News tagged with blood fluke
Gene map aims to combat blood flukes
The first microsatellite-based genetic linkage map has been published for Schistosoma mansoni, a blood fluke that is known to infect over 90 million people in Africa, the Middle East and the New World. Researchers writin ...
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Senator's stroke shows they can hit the young, too
(AP) -- When a stroke hits at 52, like what happened to Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, the reaction is an astonished, "But he's so young."
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Hospitals are giving faster heart care, study says
In a spectacular turnabout, hospitals are treating almost all major heart attack patients within the recommended 90 minutes of arrival, a new study finds. Just five years ago, less than half of them got their ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Aug 22, 2011 |
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FDA questions safety of experimental diabetes drug
(AP) -- Federal health regulators have concerns about bladder and breast cancer seen in patients taking an experimental diabetes pill from Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 15, 2011 |
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Researchers show host Mta1 gene is required for optimal survival of schistosome parasites
By using mice lacking a crucial gene that controls the process of chromatin remodeling of cytokines including those responsible for inflammation and comparing them to normal wild type mice with the gene, researchers at the ...
Jun 01, 2011 |
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There are no cures for the common cold
Americans catch an estimated 1 billion colds each year. And by this time of year, as weary cold sufferers line up at local pharmacies, it may not sound surprising that Americans spend at least $4.2 billion annually on over-the-counter ...
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Checklist continues to stop bloodstream infections in their tracks, this time in Rhode Island
Using a widely heralded Johns Hopkins checklist and other patient-safety tools, intensive care units across the state of Michigan reduced the rate of potentially lethal bloodstream infections to near zero.
Dec 02, 2010 |
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'Warrior worms' discovered in snails; Scientists see possible biomedical applications
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered a caste of genetically identical "warrior worms" -- members of a parasitic fluke species that invades the California horn snail. The findings are reported in ...
Sep 16, 2010 |
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Study finds possible heart risk with prostate drug
(AP) -- Full results of a big study testing a drug for preventing prostate cancer show a higher risk of heart failure, a surprise finding that could dampen enthusiasm for expanding its use.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 31, 2010 |
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Scientists reveal how an old drug could have a new use for treating river blindness
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a potential new use for the drug closantel, currently the standard treatment for sheep and cattle infected with liver fluke. The new research suggests that the ...
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Full results show AIDS vaccine is of modest help
(AP) -- Fresh results from the world's first successful test of an experimental AIDS vaccine confirm that it is only marginally effective and suggest that its protection against HIV infection may wane over time.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 20, 2009 |
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