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Some brain cells are better virus fighters

(Medical Xpress)—Viruses often spread through the brain in patchwork patterns, infecting some cells but missing others. New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis helps explain ...

Medical research created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover gene that suppresses herpesviruses

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) hide within the worldwide human population. While dormant in the vast majority of those infected, these active herpesviruses can ...

Medical research created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sexually transmitted infections in adolescents in countries of all incomes remain great concern

In a Comment linked to The Lancet Series on Adolescent Health, Professor Robert W Blum (Chair of the Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD) an ...

Health created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Viral replication impedes the efficacy of a targeted therapy against virus-induced lymphomas

Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) is a human tumor virus and an etiological agent for Kaposi's sarcoma and primary effusion lymphoma (PEL). PELs are aggressive lymphomas with reported median survival time shorter than six ...

Cancer created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Equine herpesvirus study to unravel how virus unlocks immune system 'gate'

A Colorado State University study will look at how equine herpesvirus type 1 may compromise the immune system immediately upon entering the “gate” of a horse’s respiratory system – the airway and throat ...

Medical research created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

KS-herpesvirus induces reprogramming of lymphatic endothelial cells to invasive mesenchymal cells

Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) is an etiological agent for Kaposi's sarcoma and two other rare lymphoproliferative malignancies, and it is the most common cancer in HIV-infected untreated individuals. Researchers at ...

Cancer created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0