Bioartificial kidney under study at MCG
...onically, some antibiotics patients need for these infections also can harm the kidneys. Even the contrast mediu...en healthy people on antibiotics for urinary tract infections develop renal failure; that's not uncommon, but it's most dreaded in the critically ill patient," Dr...Fox Chase Cancer Center scientists identify immune-system mutation
...al for combating intracellular viral and bacterial infections (cell-mediated immunity) and also for helping other white blood cells (B cells, derived from bone marrow) generate antibodies against foreign agents that enter the body. Other T cells are known as killer cells because they attack foreign invaders mor...Genome of deadly amoeba shows surprising complexity, evidence of lateral gene transfer
...f those who are hosts to the parasite. "Intestinal infections are one of the major health problems in developing countries and the number of people who are infected with amoeba cysts is enormous," he says. Typically, those cysts are transmitted when people ingest contaminated food or water. The disease can cau...Scientists Replicate Hepatitis C Virus in Laboratory
...people ?genotype 1, the major type of HCV of human infections worldwide and the type most resistant to current therapies. They constructed an HCV replica using a DNA copy of the original HCV single-strand RNA genome. They placed the DNA copy between two ribozymes, RNA molecules that have enzymatic function and ......ction, providing substantial protectionfrom severe infections over days to weeks."Dr. Mohapatra and his team developed nose drops containing vectorscapable of producing small fragments of RNA (siRNA). These fragmentswere encapsulated within chitosan nanoparticles -- minisculenaturally-occurring, biodegradable p...Luminol-enhanced Assay for Superoxide Anion (O2 face="Symbol" )
...tients who have altered oxidative means to control infections and biochemical research involving the analysis of leukocyte signal transduction pathwayscomponents comprising NADPH oxidase and requirements of the respiratory burst. In addition, the assay may be used to study the generation of oxygen radicals in A...HSVision Molecular Beacon Detection Module Rapidly Detects Herpes Simplex Virus DNA
...ial andgenital surfaces. However, more serious HSV infections can also involve thecentral nervous system and viscera, particularly in newborns andimmunocompromised patients, where they are often life threatening. There are twoHSV subtypes, HSV-1 and HSV-2, 2 which are serologically andgenetically distinct. HSV...Normalizing cDNA libraries using the EppendorfThermomixer
...a cell to exogenous influences such as viral infections or medical treatment. To allow unstable mRNA to be examined more thoroughly, it is converted to cDNA. If all isolated mRNAs of a cell are converted to cDNA, the result is referred to as a "cDNA library." The synthesis of such a...The QIAGEN Guide to Animal Cell Culture
...ely evaluated for contamination. Mycoplasmal infections are one of the more common and difficult-to-detect infections; their detection and eradication are described in further detail below. Mycoplasmal infection detection Mycoplasmas are small, slow-growing...Microfluidic analysis of multiplex PCR products for the genotyping of Helicobacter pylori
...dwith H. pylori. But despite thehigh prevalence of infections onlya minority of infected individualswill develop gastric carcinoma orMALT lymphoma. Therefore, it isessential to identify factors thatmight determine the possiblesequelae of the H. pylori infection,such as host and environmentalfactors and bacteria...AIDS Disaster in India is Imminent
...ople, India already accounts for almost 20% of all infections worldwide--currently the largest absolute number of HIV infections of any single country. And speakers at two press conferences here cautioned that a pervasive culture...Drug May Make Breathing Easier for Millions
... and better at improving breathing and at reducing infections and hospital visits than the best current treatment, researchers said. They were addressing scientists at the World Congress on Lung Health recently. The inhaled drug, Spiriva, could be available by the year 2002. And if it turns out to be as good a...And now they say infections can cause heart disease!!!!
...ecent study conducted in Austria says that chronic infections can predispose to heart problems. This will make m...ers, Stefan Kiechl, MD, says that individuals with infections like sinusitis, bronchitis, or even urinary tract infections are three times more likely to have a p...And now they say infections can cause heart disease!!!!
...ecent study conducted in Austria says that chronic infections can predispose to heart problems. This will make m...ers, Stefan Kiechl, MD, says that individuals with infections like sinusitis, bronchitis, or even urinary tract infections are three times more likely to have a p......is used to treat Enterococcus faecium (E. faecium) infections that are resistant to the old standby antibiotic v...go doctors report on five cases in which patients' infections became resistant to linezolid, as well. Antibiotic resistance is a major problem worldwide, and hos...FlexSure HP Helicobacter Pylori Antibody Test
...e physician to either treat patients for H. pylori infections (positive FlexSure HP) or order appropriate follow-up tests for patients with negative FlexSure HP tests.......reatment while reducing overall costs of chlamydia infections in women.......atients with hematological malignancy. Aspergillus infections usually occur following inhalation of Aspergillus spores. Invasive forms constitute the most serious infections....Fast, Accurate Influenza A/B Antigen Detection
According to CDC data, influenza infections in this country cause more than 114,000 hospitaliz... in elderly and immunocompromised people; however, infections involving fulminant influenza strains are serious illnesses in any patient. Prompt diagnosis of infl......SSA, MRSA) can cause invasive and life-threatening infections such as osteomyelitis, septicemia, endocarditis, a...ecause of inadequate initial antibiotic treatment, infections with health care associated MRSA result in increased costs and worse outcomes compared to infections...West Nile Virus Screening and Diagnostics Technology Emerges In Step with North American Outbreak
...alth departments, established ArboNET to track WNV infections in the US. Data from ArboNet have documented the ...rth America. As of January, 2005, avian or animal infections have been reported from 47 states and Puerto Rico, and human infections have been reported in 40 sta...New Assays to Detect Disseminated Fungal Infections
...ergillus are common concerns. These multi-system infections remain difficult to diagnose and frequently end in death, with mortality rates such as 50% for disseminated candidiasis. As opportunistic infections, these fungi show an affinity for the critically ill, for example in the setting of immunosuppressio......amous cell cancers of the cervix. Most genital HPV infections in women produce transient squamous cell abnormalities of the cervix that are resolved completely, and the probability of any one HPV infection progressing to cervical cancer is quite small. Nevertheless, cervical cancer represents the second most c...