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Researchers find human protein that prevents H1N1 influenza infection

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have identified a naturally occurring human protein that helps prevent infection by H1N1 influenza and other viruses, including West Nile and dengue virus.


Study reveals H1N1 unexpected weakness

Study reveals H1N1 unexpected weakness

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 7

The H1N1 influenza virus has been keeping a secret that may be the key to defeating it and other flu viruses as well.


One Can Act Without Group Support; Even in the Bacterial World

One Can Act Without Group Support; Even in the Bacterial World

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A single bacterium can act alone, performing the same kinds of actions that a group normally does. The behavior of that bacterium can be manipulated at the cellular level. That’s the intriguing ...


Dutch PhD develops fast method for preparing flu vaccine

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A shortage of flu vaccines may soon become a thing of the past. Researcher Manon Cox has designed an alternative process for producing large quantities of safe and effective vaccines at twice to four times ...


H1N1 more risky than seasonal flu in children with sickle cell disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Infection with the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, causes more life-threatening complications than seasonal flu in children with sickle cell disease, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center. The findings, to ...


Chicken pox vaccine reduces shingles risk in kids -- study of 172,000 kids used EHRs

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Herpes zoster, also known as shingles, is very rare among children who have been vaccinated against chicken pox, according to a Kaiser Permanente study in the December issue of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal.


Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk (AP)

Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing the devil Saturday - the hajj ritual of highest ...


Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.


New research helps explain why bird flu has not caused a pandemic

New research helps explain why bird flu has not caused a pandemic

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bird flu viruses would have to make at least two simultaneous genetic mutations before they could be transmitted readily from human to human, according to research published today in PLoS ON ...


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Modern Turkey: Modern Miracle

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many of us will sit down with our families to a wonderful turkey dinner this Thanksgiving. But statistics increasingly show that Americans consider turkey a year-round staple.


FDA reviews update to Pfizer vaccine for kids

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Federal health officials on Monday questioned whether to approve an updated version of Pfizer's best-selling anti-infection vaccine for children, despite company studies that failed to meet certain goals.


Scientists begin to unravel what makes pandemic H1N1 tick

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

As the number of deaths related to the pandemic H1N1 virus, commonly known as "swine flu," continues to rise, researchers have been scrambling to decipher its inner workings and explain why the incidence is lower than expected ...


HIV vaccine failure probably caused by virus used, says new research

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The recent failure of an HIV vaccine was probably caused by the immune system reacting to the virus 'shell' used to transmit the therapy around the body, according to research published today in the Proceedings of the Na ...


CDC's swine flu toll: 4,000 dead, 22 million ill (AP)

CDC's swine flu toll: 4,000 dead, 22 million ill

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(AP) -- Estimates of deaths caused by the swine flu have grown to nearly 4,000 since April, roughly quadrupling previous estimates. But that doesn't mean swine flu suddenly has worsened.


Scientists explain binding action of 2 key HIV antibodies; could lead to new vaccine design

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A very close and detailed study of how the most robust antibodies work to block the HIV virus as it seeks entry into healthy cells has revealed a new direction for researchers hoping to design an effective vaccine.