Gene therapy study takes aim at prostate cancer
... receive antibiotics. Most patients will have some fever after the injection, but it can probably be handled with Tylenol. Doctors will monitor patients after their surgery to determine the effect of the gene therapy on their disease. Funding for the study, which will include as many as 36 subjects, c...UNC receives $21.3 million Gates Foundation grant
...om human to human by tsetse fly bites. It produces fever and lymph node inflammation, eventual impairment of the brain and nervous system in the late stage and, if not treated, death. The World Health Organization estimates more than 300,000 people are infected, and more than 60 million people in African c...Dengue virus reveals its circular secret
...gs exist to control most of the infections. Dengue fever is endemic in many tropical and subtropical regions, causing a severe, flu-like illness that sickens more than 50 million people and kills 25,000 each year. Once a virus enters a host cell, its top priority is to copy its genetic code so that it c...UGA study explains peaks and troughs of dengue epidemics
...cientists have long known that epidemics of dengue fever wax and wane over a period of several years, but t...ng dengue (Aedes aegypti, also known as the yellow fever mosquito) to expand its range. Population growth in developing nations is pushing more people into s...Septum keeps neurons in synch, can reduce epileptic seizures by 90 percent
...know that brain lesions, skull fractures, and high fever are among the factors that can produce epilepsy. But in most cases, there is no obvious cause, Colom said. Colom's lifelong interest in how the brain works has led him to study epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease. People who suffer Alzheimer's, a degen...Fake malaria drug implicated in Burmese man's death
...ient went to a rural hospital in East Burma with a fever and was diagnosed as having a straightforward case of falciparum malaria. He was treated with the vital antimalarial drug artesunate, labeled as made by the company Guilin Pharmaceutical in China. This drug is usually extremely effective, yet the p...FDG PET takes its place as a valuable tool in diagnosing fevers of unknown origin
...e in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. "For patients with fever of unknown origin, FDG PET offers the chance for e...ose the cause, the patient is considered to have a fever of unknown origin. Research suggests that fever helps fight off infections, and treating the fever w...First characterization of chikungunya viruses from Indian Ocean outbreak
Since late 2004, a large outbreak of chikungunya fever in the Indian Ocean has caused a public health cri...n fact they are the same ones that transmit yellow fever and dengue fever in many parts of the world--which raises the possibility that the chikungunya virus...Acetaminophen safe to use after heart attack but doesn't protect the heart
...cetaminophen is safe to use as a pain reliever and fever reducer after a heart attack, but it does not prot...ack. NSAIDs are a major class of pain reliever and fever reducer that includes ibuprofen. Acetaminophen is a popular over-the-counter pain medication that i...Patent awarded for LSUHSC-developed peptide that blocks lethal toxins of anthrax
...higa, RSV, HIV-1, infectious bronchitis and yellow fever among others. "This is very exciting research," said Dr. Lindberg. "We feel that D6R-like furin inhibitors will represent a good starting point to develop effective and potent new drugs that will not only prove a viable approach to combat some typ...Experimental vaccine protects nonhuman primates when given after exposure to Marburg virus
...ccine in preventing the development of hemorrhagic fever in an animal model after exposure to the deadly Ma...the rVSV vaccine could prevent Marburg hemorrhagic fever from developing when administered before infection. The new results suggest that the vaccine could a...Genetic finding suggests alternative treatment strategy for common, complex skin disorders
...lated, common and complex illnesses including hay fever and asthma as well as the skin disorders eczema an...viduals with eczema are also likely to develop hay fever and asthma, suggesting a common mechanism for both disorders. The other risk factor for these condit...UCI professors Barbara Finlayson-Pitts and Anthony James elected to National Academy of Sciences
...sistance against the most prevalent type of dengue fever virus, providing a powerful weapon against a disease that infects 50 million people each year. A professor in the departments of microbiology and molecular genetics, School of Medicine, and molecular biology and biochemistry, School of Biological Sci...Hantavirus found in African wood mouse
... European and Asian hantaviruses cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), a group of similar illnesses with symptoms including, fever, kidney failure, and bleeding. The viruses are carried by a number of rodents, including the brown rat, the striped field mouse, and the yellow-necked mouse. If l...Study describes how cells return to normal after responding to stress
...to many different stressful circumstances, such as fever and heart attacks. "That finding seems to be due to the accumulation of misfolded proteins," said Patterson. "Chronic dysregulation of the CHIP molecular pathway would also be expected to be maladaptive." One hope is that this finding could be exte...Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...gy. Ebola virus (EBOV) causes a severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates resulting in death in 90% of those infected. Two particular species, Sudan ebolavirus (SEBOV) and Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV), have been responsible for the deadly human outbreaks that have occurred in Africa. To date, ...Molecular mechanism may explain how fevers spark seizures
...research community has struggled to understand how fever ignites convulsions and how to treat them. Macdonald and colleagues including Jing-Qiong Kang, M.D., Ph.D., research assistant professor of Neurology, have now discovered a molecular mechanism that could explain febrile seizures. The research, publi...Genetically engineered mosquitoes show resistance to dengue fever virus
...sistance against the most prevalent type of dengue fever virus, providing a powerful weapon against a disea...ble transgenic mosquito resistant to Type 2 dengue fever virus, the most prevalent strain of the disease. The mosquitoes that survived the procedure also rem...Hit-and-run injury to the brain
...tein-Barr virus (EBV), Ross River virus (RRV) or Q fever infection. Their goal is to discover whether the p...erability, or some combination of these. Glandular fever sometimes called 'the kissing disease' is caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Transmitted via sali......olving the entire body, the result could be a high fever and septic shock. "We've developed a better understanding of why the fight against a local infection stays local," said Raymond Cheong, a graduate student in Levchenko's lab and lead author of the journal article. The researchers also found that as...