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Success of HIV may depend in its mutations

...he immune system is no longer able to identify and kill the mutations. The researchers found much of the deficiency also occurs because HIV destroys the helper cells. This stops the efficient production of new killer cells and it helps to weaken the killer cells that are produced. Because of this findin...

Fight against Fungus - A new ray of hope

...theters inserted. Doctors say that the disease can kill 30 to 40 per cent of those infected. Until now, the "hidden plague" of fungal infections in hospitals has been combated by two main drugs - Amphotericin B and fluconazole. While the former drug, which has been around for nearly 45years works well b...

Chlorine might be a cause for Asthma

...en used for thepast decades due to it's ability to kill Bacteriaefficiently and at a more economical reate. But thischemical might be the likely reason for the suddenincrease in childhood asthma among asthma victims. The culprit is a chemical known as trichloroamine//(chemical name : nitrogen trichlorid...

Kidney Cancer Vaccine

...dney cancer spreads fast, and when it does, it can kill within months. Now there's a vaccine that may stop the cancer in its tracks. Faith was more than a mere crutch for Rev. Jerry Burnside when he was diagnosed with kidney cancer. "I was not afraid of dying. My faith sustained me in that, but I dreaded ...

Digoxin Pill To Fight Against Both Heart Diseases And Cancer

...the ability of the drug to target cancer cells and kill them. By using this technique of neoglycorandomisation it is possible to develop drugs for other disease. It is possible to manipulate the drug for treatment of different diseases. Dr. Hazel Nunn of Cancer Research has said, "We've already taken th...

Valporic Acid Blocks Latent HIV Replication

...a have found that administrating Valporic acid can kill dormant HIV persistent in the infected cells. HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy), which is administered to AIDS patients acts by blocking the virus replication and also enhances the immune system // of these patients. But HAART cannot act o...

Breast Cancer’s Does Not Discriminate – Rich and Famous Who have had Breast Cancer and Survivd

...tween rich and poor, if not diagnosed early it can kill anyone. Many celebrities have succumbed to it and some have fought it and survived. Medindia has listed all these famous// actresses and personalities who have suffered from breast cancer. Olivia Newton-John -Actress and SingerShirley Temple Black ...

Nanocells cancer combination therapy acts as chemotherapy as well as anti-angiogenic drug

...ygen. Cutting off blood supply could be one way to kill the cancer cells. This is however fraught with pro...rapy and anti-angiogenesis — can be another way to kill cancer cells. This has it own limitations though — drugs that cut off blood supply not only deprive ...

Time For Lice To Go

...ce. The available lice treatments do not reliably kill the louse egg and the increasing prevalence of lic... up a resistance to the chemicals that are used to kill them said the researchers. Human head lice, like many other insects, apply a protective coating, or...

Brain Fever or Encephalitis Spreading in North India

...ue to the Japanese Encephalitis continues to daily kill a few more people in Uttar Pradesh and seems to be spreading to the neighboring areas like Nepal. In this special report we review encephalitis or more // commonly known as brain fever and provide some essential information on its history, its sprea...

Uganda Reports Failure To Contain Sleeping Sickness

...s treatment of livestock with long-acting drugs to kill the parasite. In this study Eric Fevre from University of Edinburgh, Scotland and colleagues had looked at the prevalence of human infective T b rhodesiensein the cattle population of three villages in the Soroti district of Uganda, which had the int...

Atypical Antibiotics For Super Bugs

...otic closely related to penicillin. They appear to kill bacteria by masquerading as components of the bacterial cell wall in order to deactivate an enzyme that functions as a key bacterial defense mechanism, the researchers say. In preliminary lab tests, the new antibiotics — the first to exhibit this mim...

Alcohol based sanitizer found to reduce illness in families

...ilable in stores, do not require water and rapidly kill most bacteria and viruses on the skin. They are a convenient alternative for busy parents who are unable to get to a sink while caring for sick children. Simple practices like hand washing using an alcohol based sanitizer can go a long way in pre...

Less Stomach Infections If Hand Sanitizer Gel Is Used

...ilable in stores, do not require water and rapidly kill most bacteria and viruses on the skin. They are a convenient alternative for busy parents who are unable to get to a sink while caring for sick children. Source: Newswis...

Encephalitis Survivors Face The Risk Of Becoming Disabled

If it doesn't kill its child victims, it leaves them maimed, paralysed and in a semi-comatose state. And perhaps nowhere is the tragedy of Japanese encephalitis as stark as in this forgotten area where the latest bout of// the disease has killed hundreds. "Encephaliti...

Intravenous Vitamin C (Ascorbate) for Cancer Treatment

...fects, has many substances that have been shown to kill cancer cells in the lab but failed to fulfill that promise when tested in people. Henry Scowcroft, Senior Officer at Cancer Research UK, is not sure about the effect of Vitamin C on patients as the research is only on its initial stages. Dr. Mark Lev...

Scientists Find Way To Stop Infection Of Implants

...to the titanium surface in an active form, and can kill bacteria and prevent infection. The work is a crit...nium powder. The vancomycin could then immediately kill bacteria sensitive to vancomycin that landed on the titanium. The researchers checked to see if va...

Immunotherapy For Cancer Treatment

...generate T cells able to identify cancer cells and kill them and not be deceived into ignoring them as acceptable versions of normal cells." (Source: BBC News.)...

Chloroquine and Primaquine combination Malarial drug for resistant parasites.

..., the drug has to remain in a crystallized form to kill the parasite and an effective concentration of the...in the digestive tract of the parasite in order to kill it. Due to indiscriminate abuse of Chloroquine the parasite has started to produce resistance to the...

Gold Nanoparticles: Agents For Noninvasive Cancer Therapy

... of nanoparticles at four times energy required to kill the malignant cells with anti-EGFR/Au conjugates b...e ability of these particles to absorb light helps kill those cancer cells. In conclusion, Gold nanoparticles are a novel class of photothermal agents causi...

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