Immunology

Medroxyprogesterone acetate linked to immune suppression

(HealthDay)—Use of the injectable contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), common in areas such as sub-Saharan Africa with high HIV-1 prevalence, is associated with suppression of the immune response, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cervicovaginal secretions contain HIV-linked immune mediators

(HealthDay)—Cervicovaginal secretions from pregnant and nonpregnant women contain HIV infectivity-linked immune mediators, although there is no difference in infectivity between pregnant and nonpregnant women, according ...

Diabetes

Normal meal tolerance test is practical, reliable in T2DM

(HealthDay)—A normal meal tolerance test (NMTT)—a simplified version of the mixed meal tolerance test—is valuable as an insulin secretion test in patients with type 2 diabetes, with exception of those in a hyperglycemic ...

Medical research

Identification of autophagy-dependent secretion machinery

A group of researchers identified a molecular machinery by which autophagy mediates secretion. These results underscore an important role of autophagy other than degradation, and will bring us to future translational research ...

Diabetes

Gestational diabetes in India and Sweden

Indian women are younger and leaner than Swedish women when they develop gestational diabetes, a new study from Lund University shows. The researchers also found a gene that increases the risk of gestational diabetes in Swedish ...

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