News tagged with viral
Message gone viral? Blame it on altruistic, yet image-conscious Internet 'e-mavens'
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some online ad campaigns go viral while other online marketing messages gather "cyber-dust" on the information superhighway? The key may lie in the motivation of Internet users to email ...
New culprit for viral infections among elderly -- an overactive immune response
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that exaggerated responses of the immune system explain why the elderly succumb to viral infections more readily than younger people. Published in the November ...
FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Federal health regulators have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by biotechnology firm Genzyme.
Hoping for a fluorescent basket case: How HIV is assembled and released from infected cells
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Although recent advances have raised hopes that a protective vaccine can be developed, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) remains a major public health problem. Much has been learned about HIV-1, the virus that causes ...
Antarctic lake home to diverse community of viruses
Nov 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of the genetic structure of viruses in an Antarctic lake has revealed an astonishing genetic richness in the large number of viral families discovered.
Researchers complete draft genome sequence for cassava
Nov 09, 2009 |
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A team of academic, government and industry researchers has completed a first draft of the cassava (Manihot esculenta) genome. The project is an important first step in accelerating the pace of research on this subsistence ...
Scientists track swine flu virus for tiny changes that would cause big problems
Nov 04, 2009 |
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As the H1N1 flu virus spreads at breakneck speed, a team of scientists are close behind. They are watching its evolution through a cutting-edge technology in hopes of answering the question: Where did it come from -- and ...
Hepatitis B does not increase risk for pancreatic cancer
Nov 01, 2009 |
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A Henry Ford Hospital study found that hepatitis B does not increase the risk for pancreatic cancer - and that only age is a contributing factor.
Mecca-bound pilgrims prompt swine flu precautions
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Some of the millions who travel to Saudi Arabia next month for the annual hajj will be greeted with face masks, hand sanitizer and fever checks as health officials strive to stem the spread of swine flu during the ...
Modified crops reveal hidden cost of resistance
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Genetically modified squash plants that are resistant to a debilitating viral disease become more vulnerable to a fatal bacterial infection, according to biologists.
Important new novel 2009 H1N1 flu advisory for cardiopulmonary transplantation
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Each year 3-5 million people have severe cases and 250-500,000 die from complications of seasonal influenza world-wide. This year, the novel 2009 H1N1 (nH1N1) influenza, previously called swine flu, has reached pandemic status. ...
Messenger RNA with FLASH
Oct 22, 2009 |
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A study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has identified a key player in a molecular process essential for DNA replication within cells.
Widely used virus assay shown unreliable when compared to other methods
Oct 21, 2009 |
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In the course of doing research on the mosquito-borne pathogens chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and o' nyong-nyong virus (ONNV), Virginia Tech researchers have discovered an inconvenient truth about an assay, strand-specific quantitative ...
War of the viruses: Could ancient virus genes help fight modern AIDS?
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Almost 30 years into the AIDS epidemic, scientists have yet to find an effective vaccine against HIV, the virus that destroys the immune system and causes AIDS. HIV is perhaps the most adaptive virus ever ...
Researcher finds there could be up to 200 cold viruses
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bad news for the immune system: New research has boosted the number of likely common-cold viruses waiting to make you miserable from the long-accepted 100 to perhaps double that number.
