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Researchers create infectious hepatitis C virus in a test tube

...ller University has produced for the first time an infectious form of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in laboratory ...ecause scientists have been unable to reproduce an infectious form of HCV that they can observe in cell cultures. The method developed by Rice and his colleagues,...

Quantum dots provide a faster, more sensitive method for detecting respiratory viral infections

...hnology, a chemist and a doctor who specializes in infectious childhood diseases have joined forces to create an early detection method for a respiratory virus that is the most common cause of hospitalization among children under five. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) sends about 120,000 children to the hospi...

Device traps, disables harmful bacteria

...Bioaerosols pose a threat to public health through infectious and toxic diseases. Today there are increased settings where people gather and can be affected by such bioaerosols. Among these "high-exposure environments" are correctional facilities, homeless shelters, healthcare facilities, and public transit sys...

Visceral Leishmaniasis: Successful Vaccine Trial In Dogs

...pathogenesis » and 165 « Genetics and evolution of infectious diseases », in conjunction with the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banares Hindu University, Varanasi, India. ...

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

...y, also will help protect consumers from foodborne infectious disease. Virginia Sea Grant is part of a 30-state National Sea Grant Program established by Congress in 1966 as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Sea-grant colleges research new ideas and technologies to help use, manage, ...

Public release of pig genomic sequences

...ms of importance for agriculture, environment, and infectious diseases. BGI will continue its efforts in pig genome research through its support to and participation in SGSC. ...

‘Blue Brain?project explores thought at molecular level

...ms of importance for agriculture, environment, and infectious diseases. BGI will continue its efforts in pig genome research through its support to and participation in SGSC. ...

Gaining ground in the race against antibiotic resistance

...e has put humans in an escalating 'arms race' with infectious bacteria, as scientists try to develop new antibiotics faster than the bacteria can evolve new resistance strategies. But now, researchers have a new strategy that may give them a leg up in the race -- reproducing in the lab the natural evolution of...

Tadpole soon to help in the fight against cancer and lymphedema

...ork cause many disorders, such as inflammatory and infectious diseases and lymphedema (a swelling caused by water retention). On the other hand, a well-functioning lymphatic vessel network can simplify the spread of cancer cells. A thorough understanding of this network is thus essential for seeking a solution ...

Virus uses tiny RNA to evade the immune system

...irus uses the gene silencing machinery for its own infectious purposes. In people, plants, and worms, hundreds ...icroRNA that targets T antigen is made late in the infectious cycle, just when T antigen is no longer essential for virus replication. Further experiments showed ...

Infectious disease expert warns of spread of Rocky Mountain spotted fever

An infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins who has spent near...s sign of how humans can inadvertently help spread infectious organisms beyond traditional state boundaries. In an article to be published in The New England Jou...

Study: Plants use dual defense system to fight pathogens

...nimal cell. The pathogen uses this conduit to send infectious effector proteins into the host cell. While P. syringae injects about 40 different varieties of effector molecules into a plant cell, the researchers focused on the actions of two of these molecules ?AvrRpt2 and AvrRpm1. Both target a protein key to...

Mosquitoes are more attracted to individuals infected with malaria

...mosquitoes are more attracted to children with the infectious stages of malaria than to those infected with non-...cted significantly more mosquitoes if they had the infectious stage of the malaria parasite. Moreover, when the children were treated with antimalarial drugs, the...

Drugs from the deep blue

...Davis, is searching for new treatments for cancer, infectious diseases and other conditions that could be made from natural products in the soft bodies of some of the ocean's simplest inhabitants. "Three quarters of the world is covered by oceans, and we've only dipped below the surface," Molinski said. This ...

Controlling wildlife trade key to preventing health crises, study says

...species transmission. Since 1980, at least 35 new infectious diseases, including HIV and Ebola Hemorraghic Fever, have emerged in humans, averaging one disease every 8 months. Besides the direct impact on people, the transmission of wildlife-borne pathogens also affects domestic animals and native species that...

Hurricane aftermath: Infectious disease threats from common, not exotic, diseases

...he wake of Katrina, the public health threats from infectious diseases in hurricane-devastated areas are more li...al Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID). Common infectious disease problems in New Orleans in the coming weeks are likely to be skin and soft-tissue infections...

Experimental shingles vaccine proves effective in nationwide study

...r older persons," says Stephen E. Straus, M.D., an infectious diseases specialist at NIAID and Director of the N..." comments study leader Michael N. Oxman, M.D., an infectious disease specialist at the San Diego VA Healthcare System and the University of California, San Diego...

New NIAID grants strengthen national biodefense and emerging infectious diseases research network

...counter threats from bioterror agents and emerging infectious diseases. Each institution will receive approximat...trategic plan to counter bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases is now complete," says Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of NIAID. "Our network is working d...

Optimizing cell therapy against tumors is a balancing ACT

...apy approaches for treating tumors and established infectious diseases. TITLE: Acquisition of full effector function in vitro paradoxically impairs the in vivo anti-tumor efficacy of adoptively transferred CD8+ T cells TITLE: Towards improved immunocompetence of adoptively transferred CD8+ T cells ...

UW-Madison scientists zero in on drugs' sweet spots

...fact that 60-75 percent of drugs approved to treat infectious disease and cancer over the past 25 years are of natural origin, many companies have lost interest in developing natural products because of the complex chemistry that underpins them. The ability to zero in on the sweet spot of drugs derived from na...

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