sinus

Light therapy may combat fungal infections, new evidence suggests

... therapy might also be possible for certain fungal sinus infections, he added. The finding that Cryptococcus shares its light-sensing mechanism with other distantly related fungi also has important implications for understanding fungal evolution, Heitman said. The researchers speculate that evolution of t...

Chronic Sinus Infection Thought To Be Tissue Issue, Mayo Clinic Scientists Show It's Snot

...c researchers have found that the cause of chronic sinus infections lies in the nasal mucus -- the snot -- not in the nasal and sinus tissue targeted by standard treatment. The findings will be published in the August issue of Journal...

Researchers discover stem cell 'guide' that may be key for targeting neural stem cell treatments

...b, the "smell" part of the brain located above the sinus cavity. PK2 allows these new neurons to settle into the proper areas of the olfactory bulb, thus permitting these neurons to function normally. "Our findings identify one of the first endogenous guidance molecules for migrating neurons in the adult ...

Gene for immune deficiency syndromes found

...tion suffer relentlessly recurring ear infections, sinus infections, bronchitis, pneumonias and gastrointestinal infections. IgA deficiency and CVID can occur in the same family, and also predispose people to autoimmunity, particularly affecting the thyroid gland and resulting in thyroid hormone insufficie...

Protein amplification in melanoma is possible drug target

...tion suffer relentlessly recurring ear infections, sinus infections, bronchitis, pneumonias and gastrointestinal infections. IgA deficiency and CVID can occur in the same family, and also predispose people to autoimmunity, particularly affecting the thyroid gland and resulting in thyroid hormone insufficie...

Defective Gene Linked to Two Inherited Immune Deficiencies

... pneumonia and to recurring infections of the ear, sinus and gastrointestinal tract. People with CVID also have an increased risk of developing cancers that affect B cells, cells that produce antibodies. Furthermore, IgA deficiency and CVID can predispose to autoimmune diseases, where the immune system tur...

Agreement will speed research on microbicides for women

... pneumonia and to recurring infections of the ear, sinus and gastrointestinal tract. People with CVID also have an increased risk of developing cancers that affect B cells, cells that produce antibodies. Furthermore, IgA deficiency and CVID can predispose to autoimmune diseases, where the immune system tur...

Biologists Crack Genetic Code for Specialized Spider Silk

... pneumonia and to recurring infections of the ear, sinus and gastrointestinal tract. People with CVID also have an increased risk of developing cancers that affect B cells, cells that produce antibodies. Furthermore, IgA deficiency and CVID can predispose to autoimmune diseases, where the immune system tur...

Outsmarting the smartie bug

...ead, causing non-invasive disease, such as ear and sinus infections, and rarer, invasive disease, such as pneumonia and meningitis. About one in three children each year has an ear infection, of which about one-third will be due to the pneumococcus. More significantly, invasive disease is a major cause of ...

Hopkins scientists link immune response to 'ghost' parasites and severely congested sinuses

...ypical of chronic sinusitis. A team of Hopkins sinus experts has found that the gene for the enzyme, ac... up to 250 times more active in people with severe sinus inflammation that persists even after surgery when compared to patients in whom surgery is successfu...

Hay fever can send work productivity down the drain

...ything can cause allergy-type symptoms - perfumes, sinus infections, exercise, dust, cold air ?even if a person doesn't have an allergy. “Diagnostic testing followed by the right kind of treatment may mean less time out of work,?she said. The study currently appears on the website for the Primary Car...

8 plants from South Africa may hold potential for treating high blood pressure

...ans rubbed the leaves of the plant on the head for sinus headaches and used plant infusions for colic and restlessness in young children. The most direct discovery is the 1993 finding that large doses of popular garlic preparations significantly decreased the diastolic blood pressure in human patients 5-14...