Immunology
Bid to beat superbugs boosted by immune defence discovery
The fight against superbugs could be helped by the discovery of a potential therapy based on the body's natural immune defences.
Jun 3, 2019
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PLoS Pathogens
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Discovery uncovers clue to disarm gonorrhea superbug
Every year, more than 100 million people worldwide develop the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea, with health consequences such as infertility, transmission of the disease to newborn babies, and increased risk of HIV ...
Mar 30, 2018
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Immunology
Inflammatory monocytes play contradictory roles in fungal infections
Immune cells called inflammatory monocytes are often one of the first responders to infections, but they actually facilitate the progression of Cryptococcus neoformans infection in mice, according to a study published March ...
Mar 21, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bacteria block transmission of Zika and Dengue viruses
Scientists at the University of Glasgow's MRC Centre for Virus Researchopens (CVR) have found a bacterial strain which blocks dengue and Zika virus transmission from mosquitoes.
Jan 26, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How COVID-19 alters the immune system
COVID-19 reduces the numbers and functional competence of certain types of immune cells in the blood, say LMU researchers. This could affect responses to secondary infections.
Oct 28, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
Discovery reveals how cells try to control levels of key HIV protein
One of the many challenges in treating HIV is that the virus can lie dormant in cells, quietly evading immune detection until it suddenly roars to life without warning and begins replicating furiously. Salk Institute researchers ...
May 31, 2018
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Medical research
How a virus destabilizes the genome
New insights into how Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) induces genome instability and promotes cell proliferation could lead to the development of novel antiviral therapies for KSHV-associated cancers, according ...
Sep 13, 2018
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Medical research
Sequencing of hundreds of bacteria samples from Lyme disease patients helps explain symptom differences
A large team of medical researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S., working with pair of colleagues from the University of Ljubljana, in Slovenia, has sequenced the genomes of several hundred samples of ...
Immunology
Viral protein may help chickenpox virus spread within the body
The virus that causes chickenpox—varicella zoster virus (VZV)—possesses a protein that could enhance its ability to hijack white blood cells and spread throughout the body, according to new research published in PLOS ...
May 25, 2017
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Medical research
New approach eliminates specific strains of a bacterium related to acne
A new study by the Translational Synthetic Biology research group at UPF presents a new approach to eliminating specific strains of a bacterium related to acne. The paper, published in the journal PLOS Pathogens, has also ...
Jun 16, 2022
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