Respiratory in Biological News

UTSA infectious disease researchers advancing vaccine against Valley fever

... the fight against San Joaquin Valley Fever, a respiratory infection of humans, commonly called Valley ... for significantly increased numbers of respiratory infections among outdoor workers when compared to ... In approximately 40% of human Valley Fever cases, respiratory problems set in one to three weeks after ...

Scientists sequence genome of the N2-fixing, soil-living bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii

... A. vinelandii has one of the highest respiratory rates of any known bacterium and has the capacity ... of cytoplasmic oxygen through a process called respiratory protection. The sequence of the bacteria's genome ... in respiration, including those responsible for respiratory protection. Genome analysis helped pinpoint the ...

HudsonAlpha investigator develops rapid response swine flu test

... than six hours, will be incorporated into a viral respiratory panel made available by Diatherix Laboratories. ... officer for Diatherix Laboratories, the viral respiratory panel allows physicians to quickly distinguish ... health departments. Patient samples for the viral respiratory panel are provided from a nasal swab. Members of ...

K-State researcher finds 1918 flu resulted in current lineage of H1N1 swine influenza viruses

... through the central United States while a swine respiratory disease occurred concurrently. A Kansas State ... to infect and replicate in swine and cause mild respiratory disease. The 1918 virus spread through the pig ... pandemic influenza virus." Swine flu is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza that ...

Avian flu research sheds light on swine flu outbreak

... mutations to spread rapidly between mammals by respiratory droplets. "This is similar to the method by ... virus. After mutating to be able to spread by respiratory droplets and infect humans, it is now spreading ... showing that the virus had mutated to spread by respiratory droplets. When the genetic sequences of the ...

Children's Hospital Oakland is first pediatric hospital to use 'laboratory-on-a-card' technology

... blood sample. The procedure starts with a respiratory therapist who takes a tiny finger stick sample of ... and blood gases are immediately analyzed. The respiratory therapist, along with the medical team, can ... safe," said Katie Sabato, RRT, MS, director of respiratory care at Children's Hospital. She and her ...

Shades of 1918? New study compares avian flu with a notorious killer from the past

... million victims, most of whom succumbed to severe respiratory complications associated with rapidly progressing ... the first 24 hours, causing severe damage to respiratory tissues while sending the host's innate immune ... University of Washington. Using this strategy, respiratory tissue was analyzed with high-throughput ...

ABC publishes monograph on scientific and clinical research of Sinupret

... a clinically-tested herbal combination for upper respiratory tract health, including conditions associated ... maintaining the health of sinuses and the upper respiratory tract. "Year after year Sinupret is one of the ... safety and effectiveness in the area of upper respiratory tract health." "The availability of this ...

Study finds 'rescue course' of antenatal steroids improves outcome in premature babies

... "Premature babies are very susceptible to respiratory problems which may lead to additional severe ... steroids clearly reduce the risk of these respiratory complications." Years ago doctors gave ... vs. 63.6%) as well as significant decrease in respiratory distress syndrome, ventilator support, and ...

Microscopic morphology adds to the scorpion family tree

... like the leaves of a book and give the scorpion respiratory system its name, the book lungKamenz and Prendini ... at the specimens: the surface sculpting of the respiratory lamellae (the leaves of the book); the edges of ... by Kamenz and Prendini is matched only by the respiratory organs of air-breathing crabs. These ...

Repeat C-section before 39 weeks raises risk of neonatal illness

... have a baby with serious complications including respiratory distress resulting in mechanical ventilation and ... 39 weeks' gestation are at increased risk for respiratory distress. Because nearly 40 percent of the ... diagnosed with a number of conditions, including respiratory distress syndrome and/or transient tachypnea of ...

NASA-enhanced dust storm predictions to aid health community

... has important implications for air quality and respiratory distress warnings," said John Haynes, Public ... blamed for exacerbating some cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, including asthma. Dust also obscures ... Information System, which maps reported cases of respiratory distress. The satellite-enhanced system would ...

RSV may hide in the lungs, lead to asthma, UT Southwestern researchers report

... Oct. 21, 2008 Conventional wisdom has been that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) a common virus that causes ... as RSV." RSV is the leading cause of viral respiratory infections and hospitalizations in infants and ... 42 days, checking their pulmonary function and respiratory rate at set intervals. At the end of the study, ...

