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Simple Test to Screen for Hospital Bugs
April 12, 2013 — Researchers have developed a system for hospitals and health care services that uses DNA technology to diagnose infectious ... > full story -
Discovery Points to New Approach to Fight Dengue Virus
April 11, 2013 — Researchers have discovered that rising temperature induces key changes in the dengue virus when it enters its human host, and the findings represent a new approach for designing vaccines against the ... > full story -
Enzymes from Horse Feces Could Hold Secrets to Streamlining Biofuel Production
April 11, 2013 — Stepping into unexplored territory in efforts to use corn stalks, grass and other non-food plants to make biofuels, scientists have now described the discovery of a potential treasure-trove of ... > full story -
Scientists Find Interferon, One of the Body's Own Proteins, Induces Persistent Viral Infection
April 11, 2013 — Scientists have made a counterintuitive finding that may lead to new ways to clear persistent infection that is the hallmark of such diseases as AIDS, hepatitis B and hepatitis ... > full story -
Material Screening Method Allows More Precise Control Over Stem Cells
April 11, 2013 — When it comes to delivering genes to living human tissue, the odds of success come down the molecule. The entire therapy — including the tools used to bring new genetic material into a cell ... > full story -
Gene That Causes Newborn Spleen Disease Identified
April 11, 2013 — Researchers have identified the defective gene responsible for a rare disorder in which children are born without a spleen, which makes them susceptible to life-threatening bacterial infections. The ... > full story -
Blocking Immune Response Protein Helps Body Clear Chronic Infection; Potential Therapy for HIV, Other Viral Infections?
April 11, 2013 — Scientists have shown that temporarily blocking a protein critical to immune response actually helps the body clear itself of chronic infection. The finding suggests new approaches to treating HIV ... > full story -
Cell-Destroyer That Fights and Promotes TB Reveals What's Behind Its Split Identity
April 11, 2013 — TB can be a disease not only of failed immunity but also of excessive immune response. Tumor necrosis factor -- normally an infection-fighting substance produced by the body -- can actually heighten ... > full story -
Molecular 'Superglue' Based on Flesh-Eating Bacteria
April 11, 2013 — In a classic case of turning an enemy into a friend, scientists have engineered a protein from flesh-eating bacteria to act as a molecular "superglue" that promises to become a disease ... > full story -
Predicting the Next Eye Pathogen: Analysis of a Novel Adenovirus
April 10, 2013 — Researchers used a combined genomic, bioinformatics and biological analysis to identify a unique deletion in a key protein of the viral capsid and further suggested the potential of the virus to ... > full story
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