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Mexico: worst over despite rise in flu death toll (AP)

Mexico: worst over despite rise in flu death toll

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The swine flu virus spread to more countries Tuesday, and scientists said the official numbers represent only a fraction of the many thousands of people sickened around the world. At the center of ...





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Asthma risk increases in children treated for HIV

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Children whose immune systems rebound after treatment with potent anti-viral drugs for HIV infection face an increased risk of developing asthma, said a federally funded consortium of researchers led by those from Baylor ...


Discovery of enzyme structure points way to creating less toxic anti-HIV drugs

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

By discovering the atomic structure of a key human enzyme, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have pointed the way toward designing anti-HIV drugs with far less toxic side effects.


Drug-resistant swine flu cases discovered in patients in Seattle

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created Aug 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The country's first cases of drug-resistant swine flu were discovered in two leukemia patients in Seattle, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.


Body's anti-HIV drug explained

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 12, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (34) | comments 1

Humans have a built-in weapon against HIV, but until recently no one knew how to unlock its potential.


New research points to new therapy for hepatitis C treatment

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created Dec 09, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Combination therapies similar to those used for HIV patients may be the best way of treating hepatitis C virus (HCV), say researchers from the University of Leeds.


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Researchers develop new strategy for broad spectrum anti-viral drugs

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 23, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 1

Bavituximab, an anti-viral drug developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers, shows promise as a new strategy to fight viral diseases, including potential bioterrorism agents.


Researchers discover structure of key Ebola protein

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created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Research led by Iowa State University scientists has them a step closer to finding a way to counter the Ebola virus.


Molecular espionage shows a single HIV enzyme's many tasks

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Using ingenious molecular espionage, scientists have found how a single key enzyme, seemingly the Swiss army knife in HIV's toolbox, differentiates and dynamically binds both DNA and RNA as part of the virus' fierce attack ...


Getting wise to the influenza virus' tricks

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created May 04, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Influenza is currently a grave concern for governments and health organisations around the world. The worry is the potential for highly virulent bird flu strains, such as H5N1, to develop the ability to infect humans easily. ...


Potential new HIV drug may help patients not responding to treatment

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A potential treatment for HIV may one day help people who are not responding to Anti-Retroviral Therapy, suggests new research published tomorrow in The Journal of Immunology. Scientists looking at monkeys with the simian ...



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