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A group of researchers at the University of Utah proposes a new explanation for why vertebrates including humans and rats still hold on to numerous genetic variants that make them susceptible for being infected by foreign pathogens, or triggering autoimmune diseases.
The genetic variants the team focused its effort... |
7 February 2012
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At mass gatherings (MG), the risk of infection among participants is extremely great, if just a few people are sick. Using computer models, researchers at the University of Bristol say that they are now capable of understanding how crowds behave. The data could be used to prevent the spread of diseases. Simulating t... |
17 January 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Neutrophils, cells that are known for their ability to clean infections, can apparently be found in the spleen at all time. Researchers had no idea that this was the case, so the discovery puzzled them. The team behind the work was able to determine that the neutrophils in the spleen in fact play a immunoregulating r... |
27 December 2011
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Officials with the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) announced yesterday, September 21, that last fly season saw 130.9 million Americans get a flu shot. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urge all citizens to do the same for the upcoming flu season.
At this point, there is no... |
22 September 2011
08:14 GMT |
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Following a new investigation, researchers were able to discover a new strain of a dangerous bacteria, living in cows and humans. The finding is very concerning because the microorganisms is already resistant to the action of standard antibiotics. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the leadi... |
3 June 2011
07:46 GMT |
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Every year, thousands of people in hospitals around the world get infected with opportunistic microorganisms such as the Clostridium difficile bacterium. The effects of these hospital-acquired infections even lethal, but a new vaccine against the organism may be on its way.One of the things that need to be kept in mi... |
30 May 2011
09:33 GMT |
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Lately, experts have taken a keen interest in fighting antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. These microorganisms can easily kill adult humans, and ironically they can be found in abundance on hospital equipment. But scientists are zeroing in on ways to kill them.In a new research, researchers in the United Kingd... |
5 April 2011
03:59 GMT |
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Patients suffering from hepatitis C, and who do not respond well to standard treatments, will soon have a new drug at their disposal, say researchers from the United States. They recently presented the chemical to the world, saying that they managed to obtain good results using it. According Bruce R. Bacon, MD, the d... |
31 March 2011
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First and foremost, the International Space Station (ISS) is a scientific research facility, and astronauts aboard are also professionals trained in handling a variety of experiments. Some of the studies they are conducting could help experts determine how infectious diseases spread in space.As more and more results ... |
22 March 2011
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One of the most efficient methods of preventing the spread of highly-contagious and deadly diseases through the Third World and beyond is to vaccination a large portion of the population in mass. The findings are detailed in two research paper, that appear in the January issue of the esteemed open-access journal PLoS... |
27 January 2011
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A new study carried out by Rhode Island Hospital found the amounts and locations of MRSA colonization on the human body.Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus – MRSA, is usually carried in the nose (nares) and in this case, it is a risk factor for a very invasive infection, surgical site infection included... |
6 January 2011
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Scientists in the United States are currently engaged in a series of researches that will allow them to determine which strains of the dangerous parasite Toxoplasma are the most dangerous for humans, as well as for other animals. These parasites are among the few that can infect any warm-blooded animal.There are seve... |
4 January 2011
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According to a new study, common Escherichia coli infections that cause gastroenteritis can have negative, long-term health effects, that lead to people developing kidney problems, chronic high blood pressure and even heart diseases. People can develop gastroenteritis after drinking water that is contaminated with th... |
19 November 2010
10:29 GMT |
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On board the space shuttle Discovery which will lift off November 2, the six astronauts will be accompanied by 16 mice, which go to fulfill a historic mission – furnish more data on spaceflight-induced impairment of the human immune system.For the last 25 years, NASA has been trying to find out why spaceflight ... |
30 October 2010
05:39 GMT |
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A sixth of the world's population living in underdeveloped countries is infected with parasitic helminthes – worms that survive inside the body and feed on their host, that can cause chronic intestinal illnesses that can lead to long-term disabilities.Biomedical researchers Irah King and Markus Mohrs, fro... |
9 October 2010
06:12 GMT |
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University of California Irvine has received a three-year, $10 million funding to study new ways of preventing staph infections in people who have MRSA bacteria when they get out of the hospital.[ADMARK]The $10 million grant is part of Recovery Act investment in comparing the effectiveness of new methods to prevent s... |
2 October 2010
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A team of investigators from the Nationwide Children's Hospital (NCH) announces the discovery of a new marker for tuberculosis, that could be used to determine who will develop the condition in the future.Tuberculosis is still a very dangerous disease, and one that continues to spread in areas of the world that ... |
30 August 2010
04:56 GMT |
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A team of investigators in the United States has successfully developed a new type of advanced coating, which has the ability to destroy methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).This microorganism is one of the most dangerous sources of hospital infections, given that it can survive even in the mo... |
30 August 2010
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It would appear that ants are also capable of harnessing the power of antibiotics for keeping their colonies alive, just like humans do. The finding was made by experts in the United Kingdom.The research team, based at the University of East Anglia, conducted a series of investigations on the renowned fungus-farming ... |
27 August 2010
09:06 GMT |
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Biologists say that the Salmonella enteritidis can infect chicken eggs in multiple ways, facilitating the outbreak of infections in the general population. While it may seem impossible for the microorganisms to penetrate egg shells, there are actually more ways than one in which this can be achieved, LiveScience... |
19 August 2010
09:29 GMT |
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This may come as a shock to many, but numerous infectious diseases have the ability to jump species, which is to say that they can develop for example in lizards, but then infect sparrows. The cross-species transmission (CST) of these diseases is very little understood, even though experts are well aware of the fact ... |
