News tagged with granulomas
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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Tuberculosis -- hiding in plain sight
Current research suggests that Mycobacterium tuberculosis can evade the immune response. The related report by Rahman et al, "Compartmentalization of immune responses in human tuberculosis: few CD8+ effector ...
May 22, 2009 |
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Findings turn events in early TB infection on their head, may lead to new therapy
Masses of immune cells that form as a hallmark of tuberculosis (TB) have long been thought to be the body's way of trying to protect itself by literally walling off the bacteria. But a new study in the January 9th issue of ...
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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Seizures in patients with pork tapeworm caused by Substance P
A neuropeptide called Substance P is the cause of seizures in patients with brains infected by the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium), said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears online in the open access ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Traditional physical autopsies -- not high-tech 'virtopsies' -- still 'gold standard'
TV crime shows like Bones and CSI are quick to explain each death by showing highly detailed scans and video images of victims' insides. Traditional autopsies, if shown at all, are at best in supporting roles to the high-tech ...
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Genetic mutation leads to cold allergy, immune deficiency and autoimmunity
Investigators at the National Institutes of Health have identified a genetic mutation in three unrelated families that causes a rare immune disorder characterized by excessive and impaired immune function. Symptoms of this ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Crucial gene activator in slow-killing parasite identified
In the complicated life cycle of ancient flatworms that cause schistosomiasis, Case Western Reserve University researchers have identified a gene activator crucial to development of the parasites within humans – a potential ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Scientists develop animal model for TB-related blindness
(Medical Xpress) -- Working with guinea pigs, tuberculosis experts at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have closely mimicked how active but untreated cases of the underlying lung infection lead to permanent eye damage and blindness ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Molecular imaging provides fast and effective diagnosis for patients with fever of unknown origin
Research presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting highlights molecular imaging's diagnostic potential for patients with fever of unknown origin. Persistent fever can be a warning sign for a range of diseases that could be dangerous ...
Jun 06, 2011 |
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New findings on drug tolerance in TB suggest ideas for shorter cures
New findings on how tuberculosis (TB) bacteria develop multi-drug tolerance point to ways TB infections might be cured more quickly.
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Trace amounts of microbe-killing molecules predict chronic granulomatous disease survival
Investigators at the National Institutes of Health have observed that the survival rate of people with a rare immunodeficiency disease called chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is greatly improved when even very low levels ...
Dec 30, 2010 |
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TB bacteria use the body's stem cells to protect themselves
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tuberculosis kills around 1.7 million people globally each year, and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates around a third of the human population carries the disease, which becomes ...
Dec 08, 2010 |
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A century-old puzzle comes together: Scientists ID potential protein trigger in lung disease sarcoidosis
Lung researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified a possible protein trigger responsible for sarcoidosis, a potentially fatal inflammatory disease marked by tiny clumps of inflammatory cells that each year leave deep, grainy ...
May 03, 2010 |
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