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Wild gorillas carriers of a SIV virus close to the AIDS virus

...discovery of a simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection in wild gorillas. Samples of faeces collected from different communities of gorillas found in the remotest areas of the Cameroon tropical forest were found to contain antibodies against this virus, called SIVgor. The genetic characteristics of the vi...

New study suggests promising drug combinations for sleeping sickness

...tients with second-stage sleeping sickness, where infection has reached the brain and prognosis is normally very poor. In the trial the drug combinations compared were melarsoprol-nifurtimox, melarsoprol-eflornithine, and nifurtimox-eflornithine. However, once 54 patients had been recruited (435 were planne...

A key antibody, IgG, links cells' capture and disposal of germs

...rt of the human immune system, guarding us against infection by an endless array of microorganisms," says Nohturfft, associate professor of molecular and cellular biology in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. "Our findings add yet another immunological task to the list of those handled by IgG." While j...

Artificial cornea offers better results for infants, some blind patients

...e vision, sometimes remarkably so, and none had an infection or a problem with the implant. In the seven cases where the child was 4 years old or older and could explain to some degree how much he or she could see, every child could at least see fingers held at an arm's length, and some children improved to 20...

Sex and the heart: It's not what you think

... than men had high C-Reactive Protein (a marker of infection that in elevated levels has been shown to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease). This appears to be associated with increased use of hormone-replacement therapy, Crimmins said. Heart disease remains the number one cause of death in the U.S. ...

Lab-on-a-chip could speed up treatment of drug-resistant pneumonia

...dentifying the bacterial strain that's causing the infection traditionally requires growing the bugs in culture first, a procedure that can take two to three days. Meanwhile, doctors often have no other option than to start stopgap treatments with broad-spectrum antibiotics. The Accelr8 technology is a "mic...

Scientists discover toxin that causes gastro disease

...hat cause whooping cough, a very serious bacterial infection that affects children," Dr Beddoe said. He said the research breakthrough may also provide insights into the development of age-related and degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, and may be used in the treatmen...

HIV/AIDS linked to extensively drug resistant TB

...ommon cause of death and illness in those with HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa. HIV greatly increases the r...search focused on quickly determining what kind of infection control practices can practically and feasibly be instituted to reduce the transmission of this leth...

Bad blood between boys and girls

...aften this week, to suggest an effect of parasitic infection on the sex of a baby. Kankova and colleagues ana...asmosis is asymptomatic but is usually a life-long infection characterised by the presence of anti-Toxoplasma antibodies in the blood. They analysed over 1800...

Funding to tackle hospital superbugs

...t modify host responses with the view to resolving infection and reducing inflammation in diseases such as arthritis. ...

Air travel and flu: Post-9/11 restrictions delayed start of season

...ht airline travel play a role in the spread of the infection across large distances? If so, reducing or restricting air travel might be useful in the early stages of a serious global epidemic. Research at the Children's Hospital Boston, now published in PLoS Medicine, has investigated the effects of air travel...

Replacing insulin is top-ranked breakthrough foreseen for health in developing world

...gies could improve a person's ability to fight off infection and new strains of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, hepatitis, malaria and other common diseases. The full Top 10 list is appended. About the study Some 44 international experts and clinicians from relevant fields ?three quarters of them from developing ...

Researchers discover that sheep need retroviruses for reproduction

...ous retroviruses appear to provide protection from infection and are involved in reproduction. For instance, th...The University of Glasgow Veterinary School. "This infection was beneficial to the host and was then positively selected for during evolution. In other words, an...

The biggest bug in gut discomfort

...tems. A rare but serious complication of C. jejuni infection is the triggering of the autoimmune disorder, Guillain-Barré paralysis. Yale researchers now have some answers to one of the most basic puzzles surrounding C. jejuni infections. How could such a large bacteria gain access to human intestinal epith...

Silver bullet: UGA researchers use laser, nanotechnology to rapidly detect viruses

...ill have antibodies in their system from a related infection decades ago. The tests are also prone to false neg...ome respiratory viruses, you've either cleared the infection at that point or succumbed to the infection," Tripp said. "What we've developed is the next generati...

Hope for major advance in fighting world killer disease

...athogenic E.coli (EPEC), which causes a persistent infection lasting more than 14 days, and Shigella, the cause of dysentery - are the most deadly in terms of killing children. They cause only 20% of cases of diarrhoea but result in 60% of deaths. It is these two killers - EPEC and Shigella - that the Leic...

Research holds promise for herpes vaccine

...lever ICP0 trick, the virus can still establish an infection in animals, but the spread of the virus is stopped long before disease can occur. "In short, we can disarm the virus such that it is absolutely unable to cause disease, but is still remarkably potent as a vaccine," Halford said. In a human vacci...

New engineered drug may offer prolonged arthritis relief

... susceptible to infection. Such vulnerability to infection is a particular problem for patients treated for chronic diseases such as osteoarthritis, and this vulnerability suggests the need for a local treatment, Shamji added. Based on the initial investigation, the team paired the ELP with the IL1RA drug ...

Resistance and genetic sensitivity to sleeping sickness

...e), in southern and eastern African countries. The infection it induces takes effect after a few weeks. More vi...rsity in host clinical presentation in reaction to infection can have several sources: the host's ability to respond to infection, the degree of parasite virulen...

Male circumcision reduces HIV risk, study stopped early

... it will have an enormous impact on preventing HIV infection in men, as well as reducing infections in women, Bailey said. ...

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