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Asian Smokers Use Quitlines

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, led by Shu-Hong Zhu, PhD, professor of family and preventative medicine, examined more than 15 years of data from the California Smokers’ Helpline and compared the use of Asian-language services by Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese callers to the use of English-language services by Caucasian callers. Their findings will appear in the March 18 online issue of The American Journal of Public Health.

Cancer Vaccine Consortium Changes Name to Cancer Immunotherapy Consortium

The Cancer Research Institute (CRI), a U.S.-based nonprofit organization that supports and coordinates laboratory and clinical efforts to harness the disease-fighting power of the immune system to treat, control, and prevent cancer, announced today that its program, the Cancer Vaccine Consortium—a leading global initiative on cancer vaccine research and development comprising industry, academia, and government institutions—has changed its name to the Cancer Immunotherapy Consortium (CIC).

New Spam Targeting Facebook Users Is Invisible to Most Virus Scans, Says Expert

Cyber-criminals are using fake e-mails to target Facebook users and deliver computer viruses that were being detected only by one-third of the 42 most common anti-virus products as of noon Thursday, March 18, says a leading cyber-crime researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

Researchers Sequence Pea Aphid Genome

A better understanding of the pea aphid genome could help control agricultural pests.