Nitric Oxide May Hold Key To First Treatment For Deadly Form Of Malaria, Duke Scientists Report
...luding cancer, stroke,hardening of heart arteries, infectious disease, and arthritis. The scientists say that an immediate application from the research maybe a new way to disarm invasive bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics-- a major problem in the treatment of infections, especially in ...Nitric Oxide Found To Control Cells By Turning On Genes; Suggests New Role In Health And Disease
...luding cancer, stroke,hardening of heart arteries, infectious disease, and arthritis. The scientists say that an immediate application from the research maybe a new way to disarm invasive bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics-- a major problem in the treatment of infections, especially in ...Scientists Identify Retrovirus-Like Components In Corn Genome
...these mobile DNA segments are in fact fragments of infectious retroviruses. If so, the scientists will begin analyzing how the corn plants may have worked to prevent the retroviruses from causing disease. "If such a mechanism exists, scientists may be able to apply it to help animals and humans fight retrovirus...Bigger Biology Tackled Through Keyboards
... tools in studying ecology, genetics andevolution, infectious diseases, and immunology and virology. "Math and computation are playing greater and greater roles in addressingcontemporary biological problems," says Simon Levin, director of thePrinceton University Environmental Institute and first author of the ...Virus May Be Linked To Obesity -- Early Findings Hint At Relationship
... is the type of patternthat might occur with a new infectious disease, as has been seen with theAIDS virus. A great deal of further research is necessary to determine ifthe global epidemic of obesity may be due in part to infection with Ad-36." The research was funded in part by the UW Beers-Murphy Cli...Duke researchers find existing drugs can stop fungus that attacks AIDS patients
...; fungus expert Dr. John Perfectof the division of infectious diseases; and their colleagues identifieda trait in the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans that allows it to infect people,and suggested a potential new drug target to stop the infection. The studies were funded by the Veterans Administration Rese......velop more effective drugs and vaccines againstthe infectious disease. The discovery, made by scientists...iggered a shift in developingdrugs to fight TB, an infectious disease that spawns 8 million new cases andcauses 3 million deaths annually, mostly in developing co...Trojan Horse Virus Controls Hiv Infection
...n laboratory-grown T cells anddramatically reduced infectious HIV to levels that were barely or no longerdetecta...r fivedays postinfection. This ultimately slashed infectious HIV to extremely low orundetectable levels, at least 300-fold to10 thousand-fold lower than the leve...Report Notes Difficulties In Eliminating E. Coli O157:H7 From Food Supply
...es of infection that affectall age groups, its low infectious dose, its unusual acid tolerance, and itsapparent ...tion, and antimicrobials. "[E. coli O157:H7's] low infectious dose in combination with the diseaseseverity means that successful prevention strategies must focus ...Recombinant Protein Immunizes Mice, Promises New Strategy Against Infection And Cancer
... develop vaccine candidates against AIDS and other infectious diseases," saysDr. Young, who now leads a consortium of scientists from Harvard University andthe Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop a vaccine against AIDS. Dr. Young and his colleagues are creating a recombinant monkey vaccineconsistin...Researchers Construct Genetic Map For Dogs
...ned for its contributions to the control of canine infectious diseases through the development of vaccines against canine distemper, infectious hepatitis, parvovirus, and other diseases. The Institute is part of the College of Veterinary Medici...STS-89 Will Carry Five Science Payloads From NASA/Marshall
... respiratory synctial virus (RSV),the most serious infectious disease that affects infants in the United States.More than 4 million cases a year are reported, with more than 4,000 infantsdying from it. The active region of the antibody has been defined, whichwill help scientists to develop smaller, more easily ...New Company To Turn UNC-CH, Army Inventions Into Improved Vaccines
...py, company officials say. Initial targets include infectious diseases suchas HIV -- the virus that causes AIDS -- herpes simplex virus and human papillomavirus. Dr. Robert E. Johnston, UNC-CH professor of microbiology and immunologyand one of the company's founding scientists, said the technology has o...UF Researchers Identify Virus That May Cause Epidemic Disease In Sea Turtles
...ed clearly that thisdeadly disease is caused by an infectious agent," said PaulKlein, a professor of pathology, ...g a virus is a major first step in incriminatingan infectious agent as a cause of a disease," said Dr. ElliottJacobson, a professor of wildlife and zoological med...DT104 Advice:How To Slow Salmonella Spread
... which already runs on-farmprevention programs for infectious diseases, such as bovine leukosis, bluetongueand J... wasa pioneer in the use of inoculation to prevent infectious diseases. But heprobably never expected those who followed would discover so many kinds ofsalmonell...UF Researchers: Development Promotes Disease Among Gopher Tortoises
..."This is an ideal situation for the spread of most infectious diseases," she said. Paul Klein, a UF professor of pathology, immunology and laboratory medicine and a primary investigator, said the disease is not treatable in the wild. Klein said the loss of smell interferes with the tortoises' a...Common Cold Caused By Multiple Viruses
...00 cases, the researchers were able to identify an infectious agent as the cause.Rhinovirus was found to be the cause of 105, or just over half the cases in the study. Other causesof cold symptoms included coronavirus, influenza A virus, and respiratory syncitial virus (RSV).All of these viruses are known to ca...Three-Day Treatment Cures Decades-Old Case Of Malaria
...er daughter lives, to beexamined at Johns Hopkins, infectious disease clinic. There, Vinetz, who was also then working at the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, suspected the fever and large spleen might be caused by malaria. In only three days, using five doses of anti-malaria medicine, she was cured. Vin...Short-Course TB Prophylaxis Effective In HIV-Infected Individuals
... living in households with people with infectious TB." Dr. Gayle adds that although preventive therapy for infected individuals in these high-risk groups can play a role in TB control efforts in developing nations, the primary focus of efforts in areas with limi...... and raising public health concerns as they spread infectious diseases and alter delicate ecological balances. Controlling the birth rates of feral cats has proven a vexing task, since conventional spay and neuter techniques require surgery in a controlled environment. Animal control experts also note that el...