Potential viral therapy weapon for difficult cancers is safe and effective in study

...ed by deleting both copies of the neurovirulence gene that prompts wild-type HSV-1 virus to spread and invade the nervous system. Deleting both copies disarms most of the virus disease-spreading properties while retaining its ability to damage targeted cancer cells. The rRp450 virus is different because it r...

New Vaccine for CMV Infection

...n those whose immune system is compromised, such as AIDS or transplant patients. When a persistent virus such as CMV infects an individual, it disarms the host immune system in two ways by hiding or masking the proteins that would normally provoke an immune response, or by fooling the immune system ...

Human Vaccine for Herpes Virus on the Anvil

...e system is compromised, such as AIDS or transplant patients, explained Spector. When a persistent virus such as CMV infects an individual, it disarms the host immune system in two ways by hiding or masking the proteins that would normally provoke an immune response, or by fooling the immune system ...

Defending against Tuberculosis

...ell called a macrophage. The researchers say they have identified a new pathway (LRG-47) triggered by a host protein called interferon-gamma that disarms TB. Thus far, all of the research has been done in animals, but the researchers believe they have found a human equivalent of this pathway. They say L...

Anthrax hammers immune system

... The anthrax bug swiftly disarms the sentinels of the body's immune system, hampering the body's ability to defend against the potentially lethal bioterrorism agent, a new study shows...

disarms in Medical Products

Sabre 2400

Features:...itoring system available today. Continuously monitors the safety of the monitoring patient to ground system pad interface with a dual foil ground pad. disarms the ESU and alerts the staff if a pad fault condition occurs. ARM operates in a preset safety range of 10-150 ohms. Once the pad is placed and the res...
Company:CONMED Corporation

Excaliburplus PC

Features:...ing system available today. ARM Continuously monitors the safety of the Monitoring patient to ground system pad interface with a dual foil ground pad. disarms the ESU and alerts the staff if a pad fault condition occurs. ARM operates in a preset safety range of 10-150 ohms. Once the pad is placed and the res...
Company:CONMED Corporation

disarms in Biological News

New moth variety disarms plants guarded by selenium

In new work, researchers report that the ability of plants to defend themselves by accumulating high levels of a toxic element can be overcome by some insects, and that such adaptation potentially echoes in the food web as other predators and parasites may in turn evolve to deal with high levels of...

Protein protects embryonic stem cells' versatility and self-renewal

...serving their differentiation capability. Suppressing MicroRNA-21 In studies using mouse embryonic stem cells, the researchers found that REST disarms a specific microRNA called microRNA-21 or miR-21. MicroRNAs are tiny pieces of RNA that control gene expression by binding to the genes messenger RNA....

New vaccine prevents CMV infection and disease in mice

... in those whose immune system is compromised, such as AIDS or transplant patients.” When a persistent virus such as CMV infects an individual, it disarms the host immune system in two ways – by hiding or masking the proteins that would normally provoke an immune response, or by fooling the immune system...

Give thanks for the cranberry, say dental researchers

... plaque by inhibiting those enzymes and by stopping additional bacteria from glomming on to the ever-growing goo. "Something in the cranberry juice disarms the pathogens that cause tooth decay," Koo said. But don't even think about running to the juice aisle in the grocery store to prevent tooth decay,...

Anthrax stops body from fighting back, study shows

... University of Florida researchers have uncovered how the inhaled form of anthrax disarms bacteria-fighting white blood cells before they can fend off the disease, which kills most victims within days. The lethal toxin in anthrax paralyze...