NIAID funds studies of how SARS and bird flu evade antiviral responses

... are induced or altered during the course of acute respiratory virus infection. This new research program ... influenza virus ("bird flu") and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) associated coronavirus, two highly pathogenic respiratory viruses that represent significant threats to ...

New beta-blocker to offer hope to heart and lung sufferers

... 300,000 patients in the UK who also suffer from respiratory conditions are prevented from taking them. ... and angina without exacerbating any underlying respiratory problems.. If successful, the new drug could ... mucus production, because any reduction in respiratory function that may be caused by the drugs could ...

Many US public schools in 'air pollution danger zone'

... leave school-age children more susceptible to respiratory diseases later in life. "This is a major ... children at an increased risk for asthma and respiratory problems later in life from air pollutants and ... with increased risk for asthma and other chronic respiratory problems during childhood. Grinshpun's team ...

Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology

... New Method Simultaneously Tests for Fifteen respiratory Viruses A new test capable of simultaneously detecting 15 respiratory viruses may allow for quicker diagnosis and treatment of potentially deadly respiratory infections in children and adults worldwide. The ...

Possible link between baby swimming and breathing problems in children

... swimming show no increased incidence of lower respiratory tract infections, ear inflammation (otitis media) ... Between 6-18 months the incidence of lower respiratory tract infections and otitis media were 13 percent ... is not large but it indicates a tendency to respiratory problems, says Wenche Nystad, primary author and ...

War between the sexes begins before twins' birth, TAU researchers say

... analyzed the incidence of complications, such as respiratory distress syndrome, found in pre-term twins. When ... girls who share the womb with a boy twin lost the respiratory health advantage normally seen in premature girl ... The premature twin girls tended not to develop respiratory distress syndrome and chronic lung diseases ...

Arbor Vita rapid H5N1 flu diagnostic presented at ICEID meeting

... Preliminary research from the Department of respiratory Disease Research at the Naval Health Research ... requirements and portability. NHRCs archive of respiratory pathogens was used to evaluate the performance of ... ICEID that showed no false positives against the respiratory clinical panel. Of the 28 H5N1 cultures tested, ...

Research leading to tools for managing bovine respiratory disease complex

... MANHATTAN, KAN. -- Bovine respiratory disease complex has multiple causes. It's ... risk factors have on the multifaceted bovine respiratory disease complex. By better understanding the ... which cattle are likely to get sick. But bovine respiratory disease complex has so many variables that this ...

Great apes endangered by human viruses

... caused by human disease introduction. respiratory disease introduction by humans has long been ... dating back to 1999 tested positive for two human respiratory viruses that are major sources of human infant mortality in the developing world, namely human respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus. Viral ...

Study of sugars on cell surface identifies key factor in flu infection

... viruses to infect cells of the human upper respiratory tracta necessary step for sustaining spread ... viruses opts for glycans on cells deeper in the respiratory tract. Sasisekharan noted that recent studies ... of the different sugar chains coating upper respiratory tract cells. We found remarkable diversity, he ...

MIT finds key to avian flu in humans

... shape of receptor on the surface of human respiratory cells. Now that we know what to look for, this ... are tailored to attack cells of the human upper respiratory tract. H5 strains are usually confined to birds, ... can bind to sugar (or glycan) receptors in the respiratory tract. ...

First-ever study to link increased mortality specifically to carbon dioxide emissions

... thousand additional deaths and many more cases of respiratory illness and asthma in the United States, ... dioxide emissions. Ozone causes and worsens respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses, emphysema and ... Particles are responsible for cardiovascular and respiratory illness and asthma. Jacobson arrived at his ...

If you don't want to fall ill this Christmas, then share a festive kiss but don't shake hands

... effective than drugs in preventing the spread of respiratory viruses such as influenza and SARS. Good ... Preventing the spread of colds and flu means good respiratory hygiene, which is quite different from good food hygiene. That's why the new respiratory hygiene campaign from the Department of Health in ...

