In Hong Kong, one out of three of bisexual men should be infected with HIV by 2020 if prevention programs collapse, experts warned.

HIV is largely passed from man to man through sex, in Hong Kong. HIV infection in gay and bisexual men has dramatically increased since 2003.

The number has elevated from 50 to 112 in the period of 2003 to 2006, while new infections among heterosexuals remained within 110-116 each year.

“If all our actions fail, by 2020 we can have one-third infected in the community. Some of them may go on to infect women,” said Wong Ka-hing, Govt. Center for Health Protection.

Four percent, of gay and bisexual population is HIV-positive and three different strains of HIV are circulating in the local community.

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A new procedure can help doctors to diagnose a rare kind of leukemia just in hours, instead of weeks, researchers say.

Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) usually occurs in children and symptoms include fevers, poor growth, and infections.

Diagnosis of JMML, in early stage is utmost important, since the only treatment is a bone marrow transplant. Current diagnosis of JMML involves monitoring the response of JMML cells to a growth-stimulating factor called GM-CSF, which takes two to three weeks for cells growth in the laboratory.

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