Scientists have made a breakthrough discovery about how the human immune system functions that could lead to major advances in controlling HIV and other devastating diseases.

Healthy individuals produce T-cells that attack viruses. In AIDS patients, T-cells don't work properly, but the reason has been elusive until now. 

An international team of researchers led by Bruce Walker, MD, director of the Partners AIDS Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, learned that the AIDS virus causes a molecular switch, or pathway, to stop functioning, thereby preventing the T-cells from doing their jobs. 

"The immune cells are there, but they have been turned off in persons with high viral loads," said Dr. Walker.

Blocking the switch restores some function to HIV-specific CD8 and CD4 T cells, the investigators learned.

The same pathway plays a role in other chronic viral infections, leading the researchers to speculate that in the future, doctors might be able to switch a person's immune system back on so it could combat not only HIV, but also cancer, Hepatitis C and other diseases. 

The scientists' findings are slated for publication in the journal Nature. The University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and other institutions participated in the groundbreaking research effort. 

"One of the next questions we need to answer is whether we can turn [the immune system] back on for HIV-infected patients in a way that will benefit them without incurring serious side effects," said study co-first author Cheryl L. Day, PhD. 

One major worry is that manipulating the immune system in such a fashion could spur too much activity, causing an autoimmune disease that could attack healthy cells. That possibility means that any research involving humans must be conducted with utmost caution, said Dr. Walker. 

Taken from: http://health.dailynewscentral.com/ 

Today, i want to share to you how to stop smoking quickly. Because, we know that smoking is bad for health. Please follow this tips below.

1. Start with some pre-preparation by ensuring that you really do want to quit smoking cigarettes and understanding why you smoke.

Are these reasons powerful enough to motivate you when you are faced with those tricky situations?

Write down your reasons for quitting. You may want to take a look at some of the benefits of quitting.

2. Set yourself a date for quitting. Try and choose a date that will be stress free but when you can find plenty to do to keep yourself busy. Try and set a date within about two weeks of reading this.

3. Ask your doctor for advice. This is especially important if you have health problems or are concerned about issues such as weight gain.

4. Consider finding yourself a quitting partner relatives, work colleagues and friends are a good place to start. Set a date to quit together and you will be able to give each other support.

5. Tell your family and friends about your intentions. Ask them for their support before you quit and explain that you may not be yourself while experiencing withdrawal. When you reach your quitting date rely on those that have been most encouraging for support.

6. Think about starting an exercise program and a sensible eating plan. Again speak to your doctor or dietician. Exercise will give you more energy and help you to relax and relieve stress.

7. You should know what triggers your desire for a cigarette, such as stress, the end of a meal, drinking in a bar, etc. Avoid these triggers while you are trying to quit or if that's  not possible, decide how you will deal with the triggers.

8. Decide what you will do when you experience cravings. As we've discussed deep breathing, a short walk and keeping you self busy will help to take your mind off the cravings. Perhaps you can think of other ways. Write them down. Remember these cravings will only last for 3-5 minutes at a time.

9. If you have tried quitting before maybe you came across a stumbling block which we have discussed such as finding something to do with your hands. If so, you need to arm yourself with a solution to these foreseeable problems. Get yourself a pen, or stress relief aid to fiddle with, if occupying your hands is a problem.

10. Be positive and confident you can quit. You have spent time and energy planning how you will deal with the task ahead by following our tips for giving up smoking. Believe you can and you will do it if you persevere.

Ten of thousands of people are quitting every day around the world. You can be one of them.
Taken from: http://www.quit-smoking-stop.com/

DESTINY

A few times ago many disasters happened in our country, like earthquake, flood, landslide, mountain eruption, and others. However, have you ever thought why the disasters happened? No one knows the reason of it exactly. Althought some people seem to know about the reason. But, actually they don’t know anything about it.

