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Candidate vaccine to reduce hepatitis C viral load.

...(VIDO) have developed a vaccine candidate to treat hepatitis C infection. This vaccine technique is very effe...ies reveal that in patients suffering from chronic hepatitis there is alteration in the function of the dendritic cells. Hence these vaccines were created whic...

US Reportedly Experimenting on Nepali Soldiers

...d. Hepatitis E is reported to account for half the hepatitis cases in lesser developed nations. //In 1995, the US Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), the Thai-based branch of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, set up a unit in Katmandu to conduct clinical trials. Robert McNair...

Immune Response Of Human Beings Can Be Re-energized

...nses against chronic viral infections ranging from hepatitis to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. "CD8 T cells that have fought viral infections retain a 'memory' of the viruses they've encountered, so they can rapidly respond to new infections from those viruses," said lead researcher Gordon Freeman. In th...

Milk Thistle Not An Effective Cure For Liver Disease

...n patients with liver disease due to alcoholism or hepatitis B or C. According to the predefined criteria, data pertaining to 6 different placebo-controlled, double blind studies were taken into consideration. Following analysis, no beneficial effects of thistle milk could be found with respect to rate of mo...

War Against Cancer Continues

...emography plays an important role in cancer. While hepatitis B is reported to be responsible for most of the liver cancer cases in the world, the genetic predisposition of the local Asian population also plays an important role in this. The genetic factor also plays a prominent role in gallbladder cancer. Th...

Illicit body parts from cadavers used for transplant

...York funeral-home corpses have tested positive for hepatitis // and syphilis, their lawyer said. All of them ...n urging transplant patients to be tested for HIV, hepatitis and more. Hundreds of people who received transplants via Michael Mastromarino`s company, Biomedic...

HPA Says Hepatitis C Infection Is On The Rise

Chronic hepatitis C infection is resulting in 4,500 people across th...s about 200,000 people who suffer from the chronic hepatitis C infection, but most of them are not aware of their // condition. Injected drugs are believed to b...

More Funds Are Required For Immunisation Drive

...eases like bacterial meningitis, yellow fever, and hepatitis B in African and South Asian nations. The usage of these vaccines has risen to 50% from 5%. The vaccine alliance is also working on developing newer vaccines for diseases like malaria and tuberculosis by 2010, and polio is sought to be eradicated acr...

Health bonds to immunize the poor

...ella, yellow fever, haemophilus influenzae type B, hepatitis B, polio, rotavirus, pneumococcus, meningococcus, and Japanese encephalitis. The poorest countries currently finance, on average, one-third of their immunization expenses. Immunization is a global public good and until these countries are able to t...

Link Between Hepatitis C And Liver Cancer Unraveled By Scientists

...tal warts. “What we’ve found is that one of the hepatitis C virus proteins targets a cell protein that is cr... nothing but a part of the genetic material of the hepatitis C virus that has the intrinsic property of self-replication and protein production. Experimental stu...

NHS Honours Nurse From India

...ecialist nurse who works with children affected by hepatitis has been honoured in a national competition. Child...hildren's health and well-being. Sira, a clinical hepatitis nurse, was just the type of person the charity felt needs recognition. She was nominated by colleagu...

Fear Of Dengue Epidemic Looms Large: Fever Kills Five in Pakistan

... and ears, and the illness is often accompanied by hepatitis and pulmonary failure. A spokesman of the health ministry said that hospitals in this southern Pakistan port city had been put on alert and that the government had sent blood samples of five patients from Congo to laboratories in South Africa for t...

Dominant Discoveries and The Darker Side Of Methamphetamine Drug Addiction

...r damage and increases the risk of transmission of hepatitis and HIV. Currently, no medications have been approved in the treatment of methamphetamine addiction. Managing methamphetamine drug addiction has been a significant challenge to the scientific community. At last, the untiring efforts of the pharmaceu...

US Reviews Risks Of Tamiflu After 12 Children Die

... fatigue, insomnia, dizziness, rash and - rarely - hepatitis and Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a life-threatening condition in which the skin blisters and sloughs off. The two Japanese boys who died in separate accidents were reported to have exhibited abnormal behaviour after taking the drug. A high school stude...

Hepatitis B A high cause of Asian Female Mortality

... Journal of Political Economy that carriers of the hepatitis B virus are 1.5 times more likely to have a male c... poor conditions for women. But Oster found that hepatitis B can account for as many as 50 percent of the...

Negative Impact Of Hepatitis C Infection In Renal Transplant Recipients

Recent research demonstrates that hepatitis C virus infection is a bad prognostic indicator for patient and graft survival duration in renal transplant recipients//. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is reported in 3%-64% of renal allograft recipients; the prevalence depends on the geographic ...

Persons With Fatty Liver More Prone For Hypertension

... development of fatty liver that can later lead to hepatitis or cirrhosis. The liver enzyme GGT, commonly measured to test liver function is strongly affected by variation in weight and, most importantly, body fat distribution. Infact GGT was a significant predictor of hypertension only among overweight part...

Booster dose not required for Hepatitis B Vaccination

... been published in the journal The Lancet. Viral hepatitis B is a leading cause of acute and chronic liver di...ly, about 2 billion people have been infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV). More than 350 million people are chronically infected. WHO recommends that all countr...

Changes In Brain Structure From Methamphetamine Abuse And HIV Infection

...eously. Methamphetamine abuse is linked with HIV, hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted diseases, not only by the use of contaminated injection equipment, but also due to increased risky sexual behaviors. These findings show that methamphetamine abuse and HIV infection each cause significant changes in ...

Sharp Increase Of The Deadly Diseases In Delhi

...ing to be a sharp increase in deadly diseases like hepatitis E, meningitis, typhoid and malaria. Since wet weat...o take lessons from Mumbai's predicament. Cases of hepatitis E are at an all-time high. In a congested city like Delhi, where sanitation facilities are often lac...

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