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…)

Killer fungus spares West Africa’s frogs

U. WASHINGTON (US) — A suffocating fungus that threatens amphibians around the world has skipped over the diverse frog population in West Africa. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 14, 2013 12:04 - 2 Comments

Genes tell lurking virus when to ‘wake up’

UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Two cancer-causing viruses are tough to treat because they stay dormant in 95 percent of infected patients. Now scientists have found genes that are key to making them active. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 13, 2013 12:57 - 1 Comment

In China, antibiotics on farms pose global risk

MICHIGAN STATE (US) — The poorly regulated use of antibiotics in animal production is increasingly putting human health at risk with the spread of antibiotic resistant genes, experts warn. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 8, 2013 9:43 - 0 Comments

Fight school flu: Take the survey

JOHNS HOPKINS/ U. PITTSBURGH (US) — You can help fight flu outbreaks among US schoolchildren simply by taking a survey. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 4, 2013 18:18 - 0 Comments

Pay cash to encourage safe sex?

BROWN (US) — A survey of more than 1,700 young gay men in Mexico City found that for $288 a year most would enroll in safe sex programs. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 1, 2013 14:24 - 0 Comments

Gene target could beat all MRSA strains

UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — New research may lead to effective treatment for all strains of MRSA, including one that sticks to skin longer and spreads more easily. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 25, 2013 12:00 - 0 Comments

HIV ‘Achilles heel’ could be new drug target

U. PITTSBURGH (US) — By targeting a vulnerable spot in a key HIV protein, researchers believe they may be able to stop the virus from replicating and possibly keep it from progressing to full-blown AIDS. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 25, 2013 10:50 - 0 Comments

Use cells’ suicide alarm to fight bioterrorism

UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — The alarm system that helps immune system cells destroy invading bacteria points to a potentially new way to protect people from biological weapons, researchers report. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 23, 2013 13:31 - 0 Comments

Estrogen fights urinary infection in mice

WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Estrogen appears to reduce the risk of urinary tract infections, say researchers who studied the effect in mice. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 18, 2013 13:54 - 1 Comment

New infection from deer ticks shows up in US

YALE (US) — A new tick-borne infection that shares many similarities with Lyme disease has been discovered in 18 patients in southern New England and neighboring New York. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 18, 2013 13:05 - 0 Comments

‘Side-kick’ drugs could improve antibiotics

BOSTON U. (US) — A new technique designed to make current antibiotics more effective works by disabling select genes in bacteria. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 14, 2013 17:24 - 2 Comments

To infect a cell, virus ‘feelers’ take a walk

U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Researchers have observed for the first time the detailed changes in the structure of a virus as it infects an E. coli bacterium. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 14, 2013 13:15 - 3 Comments

Enzyme chews hole in strep bacteria

GEORGIA TECH (US) — In the search for alternatives to conventional antibiotics, researchers have identified an enzyme that kills the bacteria that causes strep throat. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 9, 2013 15:09 - 0 Comments

First parasite changes risk of a second

CARDIFF U. (UK) — Infection by one type of parasite actually affects your risk of catching another, over and above other risk factors, say researchers who studied data from children in Tanzania. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 7, 2013 11:01 - 0 Comments

Uganda rainfall linked to infant brain swelling

PENN STATE (US) — In Uganda, the number of infant infections that lead to hydrocephalus rises significantly before and after the country’s twice-a-year rainy seasons. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Dec 28, 2012 16:37 - 2 Comments

For bronchitis, antibiotic no better than placebo

U. SOUTHAMPTON (UK) — The antibiotic amoxicillin is no more effective at relieving symptoms of common chest infections like bronchitis than the use of no medication at all, even in older patients. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Dec 26, 2012 10:13 - 0 Comments

How plague sneaks past body’s defense

U. WASHINGTON (US) — New discoveries help explain how the the bacteria behind Black Death avoid setting off the human body’s early alarm. (more…)

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