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New insight into an old reaction: Adenylylation regulates cell signaling

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study reveals the importance of adenylylation in the regulation of cell signaling from bacteria to higher organisms. The research, published by Cell Press in the April 10th issue of the journal Molecular Cell, provid ...





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Whooping cough widespread in Britain

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created Jul 07, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A study has found that nearly 40 percent of British children examined by doctors for persistent coughing show symptoms of whooping cough infections.


Parents of new babies should be considered for a whooping cough booster, say experts

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 28, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A booster vaccination for parents of new babies and other household members may be the most effective way of preventing the fatal form of whooping cough in young infants, say a group of paediatric intensive care doctors on ...


Family members most often source of whooping cough in young infants

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created Mar 27, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Infants with whooping cough were most likely infected by the people they live with, according to a multi-country study led by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health.


Minor shift in vaccine schedule has potential to reduce infant illness, death

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created Nov 03, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University suggests that protecting infants from a common, highly contagious and even deadly disease may be as easy as administering a ...


Refusing immunizations puts children at increased risk of pertussis infection

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Children of parents who refuse vaccines are 23 times more likely to get whooping cough compared to fully immunized children, according to a new study led by a vaccine research team at Kaiser Permanente Colorado's Institute ...


Structure mediating spread of antibiotic resistance identified

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Scientists have identified the structure of a key component of the bacteria behind such diseases as whooping cough, peptic stomach ulcers and Legionnaires' disease. The research, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Biotechnology ...


Whooping cough immunity lasts longer than previously thought

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created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Immunity to whooping cough lasts at least 30 years on average, much longer than previously thought, according to a new study by researchers based at the University of Michigan and the University of New Mexico. Details are ...


Vaccination coverage improves among low-income children, but disparities persist

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

More children in low-income households are receiving childhood vaccinations on schedule than in previous years, but disparities based on economic status remain, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Pediatrics & ...


Cost of child vaccines fall, more kids saved

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

(AP) -- Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty.


School may ban unvaccinated students

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created Nov 30, 2006 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Cook County, Ill., Public Health Department official says the county may ban students not vaccinated for whooping cough from public schools.



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