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Dysentery uses 'sword and shield' to cause infection

Scientists have found that the bacterium that causes dysentery uses a 'sword and shield' approach to cause infection. They found th...

Topical treatment shown to inhibit HIV and herpes simplex virus infection

Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers demonstrated that a gel applied in the vagina provides protection from both the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the herpes simplex Virus. The study, presented at the 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, is the first to show that a gel can retain anti-viral activity within the human vagina. The study, which was fund...

Novel antiviral technology inhibits RSV infection in mice

A novel antiviral treatment combiningnanoparticle and gene silencing technologies thwarts attacks ofrespiratory syncytial virus (RSV) -- a virus associated with severebronchitis and asthma, an animal study by University of South Floridaresearchers found. The study was reported in the January 2005 issue ofthe journal Nature Medicine.RSV infects lung cells and can be life-threatening in very...

Bacteria collection sheds light on urinary tract infections

Food of animal origin, contaminated with E.coli, can lead to urinary tract infections in women, according to a team of bacteriologists. Senior author, Dr. Lee W. Riley, Uni...

Researchers reveal the infectious impact of salmon farms on wild salmon

A new study published in the March 30th edition of the prestigious scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B (a publication of the UK's national academy of science) shows that the transfer of parasitic sea lice from salmon farms to wild salmon populations is much larger and more extensive than previously believed. This quantitative analysis of parasite transfer is a scientific...

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ConjuGon gets $730K to treat infections

With a $730,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the is co...

Entrepreneurial Spirit Infectious in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE, WI.- Whatever was goin down at the first-ever Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Conference in Milwaukee last week, it felt good. It felt good to see people smiling about what they were doing and what they planned to do. Back in college, a couple roommates of mine hatched a plan to rid Lake Erie of the dreaded zebra mussel, a tiny creature whose sheer powers of multiplication were quickl...
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Patients With Filariasis More Prone To HIV Infection

According to a report published in the December issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, HIV infection is significantly enhanced in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from individuals with untreated filarial infection compared to PBMCs from infected patients treated with antifilarial agents. According to Dr. Ramya Gopinath and her team at the National Institute of Allergy and...

Gay capital reeling with rising HIV infection

The gay capital? of the world, San Francisco is now reeling under the shock waves of a rebound epidemic of HIV infection. In the past one-year the rate of infection has actually doubled in most areas and in some select high-risk pockets of gay men, who are also intra venous drug users, the rates are even higher. And what is the cause for this sudden spurt? Hold your breath! The successfu...

And now they say infections can cause heart disease!!!!

Most people are paranoid about heart disease. One survey said that of all ailments people are most worried about AIDS/HIV, hepatitis and heart disease. Whenever people get to read something on heart disease, they get so engrossed in it that they start worrying at times over trivial problems based on the assumption that it could lead to heart disease.However a recent study conducted in Aus...

And now they say infections can cause heart disease!!!!

Most people are paranoid about heart disease. One survey said that of all ailments people are most worried about AIDS/HIV, hepatitis and heart disease. Whenever people get to read something on heart disease, they get so engrossed in it that they start worrying at times over trivial problems based on the assumption that it could lead to heart disease.However a recent study conducted in Aus...

Tattoos may significantly increase risk of hepatitis C infection

It is a fad these days to sport tattoos. Kids often show off their sticker tattoos. But adults go a step further. Permanent tattoos, which are permanent reminders throughout life, in different designs and shapes, are very popular. However there is a darker side to the whole affair. The study in the United States of America says that tattoos significantly increase the risk of hepatiti...

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Optimum by Lobob Cleaning/Disinfecting/Storage Solution

Description:Optimum C/D/S Solution is a sterile cleaning, disinfecting, and storage solution for use with fluorosilicone acrylate and silicone acrylate rigid gas permeable (RGP) and hard contact lenses....
Company:Lobob Laboratories, Inc.

QuickVue+ Infectious Mononucleosis test

Description:QuickVue+ Infectious Mononucleosis test is designed to detect the IgM heterophile antibodies in serum, plasma or whole blood. The QuickVue+ Infectious Mononucleosis assay utilizes an extract of bovine erythrocytes which give a greater sensitivity and specificity than similar extracts prepared from sheep and horse erythrocytes. QuickVue+ Infectious Mononucleosis is a rapid, sensitive immunoassay f...
Company:Quidel Corporation

BioSign® Mono - Rapid Infectious Mononucleosis Heterophile Antibody (IgM) Test

Description:Rapid Infectious Mononucleosis Heterophile Antibody (IgM) Test...
Company:Princeton BioMeditech Corp.

BBD 6220 CO2 Incubator with 180 hot air disinfection

Description:The BBD 6220 represents the top-of-the line incubator on the market. Reliable protection against contamination is provided by an external water reservoir outside the incubation chamber. Water for humidification in the range of 60-95% r.H. is sterilized at 500C before entering the incubator as vapour....
Company:ThermoFisher Scientific

Infectious Mono - Rapid Test

Description:InstaTest Mono is an immunochromatographic in vitro assayfor detection of heterophile antibodies associated withinfectious mononucleosis infection.Infectious mononucleosis (IM) is caused by the Epstein-Barrvirus. Serologic diagnosis of IM is based on detection ofserum antibodies associated with the infection, such as theheterophile antibodies present in the sera of IM patients....
Company:Bio-Quant, Inc.

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Rapid Whole Blood Testing for Infectious Mononucleosis Antibodies

The Epstein Barr virus (EBV), which causes infectious mononucleosis (IM), is one of the most common human viruses. EBV occurs worldwide, and most people become infected with EBV sometime during their lives. In the United States, as many as 95 percent of adults between 35 and 40 years of age have been infected. In most developed countries, including the U.S., infection with EBV most often occu...

New Assays to Detect Disseminated Fungal Infections

Contributing Editor Harvard Medical School The yeast ) and pulmonary hypersensitivity (<...

Antibiotics Don't Prevent Future Urinary Tract Infections, May Cause Resistance in Future Infections

PHILADELPHIA, July 10, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After afirst childhood urinary tract infection (UTI), daily antibioticsmay not prevent another such infection, and may actually increasethe risk that the next urinary tract infection is caused byresistant bacteria, according to a new study in the July 11 issueof the Journal of the American Medical Association. In the first larg...

Cosmo Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Preliminary Phase II/III Data with Rifamycin MMX in Infectious Diarrhea

LAINATE, Italy - July 4, 2007 - Cosmo Pharmaceuticals SpA(SWX:COPN) announced today positive preliminary results from itsphase II/III study with CB-01-11 (Rifamycin SV MMX(tm)) ininfectious diarrhoea. CB-01-11 is a broad spectrum, semi-syntheticantibiotic that is not absorbed when taken in tablet form. Throughthe use of Cosmo's MMX(tm) technology, wh...

Ceragenix Compound Shows Promise for Treating Lethal Cystic Fibrosis Infections

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 2, 2007 - Ceragenix Pharmaceuticals,Inc. (OTCBB:CGXP), a biopharmaceutical company focused oninfectious disease and dermatology, today announced thatresearchers at the University of Pennsylvania led by Dr. PaulJanmey and Dr. Robert Bucki, in collaboration with Dr. Paul B.Savage of Brigham Young University, have demonstrated in a seriesof in vitro experiments tha...

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