous work has suggested that the Lymph nodes would be the best candidate structures within the body to act as police stations - the regions in which the immune response is organised. However, a new paper - published in this week"s issue of PLoS Biology - suggests that lymph nodes are not essential in the mouse in marshalling T-cells (a main immune foot soldier) to respond to a breach of the skin barrier. This result is both surprising in itself, and suggests a novel function for the liver as an alternate site for T-cell activation.
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Transparency In Medical Research And Education
U.S. Senators Mel Martinez (R-FL) and Herb Kohl (D-WI) of the Special Committee on Aging held a hearing to address the issue of transparency in physician-industry financial relationships. Among the hearing"s topics were the industry"s involvement in continuing medical education and its potential use as a method for promoting "off-label" prescribing. The senators heard from witnesses about different ways to achieve balance between appropriate industry involvement in continuing medical education while mitigating unethical and illegal promotion.
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Condom Distribution Program In Los Angeles County Jail Might Be Expanded
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca is considering expanding an eight-year-old program at Men"s Central Jail that distributes condoms in a unit for gay men, the Los Angeles Times reports. Under the program, an outreach worker from the nonprofit Center for Health Justice visits the jail once weekly to distribute about one condom per inmate to the unit"s 300 inmates. Baca is considering doubling the number of condoms being distributed. Sheriff Department officials acknowledge that HIV is a problem in county jails and spend about $2 million annually on HIV/AIDS medication and identify about 65 new cases of HIV each month, according to the Times. Steve Whitmore, a spokesperson for the Sheriff"s Department, said, "Sex in jails is against the law, but there is a public health issue that needs to be considered." A separate condom distribution program is being piloted at the California State Prison at Solano (Bloomekatz, Los Angeles Times 6/29).
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Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center To Host Showing Of 'The Alzheimer's Project'

The Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center will host a screening of HBO"s "The Alzheimer Project" from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 28, in the lower level auditorium of the Riley Outpatient Center, 601 West Drive, on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus. Following the screening, IADC faculty members from the Indiana University School of Medicine will be available to answer questions about Alzheimer disease, current diagnosis, treatment and promising areas of research. The Alzheimer"s Project is a presentation of HBO Documentary Films and the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health in association with the Alzheimer"s Association, Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, and Geoffrey Beene Gives Back Alzheimer"s Initiative. The series" producer is John Hoffman; the executive producers are Sheila Nevins and Maria Shriver. Indiana University School of Medicine


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