6 August 2010
03:48 GMT |
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Throughout history, microbes and other microorganisms left their mark on humanity, and not in a good way. Worthy of mention is the Irish potato blight of the 19th Century, which was triggered by a type of parasitic algae, and which killed more than a million people, reducing the country's population by between 2... |
23 July 2010
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In a new series of investigations, researchers determined that cheese can be extremely beneficial to the immune system of elderly people. This subgroup of the general population is notoriously vulnerable to all manners of infections, from microbes, viruses and bacteria alike. The main cause for this susceptibility is... |
13 May 2010
10:24 GMT |
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A group of British investigators has recently determined that specific strands of human DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) tend to act against their “owner” when viruses invade, helping the pathogens instead. Through this mechanism, the viral agents can infect a host more readily and with ease, thus setting the ... |
26 April 2010
07:02 GMT |
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Whenever a strain of bacteria, a virus or a microbe decide to enter the human body, they immediately subject themselves to the actions of the immune system. With very few exceptions, as in pathogens that are known to be deadly, immune cells manage to destroy all these invaders, by binding to them, consuming them, and... |
26 March 2010
05:46 GMT |
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A group of investigators has recently managed to produce never-before-seen images of a bacterial agent in the process of breaking down the cellular walls in grape plants. The new photographs were collected via a technique known as electron microscopy, and the group behind the accomplishment is convinced that these ne... |
15 March 2010
17:01 GMT |
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In a new series of scientific experiments, conducted inside the tightly-controlled confines of a research lab, experts have demonstrated that lectins derived from bananas are just as effective in stopping the spread of the HIV virus as two of the best drugs available aimed at doing the same. Over the past few years, ... |
15 March 2010
11:01 GMT |
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Researchers have recently determined that the phenomenon known as a lazy ear actually exists. They say that it can be likened to a lazy eye, a condition that can be treated in small children where one or both eyes have difficulty processing visual images. Scientists believe that ear infections at any stage of life ca... |
11 March 2010
04:49 GMT |
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In the case of severe trauma patients, there are more things threatening their lives other than the severity of their wounds, or possible bacterial infections. Researchers have finally cracked an old medical mystery, which has been enduring for the past 15 years. They learned that substances released from the power p... |
4 March 2010
07:02 GMT |
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Most ant species are renowned for their amazing altruistic behavior, which puts that of many humans to shame. The insects are capable of self-sacrifice of the highest order for the good of the colony, and this has been further demonstrated in a recent study. Investigators have shown that members of the species Temnot... |
15 February 2010
10:03 GMT |
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You can add another danger to the already-massive list associated with smoking. Researchers have recently determined that a large number of bacterial species can be found inside each and every “death stick,” including some of the germs that have long since been associated with a host of human illnesses. A... |
29 January 2010
05:41 GMT |
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Scientists have for a long time wondered how is it that viral agents seem to have this remarkable ability of spreading throughout the hosts they infect with such great speed. Impressive funding and numerous work hours were allotted to figuring this out, and all these investments appear to have finally paid off. Resea... |
23 January 2010
03:29 GMT |
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Hospitals have become over recent years the top places where patients can get bacterial infections from, in spite of experts' best efforts to disinfect the buildings. It would appear that resilient bacteria such as the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have become fond of setting up residence in... |
4 December 2009
04:40 GMT |
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As experts begin to probe the issues raised by a potential trip to Mars in more depth, they start realizing that the actual flight itself and the problems related to constructing a proper vehicle to get there and back are only minor, in comparison to other issues. One of the problems is how nearly two years of co... |
30 October 2009
08:23 GMT |
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A newly bioengineered peptide nanoparticle has the ability to pass through the blood-brain barrier and provide localized care to brain regions affected by meningitis, as well as by other antibiotics-resistant bacteria and pathogens. The breakthrough, accomplished by experts at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nano... |
29 June 2009
04:28 GMT |
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Some of the world's most lethal superbugs, such as the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria, have the ability to start generating large amounts of toxins inside the host organisms, namely in humans, once they infect them. When that happens, the immune systems of sufferers become highly act... |
25 May 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Research conducted on the International Space Station in 2006 and 2008 has finally revealed for certain something that virology experts have suspected for a long time, and namely that salmonella grows to be more or less dangerous depending on its environment. In the micro-gravity surroundings of the ISS, the bacteria... |
25 March 2009
03:45 GMT |
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Although doctors and other health experts have yet to figure out exactly how harmful cell phones are to the human brain, one thing is for sure, their batteries are a real “death trap.” New studies show that the devices themselves carry numerous bacteria that can only live in that certain environment, but ... |
17 March 2009
10:47 GMT |
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is posing increasing challenges to the US Health Department, which sees a rise in the number of US children infected with the very resistant bug each year. Health officials warn that the incidence of the bug is on the rise, and that most cases see the contamination o... |
20 January 2009
05:56 GMT |
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Body art is controversial, and has many forms of manifestation, some more subtle, other more obvious, defying and even shocking. Tattoos are just one example of what happens when people take to their own skins to assert their personalities. Far from being a practice seen as exclusively reserved for sailors and bikers... |
13 June 2008
08:55 GMT |
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Yeah, that's right! Your favorite website! Whatever that might bea blog, some forum, a gallery it can get you infected with a nasty virus. It's not that all the web designers out there are trying to get people's machines tainted with viruses, no, don't even think that! It's something else -... |
4 October 2007
05:12 GMT |
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