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>* Complete Genomic Sequence Of Human Major Histocompatibility

>Complex Reported

>* Dow Pesticide Could Be Harmful To Humans

>* Home-Based Multisystemic Therapy Superior To Hospitalization

>For Youths In Psychiatric Crisis

>* UN Agencies To Combat Maternal Mortality

>* Study: Nations Unprepared For Drug-Resistant TB

>* Researchers Trace History Of Sex-Determining Chromosomes

>* Clinton Proposes Protections For Medical Records, Patient

>Rights

>* Influenza Virus In Hong Kong Not New, CDC Says

>Today In Health History

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>The Key To Immunology

> An immunologist shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in physiology or

>medicine for his contribution to the discovery of how genes

>regulate the body's immune response. Baruj Benacerraf discovered

>specific genes in guinea pigs that regulated the animals' immune

>response to specific antigens - and called them immune-response

>genes. After researchers found similar genes in three other

>animals, Benacerraf helped determine where the immune-response

>genes are located and how they function. Benacerraf donated his

>share of the prize money to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute of

>Boston, where he served as president. " I felt it was the best

>way to show my belief in the research goals of the institute,

>said Benacerraf, who was born in Caracas, Venezuela on this date

>in 1920

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>Today's Top Stories

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>Complete Genomic Sequence Of Human Major Histocompatibility

>Complex Reported

>WESTPORT, Oct 29 (Reuters Health) - The complete nucleotide

>sequence and gene map of the major histocompatibility complex

>(MHC) on human chromosome 6 is reported in the October 28th issue

>of Nature. In the same issue of the journal, the sequence of the

>less complex chicken equivalent, which may provide a model for

>researching the human MHC, is documented. In the first paper

>scientists from four sequencing centers--the Sanger Centre in the

>UK, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University

>of Washington in the US, and the Tokai University School of

>Medicine in Japan--report that they identified 224 gene loci in

>the MHC

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>Dow Pesticide Could Be Harmful To Humans

>WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - US environmental officials say one

>of the nation's most popular pesticides may be unsafe for

>Americans who use it in their gardens, fields and homes

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>Home-Based Multisystemic Therapy Superior To Hospitalization For

>Youths In Psychiatric Crisis

>WESTPORT, Oct 28 (Reuters Health) - Children and adolescents in

>psychiatric crisis can be safely and effectively managed at home

>with multisystemic therapy as an alternative to emergency

>psychiatric hospitalization, according to a report in the

>November issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child

>and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. W. Henggeler and

>colleagues of the Medical University of South Carolina

>ton, randomized 116 children approved for emergency

>psychiatric hospitalization to one of two protocols. The

>multisystemic protocol involved round-the-clock crisis support

>from a team of psychiatrists and caseworkers, " ...the development

>of a comprehensive plan...to safely resolve the crisis, " short

>term hospitalization, if necessary, and intensive, structured

>supervision

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>UN Agencies To Combat Maternal Mortality

>WESTPORT, Oct 29 (Reuters Health) - Four United Nations agencies

>announced on Thursday that the agencies would partner in an

>effort to combat maternal mortality, particularly in developing

>nations, where 98% of all maternal deaths occur. The World

>Health Organization, the UN Population Fund, the UN Children's

>Fund and The World Bank issued a statement outlining three key

>areas for action: ensured access to voluntary family planning

>services, better obstetric care, and respect for existing human

>rights, including the right to make choices about reproduction

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>Study: Nations Unprepared For Drug-Resistant TB

>NEW YORK, Oct 29 (AP) — Many countries are ill-equipped to combat

>the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis, already in 104

>countries and the world's leading infectious cause of death among

>adults, a new study says

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>Researchers Trace History Of Sex-Determining Chromosomes

>WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (AP) — The difference between women and men

>all started 300 million years ago when an ordinary chromosome

>took the first evolutionary step toward the X and Y chromosomes

>that now determine the gender of humans, researchers say

>

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>Clinton Proposes Protections For Medical Records, Patient Rights

>WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (AP) — Picking up where Congress failed

>President Clinton is proposing regulations to keep electronic

>medical records from the prying eyes of employers, marketing

>firms and others who often see patients' most sensitive

>information without their consent

>

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>Influenza Virus In Hong Kong Not New, CDC Says

>WESTPORT, Oct 29 (Reuters Health) - Reports of a supposed new

>strain of influenza virus in Hong Kong are inaccurate, CDC

>officials told Reuters Health Thursday. The virus that was

>identified in 10-month-old girl admitted to Hong Kong's Tuen Mun

>hospital in September is swine influenza A H3N2 a spokesperson

>for the CDC said. That virus " ...has been around since the early

>to mid 1970s.

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