News tagged with human infections
How mosquitoes could teach us a trick in the fight against malaria
Mar 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The means by which most deadly malaria parasites are detected and killed by the mosquitoes that carry them is revealed for the first time in research published today in Science Express. The di ...
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Researchers at Case Western Reserve discover a new way the body fights fungal infection
Jun 11, 2009 |
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A team of researchers led by Amy G. Hise, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor at the Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, is the first to discover how the body fights off ...
New Way to Fight Fungal Infection
Jun 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers led by Amy G. Hise, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor at the Center for Global Health and Diseases at Case Western Reserve University's School of Medicine, has discovered how the body ...
How WHO measures a pandemic
Apr 28, 2009 |
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The World Health Organization has six phases of pandemic alert to assess the potential for a new global flu outbreak.
Mounting a multi-layered attack on fungal infections
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Unravelling a microbe's multilayer defence mechanisms could lead to effective new treatments for potentially lethal fungal infections in cancer patients and others whose natural immunity is weakened.
Genetic links to fungal infection risk identified
Oct 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two genetic mutations that may put individuals at increased risk of fungal infections have been identified by scientists from UCL and Radboud University, increasing understanding about the genetic basis of ...
Can parasites cause anemia and undernutrition in Northern Rwanda?
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Northern Rwandan inhabitants infected with more than two species of parasitic worm are more likely to be underweight than those with just one or with no infection, according to new research published September 15 in the open-access ...
Got zinc? New zinc research suggests novel therapeutic targets
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Everyone knows that vitamins "from A to zinc" are important for good health. Now, a new research study in the August 2009 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that zinc may be pointing the way to new th ...
defense molecules in mouth found to inhibit infections from HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 29, 2009 |
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A professor from the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine has discovered defense molecules found in the mouth inhibit infections from HIV.
Questions and answers on swine flu
Apr 29, 2009 |
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As the number of swine flu cases grows, so do the questions about how the virus is transmitted and what people can do to prevent it. Here are answers from interviews with doctors and from public-health Web sites.
New way to fight drug-resistant fungal infections discovered
Jul 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The secret to fighting often lethal drug resistant fungal infections is to knock out the bug's molecular chaperone, according to U of T researchers.
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