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New vaccine for condition that kills 500,000 children a year

...ing gastroenteritis that can be fatal. Efforts to eradicate rotavirus disease were almost derailed in 1999 when another vaccine was pulled from the market because it caused a rare bowel obstruction called intussusception at a rate of one in 10,000 patients. Intussusception takes place when the bowel folds in ...

Worm hormone discovery may aid fight against parasitic disease

...nes work in humans ?findings that one day may help eradicate worm infections that afflict a third of the world'...o, he said, the same pathway could be exploited to eradicate the pests, either by keeping them perpetually in an immature state, or by coaxing them to mature bef...

Protecting endangered species helps reduce poverty

... that WWF's work to save endangered wildlife helps eradicate poverty and hunger, as well as promote sustainable and fair development in rural areas. "Problems that threaten species like the destruction of habitats and natural resources often contribute to poverty," said Hemley. Conservation and sustainable...

Report focuses on challenges to unlocking future promise of vaccines

Vaccines have helped eradicate and tame some of history's worst infectious diseases, but there are many more diseases out there that vaccines can help overcome. The challenges society needs to confront to unlock the future promise of vaccines against the plagues of the 21st centu...

New GM mosquito sexing technique is step towards malaria control, report scientists

... there have been a number of control programmes to eradicate malaria, none of these have been entirely successful, and many have also had side effects, such as environmental damage through insecticides. This advance could one day make a major impact on the burden of ill health caused by malaria, and is another...

Gene therapy may protect normal tissues during radiation retreatment for lung cancer

...on of the ice sheets was not significant enough to eradicate all the fauna and that desolate patches were recolonised from surrounding areas. But our research confirms that the destruction was wholesale with very little surviving. Even today calving icebergs ploughing across the seafloor destroy everything in ...

Seafloor creatures destroyed by ice action during ice ages

...on of the ice sheets was not significant enough to eradicate all the fauna and that desolate patches were recolonised from surrounding areas. But our research confirms that the destruction was wholesale with very little surviving. Even today calving icebergs ploughing across the seafloor destroy everything in ...

Restoring silenced suppressor gene kills lung-cancer cells

...ieve that using WWOX as a therapy will necessarily eradicate tumors, Fabbri says, "but we do believe that this kind of gene therapy might be useful when used in combination with chemotherapy and other therapies." ...

Fighting malaria by manipulating mosquitoes' sense of smell

...save lives but face enormous challenges and cannot eradicate malaria without the development of complementary control technologies. Recent advances in the genetics, biology, immunology and behavior of mosquitoes open up new and unexplored avenues for controlling malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. The ...

Techniques available to detect soil that inhibits destructive soybean pest

...nfested fields. There are no pesticides that will eradicate soybean cyst nematode, which also preys on other legumes and some grasses. ...

Use of high hydrostatic pressure to inactivate Hepatitis A virus in oysters studied

... public health officials. HPP makes it possible to eradicate or inactivate pathogens while still delivering a 'raw' product to the consumer. The study will benefit processors and distributors by mitigating their food safety liability, but most importantly, also will help protect consumers from foodborne infec...

Improving the potential of cancer vaccines

..., but such responses are too weak and transient to eradicate tumor cells." The answer lies in a group of cells called CD4+ regulatory T cells (Treg for short). These cells have the ability to suppress the body's natural immune response. If they are depleted, autoimmune diseases will result because the immune ...

Random gene expression may drive HIV into hiding

...e of the biggest reasons why drug therapy fails to eradicate HIV from patients. The new findings, which will be published in the July 29, 2005, issue of the journal Cell, could help scientists design new and more effective treatments to slow or halt the progression of HIV infection. HIV normally replicates ra...

Roundup®highly lethal to amphibians, finds University of Pittsburgh researcher

The herbicide Roundup® is widely used to eradicate weeds. But a study published today by a University of Pittsburgh researcher finds that the chemical may be eradicating much more than that. Pitt assistant professor of biology Rick Relyea found that Roundup®, the second most commonly applied herbici...

Chemists synthesize molecule that helps body battle cancers, malaria

...will enhance the body's natural immune response to eradicate diseases." ...

Distributed Basic Local Alignment Search Toolkit (W.ND-BLAST)

... a variety of treatment technologies to attempt to eradicate microbes from incoming water. Dr. Cervia described the different types of systemic disinfection methods used and the advantages and disadvantages of each. "Despite the range of technologies being applied, the problem of waterborne microbes in the he...

New strategies to reduce hospital-aquired infections

... a variety of treatment technologies to attempt to eradicate microbes from incoming water. Dr. Cervia described the different types of systemic disinfection methods used and the advantages and disadvantages of each. "Despite the range of technologies being applied, the problem of waterborne microbes in the he...

Genome of deadly amoeba shows surprising complexity, evidence of lateral gene transfer

... find better means to harness the immune system to eradicate infection through vaccine development. A number of the metabolic adaptations and stratagems identified from the E. histolytica genome also have commonalities with those reported in two other amitochondrial human pathogens of global importance: Trich...

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