Posts Tagged ‘pathology’
Health & Medicine - Nov 11, 2009 15:52 - 2 Comments
To understand GI infections, learn the language
TEXAS A&M (US)—New technology is able to mimic the unique bacteria-laden environment of the human GI tract because it knows how to decode the complex way cells “talk” to each other, a new study reports. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 9, 2009 17:57 - 1 Comment
Plants, bacteria tango to trip up disease
UC DAVIS (US)—New research is helping unravel some of the mystery surrounding how plants and bacteria partner in a kind of immunity dance to defend against invasion from disease-causing microbes. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 27, 2009 15:49 - 3 Comments
‘Conveyor belt’ route to better vaccines
EMORY (US)—Scientists have identified a protein that could enable more vaccines to be delivered through the mouth or nose, thus strengthening the body’s defenses where the body first encounters many bacteria and viruses. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 2, 2009 10:23 - 0 Comments
HIV keeps morphing to escape immune system
EMORY (US)—HIV’s ability to mutate in response to immune system pressure means the virus can take several escape routes from antibodies, eventually exhausting the immune system, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 10, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
Transfusions make matters worse?
“Doctors are simply doing what they were trained to do, (with regard to blood transfusions) but it turns out that their actions are more harmful than helpful in many cases,” says study coauthor Neil Blumberg.
Earth & Environment - Jul 23, 2009 12:32 - 1 Comment
Green revolution fueled by duckweed?
Todd Michael, a plant biologist at Rutgers, says U.S. Department of Energy’s duckweed genome sequencing project “could unlock the remarkable potential of a rapidly growing aquatic plant for absorbing atmospheric carbon dioxide, ecosystem carbon cycling, and biofuel production.”
