News tagged with mucus secretion

Study shows genital herpes can reactivate even during high dose antiviral therapy

A study combining three trials of antiviral therapy to treat genital herpes (herpes simplex virus type 2/HSV-2) has shown that the virus can reactivate in 'breakthrough episodes' even when doses of antiviral therapy are high. ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Biodegradable particles can bypass mucus, release drugs over time

Johns Hopkins University researchers have created biodegradable nanosized particles that can easily slip through the body's sticky and viscous mucus secretions to deliver a sustained-release medication cargo.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Key to potential new treatment for allergy-induced asthma identified

In research that could lead to new asthma drugs, scientists at Yale School of Medicine, Hydra Biosciences of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the University of California, San Francisco have discovered that a protein may be ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Cystic fibrosis testing -- next steps

Three reports describing advances in cystic fibrosis genetic testing appear in the May 2009 issue of The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Misuse of Vicks VapoRub may harm infants and toddlers

VicksŪ VapoRubŪ, the popular salve used to relieve symptoms of cough and congestion, may be harmful for infants and toddlers. New research appearing in the January issue of Chest, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Colleg ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0