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Predicting fatal fungal infections

Predicting fatal fungal infections

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified cells in blood that predict which HIV-positive indivi ...





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Breast cancer drug shows promise against serious infections

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

An FDA-approved drug used for preventing recurrence of breast cancer shows promise in fighting life-threatening fungal infections common in immune-compromised patients, such as infants born prematurely and patients with cancer. ...


Singapore nanotechnology combats fatal brain infections

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Doctors may get a new arsenal for meningitis treatment and the war on drug-resistant bacteria and fungal infections with novel peptide nanoparticles developed by scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology ...


Pediatric vaccine effectively prevents pneumococcal meningitis

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A standard pediatric vaccine used to prevent several common types of life-threatening infections also effectively reduced the rates of another disease, pneumococcal meningitis, in children and adults, according to a multi-center ...


Gamma interferon could aid fight against fungal infections

Biology /

created Oct 31, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Interferon, the “superhero” cure for viral infections, may be a strong weapon in the battle against fungal infections in immunocompromised patients, according to an article in the November issue of Microbiology Today.


Breakthrough in the treatment of bacterial meningitis

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

It can take just hours after the symptoms appear for someone to die from bacterial meningitis. Now, after years of research, experts at The University of Nottingham have finally discovered how the deadly meningococcal bacteria ...


Fractional dose of scarce meningitis vaccine may be effective in outbreak control

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 05, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One fifth of the standard dose of a commonly used meningitis vaccine may be as effective as using the full dose. This new finding should allow scarce vaccine resources to be stretched further, especially during epidemics ...


GE eucalyptus tree investigation urged

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created Jun 15, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Several U.S. environmental groups are upset concerning a possible link between a pathogenic fungus and genetically engineered eucalyptus trees.


Genetic code cracked of organisms behind fungal disease

Genetic code cracked of organisms behind fungal disease

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists have unlocked the code for the building blocks of fungal organisms which are responsible for mild as well as potentially deadly infections in people.


Meningitis bacteria dress up as human cells to evade our immune system

Meningitis bacteria dress up as human cells to evade our immune system

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The way in which bacteria that cause bacterial meningitis mimic human cells to evade the body's innate immune system has been revealed by researchers at the University of Oxford and Imperial ...


New infant formula safety advice could prevent infant suffering

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wheat-based infant follow-on formulas are better reconstituted with fruit juice and should be stored in the fridge at 4°C to prevent growth of meningitis bacteria, according to recent research.



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