News articles tagged with 'infection' (Page 2)
America's most distressed areas threatened by emerging infections of poverty
— 30 Mar 2011 17:40 | HealthNeglected infections of poverty are the latest threat plaguing the poorest people living in the Gulf Coast states and in Washington, D.C., according to Dr Peter Hotez, Distinguished…
Human virus linked to deaths of endangered mountain gorillas
— 29 Mar 2011 15:28 | BiologyFor the first time, a virus that causes respiratory disease in humans has been linked to the deaths of wild mountain gorillas, reports a team of researchers in the United States and…
Mutant prions help cells foil harmful protein misfolding
— 21 Mar 2011 15:37 | HealthRomping clumps of misfolded proteins are prime suspects in many neurological disorders including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease. Those diseases are devastating…
Scientists find candidate for new TB vaccine
— 19 Mar 2011 15:04 | HealthScientists have discovered a protein secreted by tuberculosis (TB) bacteria that could be a promising new vaccine candidate, they report today in Proceedings of the National Academy…
Versatile vitamin A plays multiple roles in the immune system
— 18 Mar 2011 14:59 | HealthAlthough it has been known for some time that vitamin A deficiency is linked with an impaired ability to resist infections, exactly how vitamin A and its metabolites contribute to the…
Transmissible treatment proposed for HIV could target superspreaders to curb epidemic
— 18 Mar 2011 14:34 | HealthBiochemist Leor Weinberger and colleagues at the University of California, San Diego and UCLA have proposed a fundamentally new intervention for the HIV/AIDS epidemic based on engineered,…
Toxoplasmosis: The strain explains severity of infection
— 15 Mar 2011 20:44 | HealthProviding clues into why the severity of a common parasitic infection can vary greatly from person to person, a new Johns Hopkins study shows that each one of three strains of the cat-borne…
Tumour suppressor blocks viral growth in natural HIV controllers
— 14 Mar 2011 20:45 | HealthElevated levels of p21, a protein best known as a cancer fighter, may be involved in the ability of a few individuals to control HIV infection with their immune system alone. In a paper…
Study helps explain how pathogenic E. coli bacterium causes illness
— 14 Mar 2011 19:54 | HealthScientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have shown how the O157:H7 strain of Escherichia coli causes…
Drug use increasingly associated with microbial infections
— 10 Mar 2011 18:32 | HealthIllicit drug users are at increased risk of being exposed to microbial pathogens and are more susceptible to serious infections say physicians writing in the Journal of Medical Microbiology.…