Scientists use gene transfer technology and common virus to block neuropathic pain
...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...Less virulent strains of avian influenza can infect humans
...ime that a less-virulent strain of avian influenza virus can spread from poultry to humans. The research a...r is an important step in the development of a flu virus with pandemic potential. Previous studies have focused on the ability of highly pathogenic strains, ...Experimental shingles vaccine proves effective in nationwide study
...as herpes zoster, is caused by reactivation of the virus that causes chickenpox. Once chickenpox infection has run its course, the virus is not eliminated; rather, it retreats to clusters of sensory nerve cells usually located near the s...Transplanting Animal Organs Could Soon Be A Reality
...ime that a less-virulent strain of avian influenza virus can spread from poultry to humans. The research a...r is an important step in the development of a flu virus with pandemic potential. Previous studies have focused on the ability of highly pathogenic strains, ...First Whole Genome Map of Genetic Variability in Parkinson’s Disease
...ime that a less-virulent strain of avian influenza virus can spread from poultry to humans. The research a...r is an important step in the development of a flu virus with pandemic potential. Previous studies have focused on the ability of highly pathogenic strains, ...Eating, body weight regulated by specific neurons
...ime that a less-virulent strain of avian influenza virus can spread from poultry to humans. The research a...r is an important step in the development of a flu virus with pandemic potential. Previous studies have focused on the ability of highly pathogenic strains, ......ime that a less-virulent strain of avian influenza virus can spread from poultry to humans. The research a...r is an important step in the development of a flu virus with pandemic potential. Previous studies have focused on the ability of highly pathogenic strains, ...Researchers develop new testing methods for potential monkeypox or smallpox outbreak
...ve been much worse because secondary spread of the virus to other victims would likely have occurred before... uses to confirm monkeypox cases requires that the virus be directly identified in blood or tissue samples. Because monkeypox virus is eventually cleared by ...New study finds how cells with damaged DNA alert the immune system
...d and destroy cells infected by viruses before the virus can spread. "We don't have direct information about the role of the DNA damage pathway in regulating immune responses to infectious diseases, but given what we have shown here, it is certainly plausible that it contributes to the expression of the N...Researcher at UGA College of Veterinary Medicine identifies new way of combating viral diseases
... other cells. Most antiviral therapies target the virus itself, but viruses are quick to adapt to the body...thereby dramatically decreasing the ability of the virus to spread rapidly and produce infection," Hodge said. Because these viruses depend heavily on this ...Renewed hope for Parkinson's patients
...d and destroy cells infected by viruses before the virus can spread. "We don't have direct information about the role of the DNA damage pathway in regulating immune responses to infectious diseases, but given what we have shown here, it is certainly plausible that it contributes to the expression of the N...Studies clarify risk factors for mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus
...isk of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to two new studies published in t...smission. The overall rate of transmission of the virus from infected mother to child was 6.2 percent in the European study and 3.6 percent in the U.S. stud...UW scientists report a new method to speed bird flu vaccine production
... genetically altered influenza virus. The lab-made virus - whose genes are manipulated to disarm its virule...ics" technique that makes it easier to make a seed virus in monkey kidney cells, which, like tiny factories, churn out millions of copies of the disarmed vir...Stolen gene allows insect virus to enter cells
A gene enabling an insect virus to enter new cells was likely stolen from a host c...n f gene, had originally moved from an insect to a virus or the other way around. (Retroviruses, such as HIV, insert their own genes into their hosts' DNA in...Updated data on novel HPV vaccine confirms efficacy in large population
...ising new vaccine against a pre-cancerous cervical virus shows superior efficacy in preventing cervical pre-cancers and non-invasive cervical cancer, according to a study presented today during the American Association for Cancer Research's 4th Annual Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting in Balt...Drug resistant avian influenza viruses more common in Southeast Asia than North America
...n is an ion channel located in the envelope of the virus that permits hydrogen ions (protons) to enter the flu virion. This influx of protons allows the virus to shed its coat after it enters a cell-an essential step in the replication of the virus. Amantadin...Vaginal gel may provide a new approach to HIV prevention
...ed the research with simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV), a hybrid virus made in the laboratory from HIV and its cousin, SIV, which infects only monkeys. The Tulane team t...Defective Gene Linked to Two Inherited Immune Deficiencies
... antibody responses and get the same bacterial and virus infections again and again.?/p> But the gene discovery will not immediately change treatment strategies, notes Dr. Geha. “For the time being, therapy still consists of prophylactic antibiotics or intravenous immunoglobulin infusions every three w...Agreement will speed research on microbicides for women
... antibody responses and get the same bacterial and virus infections again and again.?/p> But the gene discovery will not immediately change treatment strategies, notes Dr. Geha. “For the time being, therapy still consists of prophylactic antibiotics or intravenous immunoglobulin infusions every three w...... antibody responses and get the same bacterial and virus infections again and again.?/p> But the gene discovery will not immediately change treatment strategies, notes Dr. Geha. “For the time being, therapy still consists of prophylactic antibiotics or intravenous immunoglobulin infusions every three w...