News tagged with human pathogen

Promising new method for next-generation live-attenuated viral vaccines against Chikungunya virus

Researchers have successfully applied a novel method of vaccine creation for Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) using a technique called large scale random codon re-encoding. Using this approach, a group from the UMR_D 190, Emerging ...

Medical research Feb 21, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Researchers find multiple tests needed to detect infection in low birth-weight newborns

New research by Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine finds that cultures commonly used to detect bacterial infections in low birth-weight newborns with early onset ...

Pediatrics Feb 20, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

TB infection rates set to 'turn clock back to 1930s'

During the 1930s, dedicated sanitaria and invasive surgery were commonly prescribed for those with the infection - usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which the editors describe as "the most successful human pathog ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Feb 11, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

How the bacterium that plays role in spread of MRSA colonises the human nose

A collaboration between researchers at the School of Biochemistry and Immunology and the Department of Microbiology at Trinity College Dublin has identified a mechanism by which the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Jan 28, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Pathogenic bacteria adhering to the human vascular wall triggers vascular damage during meningococcal sepsis

Researchers at the Paris Cardiovascular Research Center (PARCC) have shown how adhesion of Neisseria (N.) meningitidis to human microvessels in a humanized mouse model leads to the characteristic cutaneous lesions of meningoco ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Jan 24, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

HIV-like viruses in non-human primates have existed much longer than previously thought

Viruses similar to those that cause AIDS in humans were present in non-human primates in Africa at least 5 million years ago and perhaps up to 12 million years ago, according to study published January 24 in the Open Access ...

HIV & AIDS Jan 24, 2013 | not rated yet | 0 |

Validation for flu prediction

(Medical Xpress)—In 2009, the H1N1 virus slipped into the bloodstreams of more than 40 million people around the world. In just four months, it killed more than 14,000 individuals as it traveled ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Jan 08, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Staphylococcus aureus: Why it just gets up your nose

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Dec 27, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Cholesterol boosts the memory of the immune system

The memory of the human immune system is critical for the development of vaccines. Only if the body recognizes a pathogen with which it has already come into contact in the case of a second infection, the ...

Immunology Dec 24, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Genome-scale study identifies hundreds of potential drug targets for Huntington's disease

Scientists searching for ways to develop treatments for Huntington's disease (HD) just got a roadmap that could dramatically speed their discovery process. Researchers at the Buck Institute have used RNA interference (RNAi) ...

Genetics Nov 29, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Research sheds new light on virus associated with developmental delays and deafness; Offers hope for treatment

A new study published online in PLOS ONE reveals that primitive human stem cells are resistant to human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), one of the leading prenatal causes of congenital intellectual disability, deafness and deform ...

Medical research Nov 28, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Brain displays an intrinsic mechanism for fighting infection

(Medical Xpress)—White blood cells have long reigned as the heroes of the immune system. When an infection strikes, the cells, produced in bone marrow, race through the blood to fight off the pathogen. ...

Medical research Nov 19, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 2 |

Immune cells can be altered to help fight inflammatory diseases, research finds

(Medical Xpress)—A fundamental mechanism controlling cells of the human immune system could be key to helping fight inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis, new research at the University of Dundee ...

Inflammatory disorders Oct 11, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

New invasive non-Typhoidal Salmonella epidemic identified in sub-Saharan Africa

(Medical Xpress)—A new study out today reveals that the emergence and spread of a rapidly evolving invasive intestinal disease, that has a significant mortality rate (up to 45%) in infected people in sub-Saharan ...

Genetics Sep 30, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1 |

Scientists reveal how deadly Marburg virus silences immune system

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have determined the structure of a critical protein from the Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola virus. These viruses cause similar diseases and are some of ...

Medical research Sep 13, 2012 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0 |

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