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NIH study finds omalizumab relieves seasonal asthma attacks in youth
— 17 Mar 2011 19:34 | HealthA drug that targets the antibody immunoglobulin E (IgE), a key player in asthma, nearly eliminated seasonal increases in asthma attacks and decreased asthma symptoms among young people…
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…
6-month drug regimen cuts HIV risk for breastfeeding infants, NIH study finds
— 3 Mar 2011 14:14 | HealthGiving breastfeeding infants of HIV-infected mothers a daily dose of the antiretroviral drug nevirapine for six months halved the risk of HIV transmission to the infants at age 6 months…
Genetically modified fungi kill malaria-causing parasites in mosquitoes
— 26 Feb 2011 18:12 | HealthSpraying malaria-transmitting mosquitoes with a genetically modified fungus can kill the malaria parasite without harming the mosquito, potentially reducing malaria transmission to…
NIH, Gates Foundation and Colorado State team up to find new approach to a TB vaccine
— 26 Jan 2011 18:55 | HealthA team of U.S. and European researchers have found that a new vaccine strategy tested in mice provides stronger, more long-lasting protection from tuberculosis (TB) infection than the…
Antibiotics best treatment for ear infections in toddlers, NIH grantees find
— 13 Jan 2011 17:09 | HealthAdding new evidence to the debate on the best treatment for middle-ear infections, or acute otitis media, in young children, clinical researchers at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh…
Trace amounts of microbe-killing molecules predict chronic granulomatous disease survival
— 4 Jan 2011 21:14 | HealthInvestigators at the National Institutes of Health have observed that the survival rate of people with a rare immunodeficiency disease called chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is…
2009 H1N1 vaccine safe and induces robust immune response in people with asthma
— 14 Dec 2010 20:54 | HealthResults from a government-sponsored clinical trial of inactivated 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine in people with asthma indicate that a single dose of vaccine was safe and induced a strong…
NIH scientists identify mechanism responsible for spreading biofilm infections
— 7 Dec 2010 17:49 | HealthScientists from the National Institutes of Health have discovered how catheter-related bacterial infection develops and disseminates to become a potentially life-threatening condition.…
A flu vaccine that lasts
— 7 Dec 2010 17:46 | HealthThe costly, time-consuming process of making, distributing and administering millions of seasonal flu vaccines would become obsolete if researchers could design a vaccine that confers…
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