Breathless babies: Preemies' lung function shows prolonged impairment

... issue for December of the American Journal of respiratory and Critical care medicine, published by the ... oxygen after birth, actually faced greater respiratory problems than those who required prolonged ... mature lung, which may have a better long term respiratory prognosis than infants with accelerated ...

HATS off to combat asthma

... debilitating conditions. The Division of respiratory Medicine at the University has been awarded a total of 1.24m in grants to study respiratory disease. The Wellcome Trust has awarded Prof Alan ... that could be used to suppress inflammation in respiratory disease. Any drug successfully synthesised from ...

Scientists find predisposition to bronchiolitis in some babies

... frequently develops in infants suffering from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Although most ... at the University of Liverpool and Consultant respiratory Paediatrician based at Alder Hey, said: This work ... Bronchiolitis just happens to be the commonest respiratory virus around and therefore the first virus a baby ...

Prolonged respiratory problems for oil spill clean-up volunteers

... off the Galician coast of Spain exhibit prolonged respiratory symptoms resulting from their exposure, say ... long-term effects of such exposures on workers respiratory health. The findings were reported in the ... issue for September of the American Journal of respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the ...

Survey finds elevated rates of new asthma among WTC rescue and recovery workers

... clean-up progressed, many workers did not wear respiratory protection at the outset. Certain respirators can ... the survey found. Workers who went months without respiratory protection reported two to three times more ... Center collapse appears to have had significant respiratory health effects at least for people who worked at ...

LSUHSC shows for first time infant inhalation of ultrafine air pollution linked to adult lung disease

... exposure to environmental factors such as allergens, pollutants, and respiratory viruses during infancy leads to pulmonary inflammatory diseases, such as ... matter (PM) are associated with increased hospital admissions for respiratory symptoms including asthma exacerbations," notes Dr. Cormier. "What has ...

When children have breathing problems

... Increasing numbers of children around the world are suffering from respiratory problems coughing, wheezing and asthma attacks. Although the key external ... columns of numbers and tables. They show, for instance, that the different respiratory disease symptoms in the industrial areas included in the study affect ...

Fruit and vegetable intake in pregnant women reduces risk of upper respiratory tract infection

... fruits and vegetables moderately reduced the risk of developing an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). The BUSM study appears online in the journal ... include the common cold and sinus infections, which can lead to lower respiratory problems, such as asthma or pneumonia. Even though the majority of URTIs ...

The challenges of avian influenza virus: Mechanism, epidemiology and control

... birds to mammalians. In 2003, during the outbreak of SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome), one human fatal case was surprisingly diagnosed with an H5N1 ... Clinically the human cases of H5N1 infection manifest some ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome) symptoms, similar to SARS infection. Therefore ...

Scientists learn why the flu may turn deadly

... influenza patients were compared with patients with moderate influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, and a control group of healthy individuals. The immune ... a result of influenza infection and was not seen in patients with respiratory syncytial virus. This process might explain why one quarter of children ...

American Chemical Society's weekly PressPac -- April 29, 2009

... are complaining of stinky odors, copper pipe and wire corrosion, and respiratory problems in an ongoing crisis that officials say is linked to drywall ... homeowners with the drywall have reported nosebleeds, sinus problems, and respiratory infections. Several government agencies are now investigating the exact ...

Smoke from cigarettes, cooking oil, wood, shift male cardiovascular system into overdrive

... cleared the air in the chamber after each trial. They measured respiratory and cardiovascular function, including heart rate variability, breathing ... in turn, gave researchers a picture of how the heart, circulatory and respiratory systems were reacting to the pollutants. Results The study found ...

Smoke from cigarettes, cooking oil, wood, shift male cardiovascular system into overdrive

... cleared the air in the chamber after each trial. They measured respiratory and cardiovascular function, including heart rate variability, breathing ... in turn, gave researchers a picture of how the heart, circulatory and respiratory systems were reacting to the pollutants. Results The study found ...

European Multidisciplinary Conference on Thoracic Oncology

... (ESTRO), the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) and the European respiratory Society (ERS) are pleased to announce the first European Multidisciplinary ... (ESTRO), the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) and the European respiratory Society (ERS), the conference is designed to provide healthcare ...