Microbe detective seeks out germs
ScienceDaily (Mar. 20, 2010) Microorganisms are everywhere and most of them are harmless, but they can do a lot of damage in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals or in tissue ...
New TB booster shows promise
ScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2010) A booster shot appears to improve tuberculosis (TB) resistance in previously vaccinated adults, according to new research in South Africa.
The study has been published on-line ...
Targeting blood vessels, immune system may offer way to stop infection-caused inflammation
ScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2010) Treating virulent influenza, sepsis, and other potentially deadly infections long has focused on looking for ways to kill viruses and bacteria. But new research from ...
Antiseptic cloths associated with reduced rate of treatment-resistant bacteria in the trauma center
ScienceDaily (Mar. 17, 2010) ? Bathing trauma patients daily using cloths containing the antiseptic chlorhexidine may be associated with a decreased rate of colonization and infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...
Depression: Antidepressants beneficial in physically ill patients
ScienceDaily (Mar. 17, 2010) ? Antidepressants are effective against depression in patients suffering from physical illnesses, according to a new systematic review by Cochrane researchers at King’s Health Partners Academic ...
Chemical in bananas identified as potent inhibitor of HIV infection
ScienceDaily (Mar. 16, 2010) ? A potent new inhibitor of HIV, derived from bananas, may open the door to new treatments to prevent sexual transmission of HIV, according to a ...
Hutterite study: Vaccinating kids for flu may help prevent transmission, protect those who are not vaccinated
ScienceDaily (Mar. 15, 2010) ? Immunizing kids and adolescents with inactivated influenza vaccine resulted in reduced rates of influenza in their community compared to a similar community in which kids ...
Inner workings of the inflammatory response to Leishmaniasis
ScienceDaily (Mar. 15, 2010) ? The secret world of inflammation is slowly being revealed by the application of advanced techniques in microscopy, as shown in a study published March 12 ...
Barrier in mosquito midgut protects invading pathogens
ScienceDaily (Mar. 14, 2010) ? What: Scientists studying the Anopheles gambiae mosquito — the main vector of malaria — have found that when the mosquito takes a blood meal, that ...
Designer nano luggage to carry drugs to diseased cells
ScienceDaily (Mar. 14, 2010) ? For the first time, scientists have succeeded in growing empty particles derived from a plant virus and have made them carry useful chemicals.
The external surface ...
Children with chronic respiratory illness are vulnerable to critical H1N1
ScienceDaily (Mar. 12, 2010) ? As critical care professionals develop a better understanding of the progression of H1N1, they are becoming better prepared to treat kids with severe cases, according ...
PEGylated dendrimers: A novel mechanism of drug delivery
ScienceDaily (Mar. 13, 2010) ? Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science (MIPS) researchers, in collaboration with the biotechnology company Starpharma Holdings Ltd have developed a new method to deliver medications that ...
Movement disorder symptoms are lessened by an antibiotic: Treating worms with ampicillin helps restore normal movement
ScienceDaily (Mar. 11, 2010) ? Discovery of an antibiotic’s capacity to improve cell function in laboratory tests is providing movement disorder researchers with leads to more desirable molecules with potentially ...
Malaria in pregnant women: Step towards a new vaccine
ScienceDaily (Mar. 12, 2010) ? By managing to express the protein that enables red blood cells infected with the malaria agent Plasmodium falciparum to bind to the placenta and by ...
Emerging tick-borne disease
ScienceDaily (Mar. 11, 2010) ? Stories of environmental damage and their consequences always seem to take place far away and in another country, usually a tropical one with lush rainforests ...
Infectious virus hidden in chromosomes can be passed from parents to children
ScienceDaily (Mar. 9, 2010) ? Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infects almost 100 percent of humans in early childhood, and the infection then lasts for the rest of a person’s life. ...
Reovirus may be a novel approach to prostate cancer treatment
ScienceDaily (Mar. 10, 2010) ? Researchers in Canada have detected a novel oncolytic viral therapy against prostate cancer with use of a virus called the reovirus, according to study results ...