Hepatitis E virus made impotent
A ribozyme, an enzyme that can be used to kill the deadly Hepatitis E virus has been designed by ...had been designed using the viral clones and would kill the virus by cutting RNA.// The efficacy of the ribozyme was being tested on animals. The clo...Dietary cure for fighting Helicobacter pylori
...mpound found in broccoli and broccoli sprouts, can kill the bacterium - at least in a test tube. Initially...rties of this compound - but now it appears is can kill even resistant strains of H. pylori .The next stage is to see if broccoli itself can have such a pow...Special proteins to fight TB identified
...in stressful situations may help the immune system kill the TB bacteria, researchers in the UK report. According to a report in the June issue of the journal Nature Medicine,// these heat-shock proteins, which are special proteins produced by the body help cells survive stressful times and bolster the imm...Gene researchers make Malaria-resistant mosquito
...s-Lorena said. While pesticides have been used to kill the mosquitoes that carry malaria, the insects can develop resistance to pesticides. And the malaria parasites can become resistant to drugs used in humans, which requires the constant development of newer and consequently more expensive drugs. As a...Suicide risk high in 12-17 Age Group
...de in 2000 and more than a third of those tried to kill themselves, a government survey found. According t...hose who reported considering suicide or trying to kill themselves received counseling. The report said that the research has demonstrated that the most eff...Stem cells aid to cure brain cancer
...oduce interleukin-12, a natural compound which can kill glioma cells. In this study, the stem cells were injected into mice with brain tumours. The animals survived far longer than mice not given the cells and, what is more, they also showed long-term immunity to brain cancer, indicating the potential of ...Brain cells protected by new compounds
...ys// an important role in getting damaged cells to kill themselves. Its known to be important in cancer - where defective p53 genes allow cancer cells to grow, instead of dying off. Now researchers at the National Institutes of Health are using p53 in a new approach to brain disease. They have developed...Modified antibiotic may support fight cancer
...junction with conventional anti-cancer drugs which kill cancer cells. Further research will reveal whether this new approach is applicable to the long-term management of human cancer....Beehives to curb dental caries
...t the colony against disease. It has been shown to kill Bacillus larvae, a bacterial disease that attacks bees. Results of the studies showed that overall, propolis inhibited 70-92 percent of Gtf activity in solution. There was a 45-95 percent inhibition in activity on the hydroxyapatite surfaces. The r...Missing Protein In Cancer Development
...enetically unstable. Such instability would either kill a cell or keep it from growing. However sometimes mutations alter cells in such a way that they are able to multiply creating tumors. Researchers indicated that loss of E2F3 itself doesn't cause cancer but its absence gives a normal cell the chance t...Brain diseases an outcome of cannibalism
...ke flesh with infectious prions. These as a result kill the brain cells. This disease is found in about one in a million people. A disease called kuru common among the Fore people in Papua New Guinea was mainly due to eating their deceased relatives in the mortuary feasts. There are genetic mutations ca...Study reveals how stress can make you sick
...ly makes a link to why chronic stress can actually kill people. Researchers explained that people under stress tend to respond by doing things that can increase their levels of IL-6.For example, they may smoke or overeat; smoking raises IL-6 levels, and the chemical is secreted by fat cells. Stressed peop...Study reveals how stress can make you sick
...ly makes a link to why chronic stress can actually kill people. Researchers explained that people under stress tend to respond by doing things that can increase their levels of IL-6. For example, they may smoke or overeat; smoking raises IL-6 levels, and the chemical is secreted by fat cells. Stressed p......tibiotics, like Cipro, could be used in concert to kill the bacteria themselves. The federally supported study began in the months following the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five persons. //In those attacks, which remain unsolved, one of the first victims was sick for days before he was seen by d...Antibiotics May Help Prevent Strokes
...is where antibiotics come in. If an antibiotic can kill these bacteria, the plaque might become more stable and less likely to cause a stroke. To study the link between antibiotics and stroke, Dr. Paul Brassard, from Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, and colleagues compared antibiotic use between 1888 ...ICU Survival can be improved by Antibiotic use
...The practice of giving ICU patients antibiotics to kill harmful bacteria in the mouth, stomach, and intestines was first introduced in 1984 in an effort to curtail deadly hospital-acquired infections, which are common in ICUs. Noting most hospital-acquired infections are preceded by other bacterial infect...False beliefs could cost cancer patients their lives
...he biggest cancer killer around the world. It will kill 157,000 Americans in 2003.// In a recent survey researchers found that 38 percent of 626 patients they surveyed held this belief. When broken down by race, 61 percent of the black and 29 percent of the white patients at five centers said they beli......l to topical antimicrobials -- creams or gels that kill microorganisms like bacteria even though doctors have not been able to identify a microbiologic cause of rosacea. There is no cure for rosacea and if left untreated, it worsens. Researchers say their study shows azelaic acid gel is consistently supe...... from a pig virus that could mutate and spread and kill lots of other people.”Biotech companies are working to eliminate that. They’re breeding pigs they say do not pass on the PERV virus --the one deemed most dangerous to humans. While it may be too early for species to share organs, researchers conti...