Wards in Biological News

Tumor wizardry wards off attacks from the immune system

Like the fictional wizard Harry Potter, some cancerous tumors seem capable of wrapping themselves in an invisibility cloak. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that pancreatic tumors hide from the body's immune surveillance by surrounding themselves with ...

NIH funds $9.5 million for research on HIV and the human innate immune system

... CLEVELAND Studying how the mouth wards off diseases will have implications for understanding overall how people stay healthy. The Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine ...

Protein regulates movement of mitochondria in brain cells

...he brain that plays a key role in the function of mitochondria the part of the cell that supplies energy, supports cellular activity, and potentially wards off threats from disease. The discovery, which was reported today in the Journal of Cell Biology , may shed new light on how the brain recovers from...

Press statement on new CDC MMWR on Klebseilla pneumonia Carbapenemase-producing organisms

...sults for the last six to twelve months. Facilities finding evidence of these organisms should conduct a focused risk assessment or examine high-risk wards including intensive care units to make sure there is no evidence of ongoing transmission. The strategy for testing uses a selection process to get rid...

St. Jude study gives new insights into how cells accessorize their proteins

...system for proteins to "accessorize" in order to regulate their function. Just as eyeglasses improve vision, a coat provides warmth or an umbrella wards off rain, cells use a set of proteins called ubiquitin-like proteins (UBLs) as accessories that adapt their function as needed in the cell. Now St. Ju...

Anthrax paralyzes immune cells with lethal toxin, UF research shows

...uthwick, M.D., division chief of infectious diseases at the UF College of Medicine and the study's lead author. But exactly how the anthrax toxin wards off neutrophils has puzzled scientists for years. Immune cells rely on rod-shaped filaments called actin to propel them toward an infection. In a prev...

Study identifies risk factors for spread of respiratory infections in hospitals

...nd for infectious disease. Nosocomial infection can amplify an infectious disease outbreak. It is very important to provide adequate space in hospital wards and implement effective infection control measures in order to avoid cross-contamination in hospitals." Unfortunately, the authors note, it is a...

Reminding doctors which antibiotics to prescribe cuts C. difficile infection rates

...al-acquired infection---can be reduced in hospital wards if doctors prescribe narrow-spectrum antibiotics r...London, studied prescribing and CDI rates in three wards for acute care of the elderly where CD was endemic. When the study began, doctors working on the wards had already been told to use less cephalosporin to...

Measles Deaths Worldwide Drop By Nearly 40% Over Five Years

...pecially effective. From 1999 to 2003, more than 350 million children throughout the world were vaccinated against measles through SIAs. As measles wards shut down all over the African continent, a long-term budget item in many hospitals can be freed up to save children from other diseases. “We now h...