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Chemists Find New Compounds to Curb Staph Infection
In an age when microbial
pathogens are growing
increasingly resistant to
the conventional antibiotics
used to tamp down infection,
scientists have synthesized
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Swine Flu Pandemic of 2009 More Deadly for Younger Adults
As the world prepares for
what may be the next
pandemic strain of influenza
virus, in the H7N9 bird flu,
a new study reveals that the
2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic
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Novel Approach for Influenza Vaccination Shows Promise in Early Animal Testing
A new approach for
immunizing against influenza
elicited a more potent
immune response and broader
protection than the
... > full story
How Immune System Peacefully Co-Exists With 'Good' Bacteria
The human gut is loaded with
helpful bacteria microbes,
yet the immune system
seemingly turns a blind eye.
Now, researchers know how
this friendly truce is kept
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Promising Strategy to Help Vaccines Outsmart HIV
May 24, 2013 — New research highlights an ingenious method to ensure the body effectively reacts when infected with the highly-evasive HIV virus that causes AIDS. The method involves the use of cytomegalovirus as a ... > full story -
New Microsphere-Based Methods for Detecting HIV Antibodies
May 24, 2013 — Detection of HIV antibodies is used to diagnose HIV infection and monitor trials of experimental HIV/AIDS vaccines. New, more sensitive detection systems being developed use microspheres to capture ... > full story -
Vaccine Blackjack: IL-21 Critical to Fight Against Viral Infections
May 23, 2013 — Scientists have shown that an immune regulatory molecule called IL-21 is needed for long-lasting antibody responses in mice against viral ... > full story -
Ferrets, Pigs Susceptible to H7N9 Avian Influenza Virus
May 23, 2013 — Chinese and US scientists have used a virus isolated from a person who died from H7N9 avian influenza infection to determine whether the virus could infect and be transmitted between ferrets. Ferrets ... > full story -
Boosting Body's Natural Flu Killers as Way to Offset Virus Mutation Problem
May 23, 2013 — The known difficulty in fighting influenza (flu) is the ability of the flu viruses to mutate and thus evade various medications that were previously found to be effective. Researchers at the Hebrew ... > full story -
What the Smallest Infectious Agents Reveal About Evolution
May 23, 2013 — Radically different viruses share genes and are likely to share ancestry, according to new research. The comprehensive phylogenomic analysis compares giant viruses that infect amoeba with tiny ... > full story -
Mechanism Discovered Which Aids Legionella to Camouflage Itself in the Organism
May 22, 2013 — The feared Legionella pneumophilabacteria is responsible for legionellosis, an infectious disease that can lead to pneumonia. In order to infect us, this pathogen has developed a complex method ... > full story -
Low Population Immunity to New Bird Flu Virus H7N9 in Humans
May 21, 2013 — The level of immunity to the recently circulating H7N9 influenza virus in an urban and rural population in Vietnam is very low, according to the first population level study to examine human immunity ... > full story -
Vitamin C Can Kill Drug-Resistant TB, Researchers Find
May 21, 2013 — In a striking, unexpected discovery, researchers have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture. The finding suggests that vitamin C added to ... > full story -
Resistance to Last-Line Antibiotic Makes Bacteria Resistant to Immune System
May 21, 2013 — Bacteria resistant to the antibiotic colistin are also commonly resistant to antimicrobial substances made by the human body, according to a new study. Cross-resistance to colistin and host ... > full story
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