Lancet
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HIV and syphilis epidemics in men who have sex with men (MSM) continue to grow in China, despite considerable government attention. We did a literature review to synthesise key features of the HIV and syphilis epidemics and responses among MSM and transgender individuals in China. Our goal was to inform evidence-based recommendations for policy makers and program managers. ⋯ US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID; 1R01AI114310); University of North Carolina (UNC)-South China Sexually Transmitted Disease Research Training Centre (Fogarty International Centre (FIC); 1D43TW009532); UNC Center for AIDS Research (NIAID; 5P30AI050410); the UNC Chapel Hill, Johns Hopkins University, Morehead School of Medicine and Tulane University (UJMT) Fogarty Fellowship (FIC; R25TW0093); WHO-China.
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The HIV continuum of care is a framework for monitoring of health-care service targets. From a public health perspective, little is known about the changes of transmission risks of HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) at different stages in the continuum. In this study we aimed to assess the effects of HIV diagnosis and enrolment in care on the transmission risk of HIV-infected MSM in Hong Kong. ⋯ Council for the AIDS Trust Fund, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (project code MSS230R).
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Physician motivation to maintain public welfare has become the key for the New Public Hospital Reform in China. This study aimed to apply a different perspective, the psychological contract (a popular concept in business management research) and explore the correlations between physicians' psychological contract and their job satisfaction, intention to leave medical practice, and professionalism. ⋯ This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant number 71203032), and the Shanghai Planning Project of Philosophy and Social Science (Grant number 2014EGL005).
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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have provided insight into cancer genetics. However, molecular mechanisms whereby many susceptibility single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) identified by GWAS promote cancer heritability and risk are unknown. New research strategies to evaluate functionality are needed to systematically study causal genetic variants. ⋯ National Natural Science Foundation of China (81201586 and 31271382), National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China (2015AA020950), State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology (SKL-KF-2015-05).
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Healthy ageing is accompanied by simultaneous decline of visual and neural function. Studies in animals and humans provide converging evidence that these functions' decrease is mostly associated with structural change in ocular and brain structure. We investigated whether regaining visual function after ocular reconstruction was associated with functional and structural changes in the brain. ⋯ This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangzhou City (81570889, 81270980), the Science and Technology Program of Guangdong Province, China (2013B021800054, 2013B020400003, 15570001), and the Clinical Research and Translational Medical Center Program in Guangzhou City.