An infant's odd case of rare encephalitis not typically found in children led researchers to discover never before seen genetic mutations and a more accurate technique to examine the IRAK4 gene responsible for innate immunity.
Dec 21, 2020
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Anti-NMDAR encephalitis is an autoimmune brain illness that is often mistaken as a psychiatric disorder since it causes psychoses and other behavior alterations. Despite having these similarities, the illness does not respond ...
Oct 29, 2020
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Viruses jumping from animals to humans have been the starting point of numerous outbreaks, from Ebola to Zika. Given the similarity of SARS-CoV-2 to coronaviruses found in bats, this probably marked the beginning of COVID-19 ...
Sep 24, 2020
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The brain has an uncanny ability to enhance or reduce communication between brain cells. Whether or not communication is fast or slow changes the brain's overall function. Understanding how these cells communicate within ...
Jul 22, 2020
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Not all bloodsuckers are created equal in parents' eyes.
Jun 15, 2020
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Investigators have identified the specific genes that become overactive as a result of nerve cell infection with Japanese encephalitis virus. The genes activate cell receptors and signaling proteins that attract immune cells ...
Jan 13, 2020
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This year, the germs roared back.
Dec 27, 2019
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Although eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a mosquito-borne illness, has existed for centuries, 2019 has been a particularly deadly year for the disease in the United States. As of November 12, 36 confirmed cases of EEE ...
Nov 21, 2019
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A protein that is critical in controlling replication of West Nile and Zika viruses—and could be important for developing therapies to prevent and treat those viruses—has been identified by a Georgia State University ...
Nov 6, 2019
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Low-income urban neighborhoods not only have more mosquitoes, but they are larger-bodied, indicating that they could be more efficient at transmitting diseases. So reports a Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies-led study, ...
Oct 16, 2019
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