Your Messages Inbox
Most Viewed Abstracts
1. Report Shows Shift in Starting Salaries for Physicians 2. Recommendations on the use of 18F-FDG PET in oncology 3. Use of Antiemetic Agents in Acute Gastroenteritis 4. Gene expression signatures, clinicopathological features, and individualized therapy in breast cancer 5. AHA Guidelines on Cardiac CT for Assessing Coronary Artery Disease
Your Article Summary
See Latest ArticlesSperm May Play Leading Role In Spreading HIV
ScienceDaily, 10/27/09
Sperm, and not just the fluid it bathes in, can transmit HIV to macrophages, T cells, and dendritic cells, report a team led by Ana Ceballos at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. By infecting DCs, which carry the virus and potently pass it to T cells, sperm may play a leading role in spreading HIV. During sexual intercourse, HIV–infected men transmit HIV through their semen, which carries free–floating virus as well as HIV–infected leukocytes. Traces of HIV have been detected on sperm as well, but the role they play in viral transmission has been a matter of debate.
Today in Popular Press...keeping you current
Receive free subspecialty "5-minute updates" via email
Study identifies those elderly most at risk for major depression
EurekAlert, 12/18/09
Cancer survival disparities for most minority populations increase as cancers become more treatable
EurekAlert, 12/18/09
Antidepressants cut risk of hospital readmission for suicidal youth, study suggests
ScienceDaily, 12/18/09
Sponsor
Article Search
Sponsor
Sponsor