Weill Cornell Medical College receives 2 $100,000 grants for innovative global health research
... infections account for close to 20 percent of deaths in young children around the world. Pediatric respiratory viruses -- including the human parainfluenza viruses that cause croup, bronchiolitis and pneumonia -- account for a major portion of these diseases. There are currently no vaccines or antiviral ...McMaster test detects the most prevalent respiratory viruses
... including influenza A, influenza A-H1, influenza A-H3, influenza B, Adenovirus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) A and B, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza 1, 2, and 3, and rhinovirus. The test is also CE ("Conformit Europenne") certified to detect and identify 20 viruses and viral subtypes in ...New Virus Held Responsible For Respiratory Infection In Children
... children. The most important viral strain in this regard is the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Other important agents are influenza viruses, parainfluenza viruses, adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, and human metapneumovirus. However the causative organisms have been identified in only about 12 ...Drug aimed at 2 bioterror agents blocks live viral infection, Weill Cornell team reports
... a peptide (protein) related to a third pathogen, parainfluenza virus, that appeared to block "pseudo" Hendra and ... studying these types of microorganisms, using the parainfluenza virus as his model. "We were able to develop ... we describe in this paper because our work on parainfluenza had already helped us understand how these ...Scientists identify molecular structure of key viral protein
... the molecular structure of a viral protein, the parainfluenza virus 5 fusion (F) protein. The parainfluenza virus 5 is part of a family of viruses ... attacks and enters a cell and one after. The parainfluenza virus 5 fusion protein is one of these. It is the ...Quantum dots provide a faster, more sensitive method for detecting respiratory viral infections
... be to develop a quantum dot cocktail capable of simultaneously detecting the presence of at least five major respiratory viruses: influenza A and B, parainfluenza and metapneumovirus, in addition to RSV. This should be fairly straightforward, Wright says. In the current paper, Wright and Crowe demonstrate that ...NexBio to Present at 2009 Biotech Showcase
... due to multiple respiratory viruses, including parainfluenza virus, which may cause a serious respiratory ... tract, thereby preventing influenza and parainfluenza viruses both from infecting the human body and ... inhibits numerous strains of influenza and parainfluenza virus nonclinical models. Unlike current ...Medical College team creates website for tracking flu
... its existing form, the website focuses on influenza virus information, but other pathogens that cause respiratory tract infections, such as RSV and parainfluenza virus, will be added in the near future. The website is an example of multidisciplinary research now favored by federal granting agencies. ...Goat Anti-Human PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2+3 Polyclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from AbD Serotec
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