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Researchers discover how common vaccine booster works
— 22 May 2008 18:45 | HealthIn an online paper in the journal Nature, Yale University researchers funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of…
Air pollution affects respiratory health in children with asthma
— 16 Apr 2008 13:20 | HealthA new study reports that inner-city children with asthma may be particularly vulnerable to air pollution at levels below current air quality standards. The study, available online today,…
People with Job's syndrome lack specific white blood cells
— 17 Mar 2008 14:53 | HealthScientists have made another major breakthrough - the second in the past year - in understanding a rare immune disorder called Job's syndrome. Job's syndrome is characterised by recurrent…
HIV persists in the gut despite long-term HIV therapy
— 15 Feb 2008 15:04 | HealthEven with effective anti-HIV therapies, doctors still have not been able to eradicate the virus from infected individuals who are receiving such treatments, largely because of the persistence…
NIAID scientists identify new cellular receptor for HIV
— 10 Feb 2008 18:01 | HealthA cellular protein that helps guide immune cells to the gut has been newly identified as a target of HIV when the virus begins its assault on the body's immune system, according to…
Researchers discover new battleground for viruses and immune cells
— 6 Feb 2008 19:26 | HealthVaccines have led to many of the world's greatest public health triumphs, but many deadly viruses, such as HIV, still elude the best efforts of scientists to develop effective vaccines…
Studies highlight MRSA evolution and resilience
— 23 Jan 2008 08:10 | HealthCommunity-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections are caused primarily by a single strain - USA300 - of an evolving bacterium that has spread with…
NIAID experts see dengue as potential threat to US public health
— 10 Jan 2008 16:07 | HealthA disease most Americans have never heard of could soon become more prevalent if dengue, a flu-like illness that can turn deadly, continues to expand into temperate climates and increase…
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