Posts Tagged ‘infections’
Peptides kick-start body to fight sepsis
CARDIFF U. (UK) — Peptide molecules derived from the body’s natural immune system can help boost the body’s defense against life-threatening blood poisoning. Continue…
Thursday, May 16, 2013 20:46 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - May 16, 2013 13:01 - 1 Comment
Nose swabs confirm H1N1 flu in seals
UC DAVIS (US) — A year after the human pandemic began, scientists found H1N1 (2009) infections in two free-ranging northern elephant seals off the central California coast, and antibodies to the virus in 28 more. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 16, 2013 10:37 - 1 Comment
Clawed frogs spread deadly amphibian fungus
STANFORD (US) — The African clawed frog, a species used around the world for biomedical research, is spreading an amphibian-killing fungus when they are released into the wild. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 13, 2013 16:02 - 2 Comments
Salt adds to stomach bug’s cancer risk
VANDERBILT (US) — Combining a high-salt diet with a type of H. pylori infection can increase the risk of gastric cancer, according to new research with gerbils. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 10, 2013 13:37 - 0 Comments
Vaccinate mosquitoes to stop malaria?
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Mosquitoes are deadly and efficient disease transmitters, but they also can be equally good at spreading a cure for diseases they transmit, such as malaria, new research suggests. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 7, 2013 12:14 - 0 Comments
To treat cystic fibrosis, drug mimics HIV
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — A potential treatment for deadly, drug-resistant bacterial infections uses the same approach that HIV uses to infect cells. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 25, 2013 12:14 - 0 Comments
For women, microbe may spell STD trouble
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — A common microbe likely causes a condition that can make women more vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 18, 2013 11:58 - 0 Comments
To harness HIV, make it get ‘naked’
EMORY (US) — A new understanding of how HIV “gets dressed” in the human cells it has taken over could lead to new antiretroviral drugs, researchers say. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 17, 2013 4:48 - 0 Comments
Saving energy could raise infection risks
U. LEEDS (UK) — The chance of infection in some hospital wards varies dramatically according to whether the windows are left open or not, researchers find. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 10, 2013 12:57 - 0 Comments
ID deadly pathogens without growing bacteria
U. WARWICK (UK) — Metagenomics has allowed researchers to reconstruct the genome sequence of a deadly Shiga-toxigenic E. coli outbreak without having to grow bacteria in the lab. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 26, 2013 15:28 - 1 Comment
To manage bacteria, declare a truce
PENN STATE (US) — Instead of fighting bacteria and other microorganisms in the body, working with them could lead to better health and a stronger immune system, a new study suggests. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 25, 2013 10:37 - 0 Comments
Antibiotics work better when germs self-destruct
PRINCETON / BOSTON U. (US) — Scientists find that using bacteria’s own byproducts can make them far more vulnerable to antibiotics. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 18, 2013 10:17 - 0 Comments
Both heat and humidity predict flu globally
U. ARIZONA / COLUMBIA U. (US ) — Flu season and cold weather are usually thought to go hand-in-hand, but a new study links two types of environmental conditions to “influenza peaks:” cold-dry and humid-rainy. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 14, 2013 15:10 - 2 Comments
Human anti-microbe protein added to goat milk
UC DAVIS (US) — Goat milk with extra lysozyme, an antimicrobial protein found in human breast milk, helps young pigs recover from diarrhea faster. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 13, 2013 8:14 - 1 Comment
Predict mutants to create universal flu vaccine
U. MELBOURNE / MONASH U. (AUS) — Researchers have found a way to predict and potentially stop the mutating cells of the influenza virus. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 11, 2013 8:20 - 14 Comments
Tiny particles packed with bee venom kill HIV
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Researchers are a step closer to developing a vaginal gel to prevent the spread of HIV. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 27, 2013 13:09 - 1 Comment
Portable device detects HIV with push of a button
CALTECH (US) — A device that is small enough to stow in a backpack and as simple to operate as a DVD player may speed the diagnosis of HIV, AIDS, and other diseases in remote parts of the world. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 27, 2013 12:29 - 0 Comments
Tweets reveal lifestyle’s effect on health
U. ROCHESTER (US) — In addition to predicting your odds of getting sick, a new computer model can use Twitter data to gauge how factors like social status and exposure to pollution influence health. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 20, 2013 14:28 - 0 Comments
Can’t beat a cold? DNA ‘caps’ may be why
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — A biological marker in the immune system associated with aging may also predict as early as age 22 our ability to fight off the common cold. (more…)
