‘The world has changed’: pharmaceutical citizenship and the reimagining of serodiscordant sexuality among couples with mixed HIV status in Australia

In this article, I revisit the question of whether HIV can ever be reimagined and re‐embodied as a potentially non‐infectious condition, drawing on a current qualitative study of couples with mixed HIV status (serodiscordance) in Australia. Recent clinical trials have consolidated a shift in scientific understandings of HIV infectiousness by showing that antiretroviral treatment effectively prevents the sexual transmission of HIV. Contrary to common critiques, I explore how the increasing biomedicalisation of public health and the allied discourse of ‘normalisation’ can in fact de‐marginalise stigmatised relationships and sexualities. Invoking Ecks's concept of ‘pharmaceutical citizenship’, I consider whether the emerging global strategy of HIV ‘treatment‐as‐prevention’ (TasP) can open up new trajectories that release serodiscordant sexuality from its historical moorings in discourses of risk and stigma, and whether these processes might re‐inscribe serodiscordant sexuality as ‘normal’ and safe, potentially shifting the emphasis in HIV prevention discourses away from sexual practice toward treatment uptake and adherence.     

Initiating Hehe (和合) medical system of traditional chinese medicine and biomedicine to realize health cycle of human beings

This paper suggests a novel approach concerning the medical treatment of human beings,which appears to be economically and practically superior to either biomedicine or traditional medicine.A brand new medical system—Hehe(和合) medicine,has been proposed based on a preventive-biomedical-psycho-social treatment model.This is characterized by a dual approach in which life nurturing is consistently practised and medical treatment is applied when necessary in order to maintain a healthy life.Its core value would facilitate the self-restoration to health and self-adaptation to nature through health cultivation and medical means.Medical services would be firstly provided to the prevention of potential disease germinating in the human body,and clinical medical treatment would be the last resort of systematic medical practice.This paper discusses not only this new concept but also the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine and biomedicine,especially how both medical systems compare in cognitive style,on a cultural level,and on a technical level.     

生物医学整合课程绪论区段PBL教学的思考

PBL是"基于问题式学习"的教学法。西安交通大学医学院以器官系统为核心,创新性地开展基础医学整合课程PBL教学,该教学系统包含11个区段。为了揭示整合课程PBL教学在绪论区段的实施过程及常见问题的应对措施,这里就绪论区段的课程设置、授课对象、教师集体备课、信息反馈及考核等的各个方面进行了深入剖析。     

医学的文化视角:基于医学人类学的理念

医学人类学是以人类学的理论视角和方法对不同文化的健康保健?疾病治疗模式进行研究,其理论视角可分为生物文化视角和社会文化视角?有关疾病的理论和实践本质上属于一种文化范畴,医学人类学从文化的角度对盛行于当今全世界的西方生化医疗模式进行了深刻的反思?     

纳米微粒在生物医学领域的应用研究

纳米微粒的尺寸介于原子簇与一般微粒之间,一般为1～100nm。纳米微粒所具有的量子尺寸效应、小尺寸效应、表面效应与协同效应使其展现出许多特有的性质,如比表面积大、表面活性中心多、表面反应活性高、吸附能力强、催化能力高、毒性低及不易受体内和细胞内各种酶的降解等,为其在生物医学研究应用向纵深发展开辟了崭新的途径,提供了更加科学的手段。综述了纳米微粒在生物医学领域的应用研究情况。     

贵州省生物医药企业专利现状分析

目的研究贵州省生物医药企业的专利申请状况,为该省生物医药企业制定知识产权战略特别是专利保护方面提供借鉴。方法利用国家知识产权局数据库,检索贵州省生物医药企业专利申请量,运用统计学方法分析贵州省上市企业(贵州益佰制药股份有限公司)专利申请量与经济效益的相关性。结果贵州省161家生物医药企业中,只有1家(占0.6%)专利申请量>100件,3家(占1.9%)>50件,126家(占78.3%)<10件,其中17家(占10.6%)只有1件专利申请,62家(占38.5%)无专利申请记录;贵州省上市生物医药企业中,贵州益佰制药股份有限公司专利申请量最多(196件),其专利申请量与销售收入呈显著的正相关。结论专利申请量多的生物医药企业经济效益好,但是贵州省生物医药产业对知识产权重视不够;贵州省中药生产企业过半,重视中药知识产权战略尤其是中药专利保护可以为贵州省生物医药发展保驾护航。     

生物医学新材料金纳米粒子的细胞毒性研究进展

金纳米粒子潜在的细胞毒性是制约其临床应用的一个重要原因。针对金纳米粒子及设计用于生物医学领域的金纳米粒子复合物的细胞毒性,综述近年来的最新研究进展,以尽可能地全面揭示金纳米粒子的细胞毒性,为其进一步的开发利用提供参考。     

文本挖掘在生物医学领域中的应用及其系统工具

系统介绍了生物医学文本挖掘的具体流程和文本挖掘技术在生物医学领域中的应用情况,并着重从自然语言处理和本体、命名实体识别、关系抽取、文本分类与聚类、共现分析、系统工具及评价、可视化等方面分别做了阐述.     

Nanomedicine and personalised medicine: understanding the personalisation of health care in the molecular era

Globally supported by public policy and investment, nanomedicine is presented as an ongoing medical revolution that will radically change the practice of health care from diagnostic to therapeutic, and everything in between. One of nanomedicine's major promises is that of personalised medicine, enabling diagnostics and therapeutics tailored to individual needs and developing a truly ‘patient‐friendly’ medical approach. Based on qualitative interviews with nanomedicine researchers in Canada, this article explores the emerging concept of personalised medicine as it becomes entangled with nanomedical research. More precisely, drawing on insights from science studies and the sociology of expectations, it analyses researchers’ perceptions of personalised medicine in the cutting edge of current nanomedicine research. Two perceptions of personalisation are identified; a molecular conception of individuality and a technical conception of personalisation. The article concludes by examining the relationship between the two conceptions and contrasts them with the normative reflex of a more expansive conception of personalised medicine.     

医用红外线热成像技术的物理学原理探析

本文综述了红外热像技术的发展与医学应用,重点从物理学层面阐述了红外热成像技术的物理学原理及测量方法,提出了医用红外探测技术在生物学角度所面临的理论问题,同时提出了医用红外热像仪的改进设想,为医用红外线热成像技术的研究与开发提供了理论支撑。