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Findings turn events in early TB infection on their head, may lead to new therapy
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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Masses of immune cells that form as a hallmark of tuberculosis (TB) have long been thought to be the body's way of trying to protect itself by literally walling off the bacteria. But a new study in the January 9th issue of ...
Research suggests new cellular targets for HIV drug development
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May 27, 2009 |
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Focusing HIV drug development on immune cells called macrophages instead of traditionally targeted T cells could bring us closer to eradicating the disease, according to new research from University of Florida and five other ...
Team IDs weakness in anthrax bacteria
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Jan 23, 2008 |
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MIT and New York University researchers have identified a weakness in the defenses of the anthrax bacterium that could be exploited to produce new antibiotics.
Persistent bacterial infection exploits killing machinery of immune cells
Nov 02, 2008 |
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A new study reveals an important and newly discovered pathway used by disease-causing bacteria to evade the host immune system and survive and grow within the very cells meant to destroy them. This discovery may lead to new ...
Parasites persuade immune cells to invite them in for dinner, says new research
Aug 21, 2009 |
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The parasites that cause leishmaniasis use a quirky trick to convince the immune system to effectively invite them into cells for dinner, according to a new study published today in PLoS Pathogens. The re ...
New insight in the fight against the Leishmania parasite
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Professor Albert Descoteaux's team at Centre INRS - Institut Armand-Frappier, Canada, has gained a better understanding of how the Leishmania donovani parasite manages to outsmart the human immune system and proliferate with i ...
Cellular safety shelters allow TB agent to survive in infected individuals
Nov 14, 2008 |
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"Foamy" macrophage formation may be the key to persistence of infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis, explains a study published November 14 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.
Vancouver researchers discover missing link between TB bacteria and humans
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May 14, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have discovered how tuberculosis (TB) bacteria hide and multiply in the human body and are working toward a treatment to block ...
VHS virus infects fish via their gills
May 13, 2009 |
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Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) is a highly contagious disease of rainbow trout in fresh water, causing great economic loss in the European trout farming industry. In his doctorate, Bjørn Erik ...
Catching the blood cell bus gives fatal yeast infection a clean getaway
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Sep 09, 2008 |
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Yeast fungus cells that kill thousands of AIDS patients every year escape detection by our bodies' defences by hiding inside our own defence cells, and hitch a ride through our systems before attacking and spreading, scientists ...
Researchers Link Master Regulator of Innate Immunity to the Hypoxic Response
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Apr 23, 2008 |
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Survival of all animals depends on their ability to withstand microbial infections and adapt to fluctuations in oxygen concentrations. These abilities depend on two ancient, evolutionary gene expression responses called the ...
Molecules help the immune system to detect cells infected with West Nile virus
Feb 05, 2009 |
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New research reveals a model of host-pathogen interaction that explains how the immune system finds and destroys cells infected with a potentially lethal brain virus. The study, published online on February 5th in Immunity, a Cell ...
TB Bacterium Uses Its Sugar Coat To Sweeten Its Chances Of Living In Lungs
Sep 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Common strains of tuberculosis-causing bacteria have hijacked the human body’s immune response to play tricks on cells in the lungs, scientists say.
Mechanism discovered by which body's cells encourage tuberculosis infection
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Scientists have discovered a signaling pathway that tuberculosis bacteria use to coerce disease-fighting cells to switch allegiance and work on their behalf. Epithelial cells line the airways and other surfaces ...
Anti-parasite drug may provide new way to attack HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 31, 2008 |
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A drug already used to treat parasitic infections, and once looked at for cancer, also attacks the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a new and powerful way, according to research published today online in the open access ...
