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...cin, nor did it affect the antibiotic's ability to kill E. coli bacteria. "Salicylate levels providing protection in guinea pigs fall into the lower rangerecommended for anti-inflammatory therapy in humans," Sha added. "The requiredserum levels could easily be achieved with moderate doses of aspirin." Th...Combination HIV vaccine induces diverse immune response
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... from melanoma cells that were both irradiated, to kill them, andgenetically engineered to produce granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulatingfactor (GM-CSF). This compound, which the immune system can produce naturally,triggers scavenger cells known as macrophages to travel to a site of infectionand engulf......ved then she will undergo extensive chemotherapyto kill her defective immune system. Approximately 10 days later her stem cellswill be re-infused into her system with the hope that they will produce a newhealthy, strong immune system. If the bone marrow transplant is successful, Mollie will be able to pla...UI study advances understanding of antimicrobials and cystic fibrosis-related infection
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...tect mice from aradiation dose that would normally kill 60 percent of the animals, and some micesurvived even higher doses of radiation when given pifithrin. Mice treated withpifithrin also lost much less weight due to radiation than did the fewirradiated survivors that did not receive the drug. Because i...Fire ants can attack humans in homes or health care facilities
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...d lead to a pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary emboli kill as many as100,000 Americans each year. The Diatide scientists used Robey's technology to construct a cyclic peptidethat specifically binds to a platelet receptor that is only present in freshclots. When the peptide is linked to a radioisotope called...Nanomolecular 'smart bombs' seek and destroy cancer cells
...e-cancerous lesions, it can release a substance to kill the cell and thenverify that the cell is dead." The U-M project is one of five funded by the NCI's new UnconventionalInnovations Program, which supports peer-reviewed, high-risk, high-impactresearch with the potential to revolutionize cancer care. "D......l infection is a very dangerous situation that can kill within just a few hours. "The bacteria travel through the bloodstream, frequently reaching the meninges, the lining of the brain and spinal cord, and causing the inflammation called meningitis. In other instances, the bacteria don't even have time to...A new strain of flu has turned up in Hong Kong
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...s are," he said. "That implies we might be able to kill cancer cells while not having much of a negative e...nown as apoptosis. The goal in chemotherapy is to kill as many cancer cells as possible while sparing as many normal cells as possible, the physician said....