Aronrag Meeyai1,2, Naiyana Praditsitthikorn1,3, Surachai Kotirum1, Wantanee Kulpeng1,Weerasak Putthasri4, Ben S. Cooper5,6*, Yot Teerawattananon1 1 Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Nonthaburi, Thailand, 2 Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University

S scientists have released the world’s largest collection of genetic data on childhood cancers in a bid to speed up treatment discoveries.The US Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has mapped the entire genome – all the DNA – of 260 young cancer patients.By finding differences between each youngster’s n

(Reuters) – At an ill-fated press conference in 1984, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret Heckler boldly predicted an effective AIDS vaccine would be available within just two years.But a string of failed attempts – punctuated by a 2007 trial in which a Merck vaccine appeared to make p

The benchside tests showed sperm were less able to swim and had changes in the genetic code that they carry. Experts stress this does not mean the same would occur in a real-life setting and say men should not worry unduly. But they are recommending more studies. The preliminary research, published

Scientists compare the hunt for an AIDS vaccine to the search for the Holy Grail. And for three decades, it has proved to be about as difficult to find.Since Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier identified HIV — the virus that causes AIDS — in 1983, only three vaccine trials have been completed. The firs

(Reuters) – Scientists have grown a drug to treat a rare genetic disease inside corn plants, potentially offering a cheaper way to manufacture a treatment that currently costs hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for each patient.The move marks an advance for the emerging field of molecular farmi

Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the health problems that affect learning, behavior, child development and sociability of school children. If ADHD is detected early and the correct treatment is provided, a patient can recover from the disease and live a normal life. ADHD screening measures currently used have diversity

Scaling up health policies and services in low- and middle-income settings. Kara Hanson1*, Susan Cleary2, Helen Schneider3, Sripen Tantivess4, Lucy Gilson1,5 1Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. 2Health Economics Unit, University of Cap

Scaling up cervical cancer screening in the midst of human papillomavirus vaccination advocacy in Thailand Jomkwan Yothasamut1, Choenkwan Putchong1, Teera Sirisamutr1, Yot Teerawattananon1, Sripen Tantivess1,2* 1Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Ministry of Public Health,