Southern Pine Beetle Reaching Outbreak Levels In North Florida
...us, means "tree killer." The most effective way to eradicate the beetle under outbreak conditions isto remove infested pines, an approach that requires the cooperation -- andunderstanding -- of an entire community. Using this approach during anoutbreak in Gainesville in 1994 saved thousands of trees in the urb...Dendritic Cell Therapy For The Treatment Of Cancer
...witch on a strong enough immuneresponse to totally eradicate cancers. However, Dr Austyn suggests that thisproblem may be overcome by using dendritic cells in conjunction with other typesof immunotherapy. Dendritic cell therapy alone may also prove useful for patients at high risk ofrecurrence after a primary...Peptic Ulcer Treatment Improves Health, Saves Money
...mended course of action is antibiotic treatment to eradicate the bacteria---a regimen that nearly always cures ...ups. One group received medication to immediately eradicate the H. pylori bacteria. Patients also halted antisecretory maintenance therapy. The second group c...Virologists Track New Influenza Threat
...t of Agriculture $61 million to eradicate the virus. But extensive surveillance at the time found no reported cases in humans, leading scientists to believe the H5 virus was not readily transmitted to people. Virologist Virginia Hins...Experimental Trial Combines DNA Vaccine With Triple-Drug Therapy To Stop HIV
...y with an experimental DNA vaccine in an effort to eradicate HIV ininfected patients. The drug regimen, in which three different agents that block HIVreplication are given concurrently, has been shown to lower levels of the virusin many patients to levels undetectable by all but the most sensitive as...RNA-Dendritic Cell Combo Shows Promise As A Universal Cancer Vaccine
..., and will induce potentimmune responses that will eradicate the cancer. This vaccine, when tested inanimals and in laboratory studies in a test tube was effective, said centerresearcher David Boczkowski, a contributing author. This is the type of vaccinethat will be tested in the new clinical trial of colorec...Researchers Discover How Ulcer Bug Becomes Antibiotic-Resistant
...zole without the complete complement of drugs that eradicate this bacterium," says Paul S. Hoffman, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology and medicine at Dalhousie University Medical School in Halifax. "When metronidazole is taken alone, it can be activated by one of the bacterium's enzymes to produc......er in understanding its mechanisms, is the need to eradicate HIV frominfected cells, so that these protected reservoirs of the virus will not be ableto allow the emergence of drug-resistant strains. Current therapies simplyprevent the spread of HIV to new cells. To address the larger issue, said Levy, researc...Deliberate Self Harm Is An Overlooked Tragedy In The Developing World
...f harm is just as urgently required as attempts to eradicate physical illnesses. Sri Lanka has a high incidence of suicide with at least 40 suicides per 100,000 people each year, compared to 8 in the UK. Eddleston et al's research showed that most suicides (two thirds) are under the age of 30. For most of ...Ten days of treatment may be enough to eradicate a bacterium blamed for 90percent of stomach ulcers. Currently, the most commonly prescribed treatmentsrun 14 to 28 days and involve multiple doses of pills each day. A research team led by the Division of Gastroenterology at Oregon HealthSciences Un...Family Members And Kissing Contacts At Greater Risk Of Meningitis
... countries give antibiotics to "close contacts" to eradicate the disease causing strain of bacteria. This means chemoprophylaxis is often given to more contacts than is needed, say the authors. They conclude that the benefits of giving chermoprophylaxis to less close contacts than family members and kissing c...... of attack. No treatments have yetbeen devised to eradicate HSV from the body once it has entered the sensoryneurons. "Unlike HIV, HSV has no intention of killing its host--in fact, it wantsto ensure the survival of the host so that it will continue to replicate," Dr.Roizman says. The virus behaves d...U.S. Healthcare Burden To Soar Unless Hepatitis C Detection, Treatment Improve
...onic HCV infection is declining and treatments can eradicate the disease in some patients, nearly 4 million people now have chronic HCV infection. The study found that, with the current rate of new chronic HCV cases continuing, the pool of cases would increase by only 4% over the next decade and remain stable ...... give enough and properdrugs to a patient, you can eradicate the virus. That still may be possible--wedon't know enough yet." Dr. Pomerantz and his colleagues examined seven men, all of whom weretaking highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)--a combination therapy ofprotease and reverse transcript...Abgenix Reports Encouraging Preclinical Results With ABX-EGF In Cancer Research
...of ABX-EGF, without concomitantchemotherapy, could eradicate human tumors with a size of up to 1.2cm3 in mice. Although the treatment period was relatively short, no recurrence of tumors wasseen in these mice out to 250 days after the last dose of antibody. Abgenixplans to begin clinical trials with ABX-EGF a...New Anti-HIV Therapies Needed To Eradicate HIV
...ntfindings indicating that it may be impossible to eradicate HIV from the bodywith currently approved antiretro...actually not always activeenough. As we strive to eradicate HIV-1 infection or induce a remission, wemust focus on the possibility of further intensifying antir...Malaria called failure, puzzle and challenge
...emic in the Region andthat there are no efforts to eradicate it." Bed nets have been touted as onesolution in the prevention of malaria transmission, especially if they aretreated with insecticides. But getting people to use them may be difficult,Carter says. "If people normally use bed nets, they do so at ni...USGS scientists find new population of Asian swamp eels in south Florida
...esource managers' options for trying to contain or eradicate the eel before it can enter the national park. Swamp eels belong to the family Synbranchidae, a group of fishes found in fresh and brackish waters in Central and South America, Africa, and from India east to Australia. These fish are not true eels...Researchers successfully immunize mice against aggressive cancer
...ponse so it becomes a very strong response and can eradicate the tumor," she said. Johnson characterized the battle between the immune system and a cancer as a "tug of war," in which the immune system wants to defend against the cancer but just can't manage it on its own. "Unfortunately in a significant amount...Researchers find key to tuberculosis persistence in the body
...stem rallies to fight the invader but is unable to eradicate the microbe completely. A stalemate is achieved in which the bacteria continue to live in infected tissue, although they are not multiplying. The infection can persist in a latent or chronic state for the lifetime of the host and can flare up if the ...