News tagged with brain infection
Popular cancer drug linked to often fatal brain virus
May 18, 2009 |
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The 57-year-old lawyer in New York had handily completed the New York Times' Saturday crossword puzzle - the hardest of the week - for years. But one Saturday morning, suddenly he couldn't retrieve the words to fill in the ...
Japanese encephalitis virus causes 'double trouble' to brain
Jul 07, 2008 |
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Japanese encephalitis (JE), commonly known as brain fever, is one of the prevalent mosquito-borne encephalitis in India and entire South East (SE) Asia. Besides resulting in thousand fatalities each year, JE virus (JEV) infection ...
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Brain structure assists in immune response (Video)
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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For the first time, a team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have imaged in real time the body's immune response to a parasitic infection in the brain.
Malaria makes relapsing fever more serious
May 08, 2009 |
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Malaria and the Borrelia infection relapsing fever are diseases with similar symptoms that can occur simultaneously. In such cases, the malaria is moderated while the relapsing fever becomes more serious. This is shown in ...
Research ensures 50 million vaccinated against deadly brain infection
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Research at the University of Liverpool has supported the vaccination of more than 50 million people against a zoonotic brain infection that affects thousands of children across Asia every year.
Can strep throat cause OCD, Tourette syndrome?
Sep 30, 2009 |
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New research shows that streptococcal infection does not appear to cause or trigger Tourette syndrome or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The research is published in the September 30, 2009, online issue of Neurology®, the me ...
Molecules help the immune system to detect cells infected with West Nile virus
Feb 05, 2009 |
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New research reveals a model of host-pathogen interaction that explains how the immune system finds and destroys cells infected with a potentially lethal brain virus. The study, published online on February 5th in Immunity, a Cell ...
Neural progenitor cells as reservoirs for HIV in the brain
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 04, 2008 |
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Impaired brain function is a prominent and still unsolved problem in AIDS . Shortly after an individual becomes infected with HIV, the virus can invade the brain and persist in this organ for life. Many HIV-infected individuals ...
Scientists discover new cause of fatal brain injury from acute viral meningitis
Nov 17, 2008 |
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In a November 16 advance, online publication of the journal Nature, the researchers say their discovery revamps common beliefs about how such potentially lethal infections may be ravaging the brain and suggests the possib ...
Antimicrobial sutures reduce infections in brain shunt surgery, study finds
Jul 25, 2008 |
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Children born with hydrocephalus, or "water on the brain" must have shunts implanted to drain the fluid away from the brain to reduce harmful pressure.
West Nile virus studies show how star-shaped brain cells cope with infection
Mar 31, 2009 |
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A new study published as the cover article for the April 2009 issue of The FASEB Journal promises to give physicians new ways to reduce deadly responses to viral infections of the brain and spinal cord. In the report, scient ...
Research supports toxoplasmosis link to schizophrenia
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Scientists have discovered how the toxoplasmosis parasite may trigger the development of schizophrenia and other bipolar disorders.
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