September 27th telebriefing on premature health
...s (RSV), a disease that may be up to 10 times more deadly than influenza in children under 1 year of age. With the recent hurricanes and evacuation/relocation of hundreds of thousands of citizens in southern U.S. states, it is possible that these infants are more exposed to risk factors and may be at incre...Hebrew University receives its largest NIH research grant ever -- $5.6 million biodefense award
... by establishing new companies. Superantigens are deadly toxins produced by staphylococcal and streptococcal bacteria that even in very low amounts can incapacitate humans, posing a bioterror threat. These toxins are also responsible for a majority of fatal toxic and septic shock cases, yet no drug or vacc...Leading experts discuss how to protect premature infants against RSV, a potentially dangerous virus
...s (RSV), a disease that may be up to 10 times more deadly than influenza in children under 1 year of age. RSV is the most common cause of lower respiratory infection and viral death in children under 5 years of age. RSV is leading cause of hospitalization of children under age 1. Each year approxima...Researchers discover how malaria parasite disperses from red blood cells
...es of the parasite Plasmodium, the most common and deadly of which is Plasmodium falciparum. P. falciparum spends part of its life cycle in the salivary glands of mosquitoes and is transmitted to human beings through the bite of infected mosquitoes. The parasite infects red blood cells. Called a merozoit...Vitamin D, NSAIDS provide double whammy against prostate cancer, Stanford study finds
...asive type of cancer, there are some cases where a deadly migration of cancer cells invades other parts of the body. The standard treatment for such cases is hormone therapy, but that treatment ultimately does not work for most patients. Slowing the growth of the prostate cancer cells could buy time for pat...Tsunami raises questions about disaster mental health, Science reports
...nured to a life of severe hardship even before the deadly 26 December earthquake off the coast of Indonesia. But people in South Asia almost never speak of sadness or mental anguish, many psychiatrists working in the area told him. Instead, they complain of aches, pains and discomforts that have no apparent...Once-dreaded leprosy 'replaced' by tuberculosis, say researchers
...salem and in London, that tuberculosis, a far more deadly disease, overtook leprosy, killing millions throughout Europe. Their conclusion is based upon the examination of DNA from human remains from the ancient and medieval periods in Israel and Europe. In these examinations, the scientists found traces of...Mouse studies of oseltamivir show promise against H5N1 influenza virus
...nst annual influenza strains also can suppress the deadly influenza virus that has spread from birds to huma...asily from person to person and kill millions in a deadly flu pandemic. "We need to know whether antiviral drugs can prevent and treat avian flu, because in t...Three deadly parasite genomes sequenced
...etic blueprints for the parasites that cause three deadly insect-borne diseases: African sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis and Chagas disease. The research, funded in part by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is published in this wee...Scientists discover how Nipah virus enters cells
...and neurological disease. People can acquire these deadly viruses from animals. Beginning in 1994, public health officials have recognized disease outbreaks in Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh and Australia. Both viruses use a protein essential to embryonic development to enter cells and begin their often-fa...Time is running out for Mississippi's HIV-positive Medicaid beneficiaries
... wrote. "Substandard care for people with AIDS has deadly consequences," he added. The virus mutates and becomes resistant to treatment. Patients who were living normal, productive lives get sicker and die. "This is a short-sighted cost-cutting measure that will cost Mississippi more in the long run," said ...NIAID scientists unveil mechanism behind resistance to severe malaria
...h at least one hemoglobin C gene are less prone to deadly cerebral malaria, in which parasite-infected red blood cells accumulate in the brain. But how hemoglobin C confers this protection has puzzled scientists until now. To solve the mystery, Dr. Wellems and his colleagues studied laboratory-infected red ...Early detection of thick melanomas
... cancer) the proportion of the most aggressive and deadly form of melanoma remains the same, according to an article in the June issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Incidence and mortality of melanoma (skin cancer) in the United States have risen steeply from 1969 to 1999, a...Seven deadly sins: A new look at society through an old lens
...to launch Social Science Week 2005, uses the seven deadly sins pride, anger, lust, avarice, gluttony, envy and sloth as a way of looking at some pressing issues of modern life: religious conflict, rage in kids and adults, sexual behaviour, corporate greed, binge drinking, rising personal debt and politica...Only transplant center that developed comprehensive protocol for liver transplants in kids with MSUD
...released from the child's protein stores can be as deadly as those from the diet. A multi-disciplinary approach to treatment and surgery was utilized to plan for every conceivable situation to ensure the child remained healthy up until the moment of the transplant. To develop the MSUD transplant protocol, D...Chemotherapy for brain tumors is boosted after vaccine targets resistance-related antigen
...extended survival of patients suffering from these deadly tumors. The two therapies together were able to accomplish results that neither could achieve by itself. The average length of survival was extended to about 26 months, compared to 18 months for patients who received vaccine alone and 16 months for t...Breast cancer uses growth factors to lure stem cells
...ancer. When they took the growth factors away, the deadly migration decreased. "These stem cells are there ... astray is an important first step in stopping the deadly attraction. "The first generation of chemotherapy was more targeting the cell division of cancer," s...Oslo press event launches 46664 Arctic and spearheads a four-day spotlight on Africa
... HIV/AIDS pandemic and to fight HIV/AIDS and other deadly preventable diseases. Nelson Mandela's 46664 arct...lson Mandela Foundation to dramatically reduce the deadly burden of preventable disease on the world's most vulnerable populations. Led by the Nelson Mandela...Researchers demonstrate use of gold nanoparticles for cancer detection
...s practice at UCSF Medical Center. "Oral cancer is deadly and tends to recur. Our best chance to save lives is to catch it early, and this method might allow that." He added that this technique could be used to detect a number of cancers, including stomach, colon and skin cancers. "Our findings also have st......s well as animal models for corneal injury and the deadly skin cancer, melanoma, MCG researchers have reduced destructive blood vessel proliferation by up to two-thirds. Findings are published in the May issue of Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science."We have a promising new preclinical approach to t...