Archive: 17/03/2016

High levels of co-infection with pathogens and symbionts in ticks from the Ardennes

Ticks are small blood-feeding arachnids that can transmit diseases amongst animals and humans. Researchers from the French National Institute for Agricultural research, INRA studied pathogen species and bacterial symbionts ...

Mar 17, 2016

Tailored protein binding opens possibilities for nerve, tissue treatments

Spinal cord injuries don't heal like cuts or broken bones. Why? Part of the reason is the formation of scar tissue that acts as both a chemical and physical barrier to nerve regeneration.

Mar 17, 2016

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How HIV infection increases the risk of tuberculosis

One in three people world-wide are thought to be infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), but most remain well because their immune system keeps the pathogen in check. HIV infection dramatically increases the risk ...

Mar 17, 2016

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Researchers find that immune cells play unexpected role in Lou Gehrig's disease

Cedars-Sinai research scientists have found that immune cells in the brain play a direct role in the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, offering hope for new therapies to target the neurodegenerative disease ...

Mar 17, 2016

Portion control: Cells found in mouse brain that signal 'stop eating'

While researching the brain's learning and memory system, scientists at Johns Hopkins say they stumbled upon a new type of nerve cell that seems to control feeding behaviors in mice. The finding, they report, adds significant ...

Mar 17, 2016

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Court approves Ontario's 1st doctor-assisted death

A Canadian judge on Thursday agreed that doctors may help a terminally ill man die, the first case in Ontario and the third in the country where someone has pursued an exemption to the law on assisted suicide under a recent ...

Mar 17, 2016

West Africa, Ebola and the threat of Zika

Rapid testing for the Zika virus is a critical need in the recent Ebola-affected countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, says a Georgetown University professor, because of the recent Zika outbreak on nearby Cape Verde ...

Mar 17, 2016

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Team helps track down deadly bloodstream infection

The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), working with international investigators, have discovered the source of a potential deadly blood infection in more than 50 South American cancer patients.

Mar 17, 2016