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New tools used to control foodborne hepatitis A outbreaks related to green onions
... spread of four outbreaks of foodborne hepatitis A virus in 2003 related to the consumption of green onions... used in an ongoing investigation of a hepatitis A virus outbreak. The methods, involving genetic sequencing analysis of virus found in blood samples from in...Use of Antibiotics for Acne May Increase Risk of Common Illness
... spread of four outbreaks of foodborne hepatitis A virus in 2003 related to the consumption of green onions... used in an ongoing investigation of a hepatitis A virus outbreak. The methods, involving genetic sequencing analysis of virus found in blood samples from in...Large-scale Computer Simulations Reveal New Insights Into Antibiotic Resistance
... spread of four outbreaks of foodborne hepatitis A virus in 2003 related to the consumption of green onions... used in an ongoing investigation of a hepatitis A virus outbreak. The methods, involving genetic sequencing analysis of virus found in blood samples from in...Disrupting Cocaine-memories To Battle Addiction
... spread of four outbreaks of foodborne hepatitis A virus in 2003 related to the consumption of green onions... used in an ongoing investigation of a hepatitis A virus outbreak. The methods, involving genetic sequencing analysis of virus found in blood samples from in...Columbia scientists develop cancer terminator viruses
...ites (akin to metastases). As predicted, when the virus was injected directly into the primary tumor, the virus destroyed not only the primary tumor, but also distant tumors. While the infection caused by the vi...No small feat: First ever gene therapy success for muscular dystrophy achieved
...rized could be inserted inside an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector. Dr. Xiao's laboratory is known for its work developing this vector, which they have previously shown is the most efficient means for delivering genes to muscle cells. In the current study, the authors show that two strains of AAV, AAV-...Protein structure key for AIDS, cell function
...at CD38 interrupts an interaction between the AIDS virus and its point of entry into cells -- a protein receptor called CD4. By looking at CD38's 3-D structure, the Cornell researchers identified a peptide, an organic compound composed of amino acids, that they believe may play a role in interrupting the i...Mosquito study shows new, faster way West Nile can spread
...a quick new way that mosquitoes can pass West Nile virus to each other. The new study challenges fundamenta... of West Nile transmission, mosquitoes acquire the virus when they bite birds with high levels of virus (or "high viremia.") in their blood. Those levels are...Results of world's first gene therapy trial for arthritis show approach safe, feasible
...he Pitt study used the same vector ?an inactivated virus that shuttles a gene into cells ?as a more recent ...ed tissue ?using as the vector an adeno-associated virus (AAV) instead of the vector used in the trial reported in PNAS. AAV appears to have a good safety pr...UCSD discovery may provide novel method to generate medically useful proteins
... the researchers describe the mechanism by which a virus that infects bacteria--called a bacteriophage, or phage--can generate a kaleidoscope of variants of a particular protein. The paper will appear in print in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology in October. Since this degree of protein diversity is...WCS says avian flu prevention should focus on farms, markets
...mine the strain. These tests will determine if the virus is the H5N1 strain that has killed over 50 people ...ongolia has few domestic poultry, finding the H5N1 virus in wild migratory birds here would indicate that wild birds can become infected and move highly path...Scientists use gene transfer technology and common virus to block neuropathic pain in animals
...ic pain. The secret to their success is based on a virus called herpes simplex or HSV ?the same virus that causes cold sores and genital herpes. The scientists use a disabled form of the virus, called a...How HIV disables the cells' call for help
The HIV virus hides out in the very immune system cells that are...aising the alarm. The scientists surmised that the virus must be able to actively disable some part of the immune cell's system. They investigated a peptide...Molecular mechanism of feather formation found
...p2 into the skin of six-day-old chick embryos. The virus infected only small patches of cells and allowed Harris to locally examine the effects of the treatment on barb patterning during feather development. To assess the specific role of Bmp2 in regulating Shh expression, Harris tricked the cells into be...Virus uses tiny RNA to evade the immune system
...e hosts they infect, researchers have found that a virus appears to cloak itself with a recently discovered...05, issue of Nature may be the first to show how a virus uses the gene silencing machinery for its own infectious purposes. In people, plants, and worms, hu...Learning how SARS spikes its quarry
... a piece of the spike-shaped protein that the SARS virus uses to grab host cells and initiate the first sta...ay help scientists learn new details about how the virus infects cells. The information could also be helpful in identifying potential weak points that can b...Vaccine targets tumors where they live
...first clinical trial to directly inject a vaccinia virus expressing the B7.1 costimulatory molecule into humans with melanoma. The researchers show that this vaccine is safe and feasible to use for local delivery into established melanoma lesions. 2 of the injected lesions showed a partial response and 3 ...UCLA scientists reveal how Nipah virus infects cells
...LA scientists have discovered how the deadly Nipah virus infiltrates human cells to cause encephalitis. Des...nt by the National Biodefense Research Agenda, the virus exploits a protein essential to embryonic development to enter cells and launch its attack. The onli...Scavenger cells could be key to treating HIV-related dementia
...memories are stored in their attempt to attack the virus there, according to findings reported in the Journ...ain Alzheimer's disease often damages. Because the virus mutates nearly 100 times faster in the temporal lobe than other parts of the brain, attacking macrop...LIAI scientists make major finding on potential smallpox treatment
...his team have discovered a protein in the smallpox virus ?the H3 protein -- that elicits a particularly str...that kill the virus," he said. No actual smallpox virus was used in the studies in order to avoid any potential danger of transmission. Dr. Crotty made t...Other Tagsadipose 2table 2table 3table 4table 5reducing 2reducing 3reducing 4reducing 5reducing 6reducing 7reducing 8reducing 9reducing 10publications 2release 2release 3release 4release 5release 6release 7release 8release 9release 10calls 2calls 3calls 4calls 5calls 6desert 2Other Contentscaloriecaloriecaloriecalculuscampylobactercandidacarcinogencarcinogencarcinogen
(Date:9/5/2008)...ess of Neuroinformatics will convene September 7-9...olm. The emerging neuroinformatics field combines ...dvanced tools and approaches to understanding the ... also be applied to brain disorders and diseases. ...ill bring together experts from all disciplines co...
(Date:9/5/2008)... employing a sophisticated computer model pioneere...ture has found that many governments worldwide are... , Despite the availability of many drugs and th... policies recommend using what is known as a singl...peatedly with many patients. Writing in the Sept. ...
(Date:9/5/2008)...-Captive breeding colonies of a critically endange...ed from tens of millions to a few thousand, are to...University of Michigan analysis shows. , Adding ...istan and India, is crucial, but political and log...author Jeff A. Johnson. , The study was publishe...
(Date:9/5/2008)...olocate may have evolved more than once, according...iversity of London scientists. , Species of bat ...gether in the evolutionary tree of life - some are...he fruit bats. This has raised the question of whe...ce, or whether the fruit bats somehow lost their a...
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(Date:9/4/2008)...pancreatic tumors , , THURSDAY, Sept. 4 ...coveries involving genetic mutations of two deadly...reatic cancer -- may lead to new treatments and ev...present the most complete genetic analysis to date...map of these deadly cancers," Kenneth Kinzler, a p...
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