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Advantage Flu Virus: Scientists Discover One of the Ways the Influenza Virus Disarms Host Cells
August 23, 2012 — Scientists have discovered one of the ways the influenza virus disarms our natural defense system. The virus decreases the production of key immune regulating proteins in human cells that help fight ... > full story -
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New Way to Fight Bacterial Infections: 'Naked Darth Vader' Approach Could Tame Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs
August 23, 2012 — Rather than trying to kill bacteria outright with drugs, researchers have discovered a way to disarm bacteria that may allow the body's own defense mechanisms to destroy them. "To understand this ... > full story -
Scientists Reveal How River Blindness Worm Thrives
August 22, 2012 — Scientists have found that the worm which causes River Blindness survives by using a bacterium to provide energy, as well as help 'trick' the body's immune system into thinking it is fighting a ... > full story -
Possible Cause of Immune Deficiency Cases in Asia
August 22, 2012 — A clinical study has identified an antibody that compromises the immune systems of HIV-negative people, making them susceptible to infections with opportunistic microbes such as nontuberculous ... > full story -
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Tracking Infectious Outbreaks by Their Genomes
August 22, 2012 — A New York City patient carrying a multi-drug-resistant strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae, a microbe frequently associated with hospital-borne infections, introduced the dangerous bacteria into the ... > full story -
Toward Medicines That Recruit the Body's Natural Disease-Fighting Proteins
August 22, 2012 — Like recruiters pitching military service to a throng of people, scientists are developing drugs to recruit disease-fighting proteins present naturally in everyone’s blood in medicine’s ... > full story -
Microbiologists Find New Approach to Fighting Viral Illnesses
August 22, 2012 — By discovering how certain viruses use their host cells to replicate, microbiologists have identified a new approach to the development of universal treatments for viral illnesses such as meningitis, ... > full story -
Targeting Sugars in Quest for Vaccine Against HIV The Virus That Causes AIDS
August 21, 2012 — As a step toward designing the first effective anti-HIV vaccine, scientists are reporting new insights into how a family of rare, highly potent antibodies bind to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and ... > full story -
Declining Rates of U.S. Infant Male Circumcision Could Add Billions to Health Care Costs, Experts Warn
August 20, 2012 — A team of disease experts and health economists warns that steadily declining rates of U.S. infant male circumcision could add more than $4.4 billion in avoidable health care costs if rates over ... > full story -
Anthrax Targets
August 20, 2012 — A trawl of the genome of the deadly bacterium Bacillus anthracis has revealed a clutch of targets for new drugs to combat an epidemic of anthrax or a biological weapons attack. The targets are all ... > full story
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