Medical research
Researchers identify new target for anti-malaria drugs
A new target for drug development in the fight against the deadly disease malaria has been discovered by researchers at MIT.
May 14, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows two new flu strains do not yet easily infect humans
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have analyzed a key protein from two influenza strains that recently began causing sporadic infections among people in China and Taiwan.
Mar 11, 2015
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Medical research
New protein booster may lead to better DNA vaccines and gene therapy
Scientists have discovered a new way to manipulate how cells function, a finding that might help advance an experimental approach to improving public health: DNA vaccines, which could be more efficient, less expensive and ...
Mar 4, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
Research captures transient details of HIV genome packaging
Once HIV-1 has hijacked a host cell to make copies of its own RNA genome and viral proteins, it must assemble these components into new virus particles. The orchestration of this intricate assembly process falls to a viral ...
Feb 27, 2015
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Medical research
Modified heat shock protein identified as plasma cell dyscrasis risk factor
Patients with plasma cell dyscrasis have high amounts of an abnormal immunoglobulin, called a paraprotein, in their blood. While many patients have no outward symptoms, paraproteins can impair immune function, thicken blood, ...
Dec 8, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Halting the hijacker: Cellular targets to thwart influenza virus infection
The influenza virus, like all viruses, is a hijacker. It quietly slips its way inside cells, steals the machinery inside to make more copies of itself, and then—having multiplied—bursts out of the cell to find others ...
Nov 20, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Chlamydia knocks out the body's own cancer defence
Infections due to the sexually transmitted bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis often remain unnoticed. The pathogen is not only a common cause of female infertility; it is also suspected of increasing the risk of abdominal cancer. ...
Nov 14, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Host protein levels correlate with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder
Combination antiretroviral therapy has dramatically increased the life expectancy for HIV-infected patients. However, the prevalence of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders, which may be triggered by inflammation in the ...
Sep 9, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Researchers discover protein's ability to inhibit HIV release
A family of proteins that promotes virus entry into cells also has the ability to block the release of HIV and other viruses, University of Missouri researchers have found.
Aug 25, 2014
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Medical research
Researchers uncover clues to flu's mechanisms
A flu virus acts like a Trojan horse as it attacks and infects host cells. Scientists at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have acquired a clearer view of the well-hidden mechanism involved.
Aug 1, 2014
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