In references to the disasters, they may happen because most of human beings close theirs ears, eyes,and their heart from the truth. They just known how to make their life better and easier. All they want seems to be a big screen which block their awarreness of existence of God’s warning throught nature.

Nature was made by God to ful all of his creature’s needless. As a replacement of it, the creature has an obligation to keep nature. In fact human fend to deny their destiny. They begin to destroy, burn, contaminate, and cut the balance of nature. What is it the way of human ? Only you who can answer that question. But I think before you deside and take an conclution about this problem, permit me retell about the truth of nature.

I will start my story from the beginning of nature. Nature or our earth had been formed million years ago before human created. From million years ago until now, nature always accompanies us in happiness and sadness. Graw with us, also ful all of our nedless. Nature always gives everythings we need, without asking for any repayment from us. Nature never refuces us, althought it had destroy by us everyday.

Life is away of destiny. The judgement day never can be stopped, also with the end of nature. There will be a time when we can’t hang to nature again. Fast or slowly, that time come. It consider of human’s attitude. No word late to change and actually failur in life is nothing, except fail to try. And the most important things is not how much you regret but how much you repair nature.

It is the end of my story. Now decide your conclution. And it will determine nature’s destiny. Choose it wisely. Good or bad is not a big problem. Just believe it.

Bird with one wing

A smart high school student with great potential complain after moving for more than five schools. Of course we think that he finds more experiences or the real high quality school for his best future. However, the reality is that he always gets difficulty with the study environment around him. In his previous schools, he always had problem, such as : meeting with unfit person, not feeling comfortable with the schools itself, quarreling with friends, and even in other place, he was protested by the teachers.

The owner of big education foundation has another experience. Everytime he accepts new person, he’s always optimistic. He feels as if the person he has just choosen can solve all the problem of the foundation. However, when the person has been working about one year, his weaknesses can be seen one by one. As a result, the owner of the foundation also begins tired to always change the leader or chief of his school.

from the story above, if we want something perfect, something which match completely with our dream, it’s better if we just forget it. This is so because it will never finish, it is like running to reach for the horizon..... And we know that it’s impossible for us to do that.

The basic management ability of the person is in managing the differences that includes two matters. They are accepting the differences and transforming the differences into a reality. That seems simple, but to implement it is not easy. It needs efforts and strong commitments. This problem happens because many of us consider that ourselves are birds with complete wings which can fly (live and work) by ourselves without any help from someone else. But in fact, as`written by “Luciano Crescendo” in his book- that we’re actually more look like a bird with one wing which just can fly if there is another wing. The same thing, we can live and survive if we embrace tightly with someone else.

In a factory, a leader will succeed because of his ability to cooperate with others. In a happy family, there should always be willingness to intentional “embrace” between each member of the family. In a class, the leader of class will be the true leader if he/she can solve the problem among his/her friends and can make good relationship among them. In a higher level, a president for example, a man as enormous as “Nelson Mandela” and “Kim Dae” is even not shy, to “embrace” with person that even tortured him.

Moreover, if this embrace activity is done faithfully and full of love, it will not only change something impossible into something possible, transforming failure into success, but also make everything become anice and happy view.

Therefore, the writer of ”Chicken Soup For The Couple Soul” says, THAT love is the great charity of God-Thus, what a big meaning and impact of love is that nothing compares with it. The people will be very loose if during his life, he never knows abot love. He looks like a mount climber that never arrives on the top of mountain, even he never knows how long he has climbed. It’s so tiring and full of struggle but it’s in vain. That’s all, raise us to life with the embrace of love. God never creat perfect man, it doesn’t matter how clever and great we are, we only have a half side of wings.

to be successful in study, work or career and everything, no matter how big and great we are will be nothing if we have only one wing. We need another wing of someone else.

Let’s begin the day with embracing. It doesn’t matter whether we embrace our family, our friends, our brothers, our parents or others. Embrace our life, embrace environment and embrace the God. And at school, let’s begin our studying with embracing someone else. Have our days full of smile, success and full with love.