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La Jolla Institute Discovers Novel Tumor Suppressor
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology researchers studying an enzyme believed to play a role in allergy onset, instead have discovered its previously unknown role as a tumor suppressor that may be important in myeloproliferative diseases and some types of lymphoma and leukemia. Myeloproliferative diseases are a group of disorders characterized by an overproduction of blood cells by the bone marrow and include chronic myeloid leukemia. Lymphoma and leukemia are cancers of the blood.
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Sen. Grassley Pushes For Exclusion Of Abortion Coverage In Health Care Reform Legislation
Senate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) have been privately negotiating over how their panel"s version of health reform legislation will address abortion coverage, Newsweek reports. According to Newsweek, Grassley has been pushing to include measures that would prohibit what he considers "taxpayer-subsidized abortion."Earlier this month, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Raising Women"s Voices and other women"s health advocates intensified efforts to ensure that abortion access was treated like access to all other services in health care reform, according to Newsweek. The article points out, "Though usually publicly debated in the language of personal liberty and morality, abortion is a medical procedure performed by a doctor. It"s currently covered by most private insurance plans and existing government programs, at least under some circumstances. This expanded federal oversight and use of federal dollars raises several thorny issues." Grassley is urging that federally regulated and subsidized plans be prohibited from covering the procedure. Lawmakers also could weigh whether religious organizations -- such as Catholic hospitals or health plans -- could opt out of the coverage.Jill Kozeny, Grassley"s spokesperson, said the senator "is opposed to mandating abortion coverage in health care legislation." According to his office, "At one point during the recent negotiations, there was a (compromise) solution that didn"t work out." Grassley -- who is known as a staunch opponent of abortion rights -- said in March, "I take a view that there is almost anything compromisable in public affairs. Abortion is about the only issue I know of that"s not compromisable."Baucus" office declined to comment on the legislation, citing "longstanding Finance Committee policy not to discuss the specifics of ongoing negotiations." Erin Shields, Baucus" press secretary, noted that the lawmaker has a 100% approval rating from NARAL. She added, "He has always fought for a woman"s right to choose and will continue to do so."According to Newsweek, the House"s and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee"s proposals do not specify covered benefits, instead leaving the decision to an independent commission or the HHS secretary. A recent National Women"s Law Center poll found that 62% of participants would oppose a provision excluding abortion and family planning coverage (Feder, Newsweek, 7/14).
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Wistar Wins Patent For 'Universal' Flu Vaccine Tech, Seeks Development Partner
Philadelphia"s Wistar Institute has been issued U.S. patent No. 7,527,798 for a synthetic vaccine technology with the potential to be developed into a universal flu vaccine that could eliminate annual flu shots and protect against pandemics. Wistar is seeking a corporate partner to license and develop the vaccine, which has been tested in animals and currently is in prototype form. The patent pertains to technology developed by Walter Gerhard, professor emeritus and former professor of immunology at Wistar, and Laszlo Otvos, formerly an associate professor of immunology at Wistar. The vaccine prototype contains an engineered peptide that mimics a viral coat protein called M2 that remains largely constant from year to year.
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Hosting Olympics Boosts Host Country's Medal Haul Before And Afterwards

[Why Great Britain"s success in Beijing could have been anticipated and why it should continue beyond 2012 Online First Br J Sports Med 2009; doi 10.1136/bjsm.2008.057174] Hosting the Olympic games boosts the host country"s medal haul, not only during the event, but also before and afterwards as well, reveals research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Great Britain will be no exception, when the Olympics come to London in 2012, confidently assert the study authors, who analysed each host country"s medals haul since 1948. In a bid to assess how the medal tally is affected, the authors looked at the performance of 16 countries, before, during, and after hosting the games. The overall tally of medals awarded rose consistently each year, from 411 in 1948 to 958 in 2008. Every single country increased the number of medals it won while hosting an Olympics compared with the years when it did not host the games, the figures showed. Averaging out the pattern of wins for all 16 countries showed that the haul was 28 when not hosting the games. This rose to 40 in the run-up to the Olympics, 60 while hosting, and 47 in the aftermath. Great Britain won 47 medals in Beijing, compared with the 28 it brought back from Sydney in 2000 and the 30 it won in Athens in 2004. Using a mathematical formula to predict Great Britain"s performance in 2012, the authors calculate that the haul should be in the region of 63 medals, assuming there are 1000 to win. China, which won 100 medals in 2008 when it hosted the games, stands to win 78 in 2012, the authors predict. Home advantage is well known for sports that have a subjective element of judging in them, such as boxing, gymnastics and team games, say the authors. But this advantage disappears for sports relying on objective judging, such as weightlifting and athletics. Investment is clearly a factor in a rising tally of medals, say the authors. The British government has significantly increased funding for sports since it came to power in 1997. The total investment up to 2012 now amounts to ÷£914 million. "There can be little doubt that such financial support has been influential in increasing the medals won by Great Britain even before hosting the Olympics," say the authors. Other countries investing heavily in sports have also done well. The legacy of hosting the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002 also counted as a "post hosting" benefit, particularly for cycling. Amid the interminable debates about the benefits of hosting the Olympics, especially during a global financial crisis, Team GB is likely to enjoy ongoing sporting success as a direct result, say the authors. British Journal of Sports Medicine


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