News tagged with cytomegalovirus cmv infection
Vaccine against CMV shows promise in clinical trial
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 18, 2009 |
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A new vaccine has the potential to be the first to prevent maternal and congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study published in the March 19 edition of the New En ...
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The bowels of infection
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Current research suggests that latent cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection may exacerbate inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The related report by Onyeagocha et al, "Latent cytomegalovirus infection exacerbates experimental colitis," ...
It pays to be careful post-kidney transplant
Sep 18, 2009 |
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For kidney transplant recipients, infection with a virus called cytomegalovirus (CMV) may lead to devastating complications. New research suggests that extending the period of preventive treatment after kidney ...
Common virus could cause high blood pressure
May 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study suggests for the first time that cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common viral infection affecting between 60 and 99 percent of adults worldwide, is a cause of high blood pressure, a leading ...
Virus weaves itself into the DNA transferred from parents to babies
Sep 02, 2008 |
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Parents expect to pass on their eye or hair color, their knobby knees or their big feet to their children through their genes. But they don't expect to pass on viruses through those same genes.
People with less education could be more susceptible to the flu
Nov 10, 2009 |
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People who did not earn a high school diploma could be more likely to get H1N1 and the vaccine might be less effective in them compared to those who earned a diploma, new research shows.
New vaccine research targets HIV in the slower, early stage of infection
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 17, 2009 |
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New research at Oregon Health & Science University's Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute suggests vaccines that specifically target HIV in the initial stages of infection before it becomes a rapidly replicating, system-wide ...
Cell death from cytomegalovirus may bring new life to treatment of retinal disease
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Just days after the first retinal cell gets infected with the common cytomegalovirus, contiguous cells start committing suicide and researchers believe their death may provide clues to better treatment of ...
Poor people suffer disproportionately from chronic infections
Feb 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Kids from low-income families are much more likely to suffer from serious infections such as herpes or hepatitis A than their counterparts in wealthier households.
New vaccine prevents CMV infection and disease in mice
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have patented a strategy for developing a human vaccine to prevent against Human Cytomegalovirus (hCMV) infection ...
Cytomegalovirus exacerbates atherosclerosis through an autoimmune mechanism
May 30, 2007 |
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Atherosclerosis is the main cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Classic risk factors including smoking, diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol levels are known to play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of the ...
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