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Human Vaccine for Herpes Virus on the Anvil

... This approach may also be valid for a number of diseases associated with persistent or latent infections, including all types of herpes-associated diseases, AIDS, or hepatitis, said Spector. These viruses persist because immune responses generated by the viral infection are not able to eradicate the vir...

More Fat Leads to Less Coronary Artery Calcification

...t omega-3 fatty acids act as protective factors in diseases that affect retinal blood vessels, said John Paul ...proaches that may show merit in future research on diseases that damage retinal blood vessels and nerve cells. "The purpose of our study was to discover and d...

Ancient Ancestors Might Have Had a Clue to HIV

...able to HIV today. AIDs one of the most dangerous diseases of the present century and one of the most researched one still leaves many questions unanswered about its origin. Many researchers believe that the answers to the origin could be found in the jungles of central Africa. The understanding to the orig...

Taking Animals Out of Laboratory Research

...ch while still maintaining crucial work to defeat diseases that affect millions of people. The new FRAME Al...ical research must continue to find treatments for diseases which lessen the quality of human and animal life. New consumer products, medicines, and industrial ...

Ranbaxy Launches Pravastatin Sodium Tablets in US

...the US pravastatin sodium tablets, meant for heart diseases . Being the first-to-file, the company will enjoy a 180-day exclusivity for the pravastatin 80mg and benefit from the commercial gains during the period, it informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The annual sales for the tablets, used for prev...

Childhood Abuse Increases the Risk of Alcoholism

...t interactions play in the pathogenesis of complex diseases such as alcoholism, adds NIAAA Director Ting-Kai Li, M.D. A report of the study appears in the June 26, 2007 advance online publication of Molecular Psychiatry. Previous studies have shown that childhood sexual abuse increases the risk for numerous...

Chronic Metamphetamine Abuse is Related to Cardiovascular Disease

...endproducts (AGEs)-are associated with a number of diseases including diabetes and Alzheimers disease. Long-lived AGEs can easily modify protein function, initiate adverse cellular reactions, and form damaging deposits on arterial walls. Methamphetamine-AGE proteins not only increased antibody production, ...

SKorean Scientists Develop Technology for Cheap Biosensor

... use transistors in devices for quick diagnosis of diseases such as diabetes. The biosensor technology was developed by a research team at the state-run Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. "We proved that transistors can be used not only for computers but also for devices that convert bio...

Concern in Mizoram Over Growing Tobacco-related Diseases

... really good when they talk about cancer and other diseases caused by tobacco. But the truth is that it is very hard to give up such a bad habit once we are into it. After knowing the hazards of tobacco use, many young men and women have got themselves enrolled in several de-addiction centres. The clinic...

China Biopharma to Introduce an Immunotherapeutic Vaccine into China

...unotherapeutic vaccine Staphage Lysate that treats diseases of staphylococcal infection . According to this initial agreement, Delmont Laboratory will supply bulk materials and China Biopharma will contract local manufactures for the final packaging in China. CBPC will also conduct a study before a definiti...

Non Communicable Diseases to Be the Cause of Deaths in Poor Countries by 2115-World Bank

...causes of death in poor countries by 2015. These diseases will replace the present major killers which inclu...b the diseases. It has to prevent non communicable diseases to the greatest extent possible, and in doing so, promote healthy aging to avoid premature death. Th...

Children With Chronic Illness Die in Hospitals

...tions include heart disease, cancer, neuromuscular diseases that worsen over time, and genetic illnesses, among others. Over 15 years, the proportion of chronically ill children dying at home increased significantly for each age group, from 4.9 percent to 7.3 percent among infants, from 17.9 percent to 30.7...

Back to Basics in Health in Advanced Countries Now

...onic illnesses such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases would become more prevalent over the coming two decades. "The rise of these diseases poses a major risk to the long-term health of millions of Australians by reducing their quality of l...

Surgical Students Fail to Report Needle Stick Injuries

...ies and patients to the threat of transmitting the diseases including AIDS, hepatitis and many other blood-bor... know their patient is a likely carrier of certain diseases are more likely to report the injury. I think a lot of it is really a person's perception of risk...

Avian Flu Seen in Others Birds too

... Melaka virus represents a new trend of infectious diseases coming from animals, known as zoonotic viruses. In Germany, authorities are testing the carcasses of four birds to determine whether they carried the H5N1 strain of avian flu after the virus was found in nine cases in the country in the past three...

New Imaging Technique may Help Detect Multiple Sclerosis Early

...te and aid in efficient nerve fibre conduction. In diseases such as multiple sclerosis, the myelin sheath has been found to degrade. The researchers insist that the unprecedented feat of looking real-time at the actual progress of demyelination will advance understanding of multiple sclerosis, and perhaps p...

Chilean President's Cousin Successfully Tests Allergy 'Knockout' Technique on Mice

...tently eliminated four different types of allergic diseases in mice. The researchers also noted that upon administration of the antibody in nose drops, mice suffering from sever chronic asthma completely reverted to normal in less than two months. Termed RECEPTRA, the pioneering project presents a novel th...

'Missing Link' Stem Cells may Shorten Path to Therapies

...ter model in testing potential therapies for human diseases and injuries, the researchers said. "They are a missing link between mouse and human embryonic stem cells," Roger Pedersen, who headed a research team at Cambridge University, told AFP. The other group was led by Ronald McKay at Oxford. Both st...

Novel Investigational Drug May Help American Women Suffering from Breast Pain

...requently utilized by physicians to rule out other diseases of the breast. "Breast pain associated with fibrocystic breast disease can be physically impairing, leaving women unable to cope with basic daily functions, yet 85% of women don't receive treatment," said Gerianne Tringali DiPiano, President and CE...

Routine Hib Vaccination Could Save Innumerable Asian Children

...ce challenging the commonly held notion that these diseases are rare in Asia," said Dr Abdullah Baqui, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA. "Our research shows that routine Hib vaccination is a feasible and highly effective way of preventing death related to...

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