American Society for Microbiology

Roundworm quells obesity and related metabolic disorders

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, have shown in a mouse model that infection with nematodes (also known as roundworms) can not only combat obesity but ameliorate related metabolic disorders. ...

Immunology created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Virus kills melanoma in animal model, spares normal cells

Researchers from Yale University School of Medicine have demonstrated that vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is highly competent at finding, infecting, and killing human melanoma cells, both in vitro and in animal models, ...

Medical research created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0