News tagged with toxic shock

Scientists battle against superbugs by targeting toxin released by virtually all strains of MRSA

Targeting a toxin released by virtually all strains of MRSA could help scientists develop new drugs that can fight the superbug, research suggests.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Researchers block immune cell rush behind deadly sepsis

Researchers have found a way to block the ability of white blood cells to sprint toward the sites of infection when such speed worsens the damage done by sepsis, the often fatal, whole-body bacterial infection, according ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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Scientists discover dangerous new method for bacterial toxin transfer

Scientists have discovered a new way for bacteria to transfer toxic genes to unrelated bacterial species, a finding that raises the unsettling possibility that bacterial swapping of toxins and other disease-aiding factors ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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Climate risk of toxic shock

The effects of climate change could expose Australians to greater risks from toxic contamination, a leading scientist has warned.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

China sets pace for smoggy Hong Kong: think-tank

Beijing's decision to come clean on its dirty air has embarrassed Hong Kong, where smog kills hundreds of people a year, hurts business and drives away talent, a think-tank has said.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 15, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Researchers discover novel chemical route to form organic molecules

An international team of scientists led by University of Hawai‘i at M?noa Professor Ralf I. Kaiser, Alexander M. Mebel of Florida International University, and Alexander Tielens of Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Towards more effective treatment for multiple myeloma

A new study from SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, shows that MAL3-101, a recently developed inhibitor of the heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70), appears to have potent anti-tumor effects on multiple myeloma, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tumor-targeting compound points the way to new personalized cancer treatments

One major obstacle in the fight against cancer is that anticancer drugs often affect normal cells in addition to tumor cells, resulting in significant side effects. Yet research into development of less harmful treatments ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Climate set to worsen food crises: Oxfam

Storms and droughts that have unleashed dangerous surges in food prices could be a "grim foretaste" of what lies ahead when climate change bites more deeply, Oxfam said on Monday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Giant kraken lair discovered

Long before whales, the oceans of Earth were roamed by a very different kind of air-breathing leviathan. Snaggle-toothed ichthyosaurs larger than school buses swam at the top of the Triassic Period ocean food ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (39) | comments 66 | with audio podcast

Study presents new insight into plant immunity

Researchers have identified an important cog in the molecular machinery of plant immunity - a discovery that could help crop breeders produce disease-resistant varieties to help ensure future food security. There may also ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover path to blocking fatal toxins

A team of researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem says it has found a way to block a group of fatal bacterial toxins that have to date resisted all attempts to arrest them through the use of conventional drugs.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New anti-inflammatory agents silence overactive immune response

A new way to fight inflammation uses molecules called polymers to mop up the debris of damaged cells before the immune system becomes abnormally active, researchers at Duke University Medical Center report.

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created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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