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Mayo researchers discover how measles virus spreads
Jun 21, 2008 |
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Textbooks will require revisions, researchers say Measles, one of the most common contagious diseases, has been thought to enter the body through the surface of airways and lungs, like many other major viruses. Now, Mayo ...
Measles virus used to kill cancer cells
Oct 31, 2006 |
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U.S. researchers are starting the second of several pending molecular medicine studies in patients using measles to kill cancer cells.
Measles scare keeping students in Canada
Jun 04, 2007 |
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Canadian officials recently barred 41 Japanese students and teachers from returning home after one girl reported having measles symptoms.
Giving an additional early vaccination may reduce measles outbreaks
Jul 25, 2008 |
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Outbreaks of measles in developing countries may be reduced by vaccinating infants at 4.5 months of age as well as at the World Health Organization's recommended routine vaccination at 9 months, according to a study published ...
Viruses may play a role in lung cancer development
Apr 25, 2008 |
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Papers presented at the 1st European Lung Cancer Conference, jointly organized by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) in Geneva, Switzerland ...
Measles spread on Hawaiian Airlines flight
Feb 14, 2008 |
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Health officials are trying to find about 250 people who may have been exposed to measles on a flight from California to Hawaii.
No link between MMR jab and autism spectrum disorders
Feb 05, 2008 |
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There is no evidence for a link between the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) jab and autism, finds research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Measles break out in Tucson
Apr 02, 2008 |
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Arizona health officials are concerned a measles outbreak in the Tucson area could spread across the state.
Measles virus may be effective prostate cancer treatment
Jan 21, 2009 |
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A new study appearing in The Prostate has found that certain measles virus vaccine strain derivatives, including a strain known as MV-CEA, may prove to be an effective treatment for patients with advanced prostate cancer ...
New vaccine delivery may be more effective against measles
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Worldwide, there are estimated to be 10 million cases of measles and 197,000 deaths from the disease each year. While vaccines exist to protect children against measles, the vaccines are often difficult to store, costly to ...
Study shows no connection between measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism
Sep 04, 2008 |
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In a case-control study, the presence of measles virus RNA was no more likely in children with autism and GI disturbances than in children with only GI disturbances. Furthermore, GI symptom and autism onset were unrelated ...
Measles vaccinations need to be repeated to protect HIV-infected children
Jul 17, 2007 |
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HIV-infected children may require repeat measles vaccination for protection, according to new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and other institutions. The researchers found that only half ...
Needle-free, inhalant powder measles vaccine could save thousands of lives
Aug 16, 2009 |
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The first dry powder inhalable vaccine for measles is moving toward clinical trials next year in India, where the disease still sickens millions of infants and children and kills almost 200,000 annually, according ...
'Tamed' virus wipes out cancer cells safely
May 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Oxford University have tamed a virus so that it attacks and destroys cancer cells but does not harm healthy cells. The research funded by Cancer Research UK is published in the ...
Japanese universities beset by measles
May 28, 2007 |
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Japan's Keio University was forced to cancel most of its classes recently because of a major measles outbreak affecting the nation's schools.
