Common household items could be sources of infections
...n infectious) for hours to days on a hard surface, infectious doses are often very low and large numbers are of...irus) were on the surface of a telephone receiver, infectious doses could easily be transferred to persons using the telephone. For example, if a telephone recei...Compound that switches off appetite in mice discovered by Hopkins scientists
...rectly into the wasting that occurs with cancer or infectious diseases," says biochemist Thomas M. Loftus, Ph.D., a team member. The scientists have also discounted direct links to leptins appetite-affecting substances produced by fat tissue whose discovery a few years ago sparked headlines and as-yet unr...NLM exhibit features Nobelist Joshua Lederberg
...ials on bioethics, environmental hazards, emerging infectious diseases, and biological warfare.Dr. Walter Hickel, who curated the exhibit, says, "in combining pioneering research in genetics and computer science with political commitment in areas like environmental protection and arms control, Lederberg has bri...Current HIV treatment guidelines may result in more men than women being eligible for treatment
... Timothy Sterling, M.D., an assistant professor of infectious diseases at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Sterling presents the research on July 11 at the 13th International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa. Currently, doctors generally offer anti-retroviral treatment to patients when tests ind......istance of microbes to this drug is alreadya major infectious disease and public health problem," said Dr. Finegold."Autism is heartbreaking, " said Bolte. "These results indicate thatfurther study of a possible connection between intestinal bacteria and autismis warranted. Additional research will hopefully ...HHMI awards $15 million to scientists outside United States
..., Chagas disease, Lassa fever, amebiasis and other infectious and parasitic diseases. "These diseases cause great suffering around the world, particularly in developing countries, yet they receive inadequate scientific attention," said HHMI President Thomas R. Cech in announcing the grants to 45 scientists ...Purdue researchers track deadly foodborne bacterium
...nt, Linton says, because Listeria monocytogenes is infectious at as few as 10 cells. "Compare that with a food illness caused by Salmonella, where it would take about a million cells to cause an illness," Linton says. "That's why it's so important to be able to detect minute amounts of this pathogen in food." T...DNA test solving Chesapeake's toxic mysteries
...ho come into contact with the toxin as well as the infectious lesions in the fish. Each Pfiesteria culture produces only a miniscule amount of toxin, he says, but stimulates "tremendous linkage in cells of the nervous systems." Ultimately, says Oldach, the most important part of the Pfiesteria story may lie i......take can also reduce the mortality associated with infectious diseases such as diarrhea and childhood measles by enhancing the activity of the human immune system. In March 1999, Monsanto joined the Global Vitamin A Partnership, which includes the US Agency for International Development, UNICEF and the World He...Researchers find key to tuberculosis persistence in the body
..., which claims more lives each year than any other infectious disease. The finding, published in the Aug. 17 issue of the journal Nature, resulted from a multidisciplinary effort by investigators at Rockefeller, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis and Texas A & M University, ......ts to address the global health problems caused by infectious and immune-mediated diseases." A primary goal for the IHWG is to create a searchable HLA database linking multiple interacting genes with function, ethnicity and disease. A more centralized database will make it easier for scientists to find and co...Cattle, human genomes contain many identical genes
...luencing lactation, reproduction and resistance to infectious diseases." The maps appear in the September issue of the journal Genome Research by scientists at two universities after a three-year collaboration led by Lewin, a professor of animal sciences, holder of the Gutgsell Endowed Chair and director of the...UC Berkeley demographer finds first evidence that maximum age at death in humans is rising
...er sanitation, a safer water supply and control of infectious diseases. While it is well known that these measures increased life expectancy - the average age at death - especially by lowering child mortality, Wilmoth believes that better public health also increased the maximum age at death by creating a hea...Prions may play crucial role in evolution.
... protein-folding chain reaction. Thus, they act as infectious agents. As more and more of the proteins fold into the prion shape, they form inactive aggregates which lead to dysfunction and disease. A few years ago geneticists made the startling discovery that yeast, the organism found in bread and beer, has ...USGS scientists warn: West Nile Virus is on the move
...physical scientist and an expert in the mapping of infectious diseases, Reston, Virginia. When: Friday, Sept. 29 at 1 p.m. EDT, conference will repeat at 2 p.m. EDT. How: Reporters must call Butch Kinerney at 703-648-4732 to register for a time slot by noon Friday. The conferences will be the same, but spa......ertain types of cancers and other inflammatory and infectious diseases. Other marine organisms that have the ability to stick to flat surfaces might enable scientists to make better glues and adhesives. The award is the result of an initiative by the federal government to investigate the biotechnology po...UNC awarded $5 million NIH grant to explore disease that inflames blood vessels
...ponent, an environmental component and probably an infectious disease component," he said A member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, the kidney specialist notes that therapy for the disease is about the same as it was 20 years ago. Patients may receive several medications, including steroids in...New report says antimicrobial resistance an ecological issue
...rs in the environmental and agricultural sciences, infectious disease specialists, pharmaceutical industry representatives, and public health officials to take an inclusive view of problems and offer solutions. The report is available on-line, and can be downloaded free of charge from the American Academy of Mi...Genome sequencing sheds light on bacterium harmful to newborns
... Ph.D., formerly at UAB but now vice president for infectious disease research and clinical investigation at Eli Lilly and Company. The sequence should help clear up several questions scientists want answered about U. urealyticum, she said. For instance, the majority of pregnant women are infected by this bac......the body to capture and ingest infectious agents such as bacteria. Monocytes also penetrate enflamed body tissue to help defend against infections. For this Circulation Research study, scientists tested the hypo...