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Inhaling large amounts of salt can cause hypertension

...ched Rohani to assist in the modeling of potential smallpox introduction. "I noticed that when we assumed different distributions of the infectious period in the models, we observed very different epidemic curves," said the researcher. Conversations with Wearing and Keeling followed, alternative models were c...

Understanding biases in epidemic models important when making public health predictions

...ched Rohani to assist in the modeling of potential smallpox introduction. "I noticed that when we assumed different distributions of the infectious period in the models, we observed very different epidemic curves," said the researcher. Conversations with Wearing and Keeling followed, alternative models were c...

Cancer drug slows poxvirus in mice

...rwise lethal dose of vaccinia virus, a relative of smallpox virus, report scientists supported by the National...ht be useful in preventing adverse side effects of smallpox vaccine. The classic smallpox vaccine is made from live, weakened vaccinia virus and is not recommen...

Secret of smallpox's success may lead to bioterror cure

...not only be able to create a vaccine that can cure smallpox infections in their early stages, but he may also ...une systems. The ability to stay hidden allows the smallpox virus, in particular, time to grow and multiply to the point of causing devastating disease before t...

First North American Encapsulated Islet Transplant without Long-term Immune Suppression into a Patient with Type 1 Diabetes

...ntists have suggested this disease could have been smallpox or even bubonic plague but bubonic plague is a bacterial disease rather than a virus and is not blocked by the CCR5-delta32 mutation. Professor Duncan commented: "The fact that the CCR5-delta32 mutation is restricted to Europe suggests that the plag...

Biologists discover why 10% of Europeans are safe from HIV

...ntists have suggested this disease could have been smallpox or even bubonic plague but bubonic plague is a bacterial disease rather than a virus and is not blocked by the CCR5-delta32 mutation. Professor Duncan commented: "The fact that the CCR5-delta32 mutation is restricted to Europe suggests that the plag...

Stopping smallpox in its tracks: A new anti-viral approach

Natural or deliberate exposure to smallpox poses a great health threat, especially since routine smallpox vaccinations have been discontinued and no clinically approved treatment currently exists. In the Fe...

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