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Could That Cold Sore Increase Your Risk of Memory Problems?
March 25, 2013 — The virus that causes cold sores, along with other viral or bacterial infections, may be associated with cognitive problems, according to a new ... > full story -
New Approach for Stopping Herpes Infections
March 25, 2013 — Researchers have discovered a novel strategy for preventing infections due to the highly common herpes simplex viruses, the microbes responsible for causing genital herpes (herpes simplex virus 2) ... > full story -
Other Stomach Microbiota Modulate Resistance to H. Pylori-Driven Ulcers
March 25, 2013 — Mice with different naturally occurring stomach bacteria have distinct susceptibilities to disease caused by Helicobacter pylori, the well-known cause of ulcers in humans, according to a new study. ... > full story -
Cleverly Designed Vaccine Blocks H5 Avian Influenza in Animal Models
March 25, 2013 — Until now, most experimental vaccines against the highly lethal H5N1 avian influenza virus have lacked effectiveness. But a new vaccine has proven highly effective against the virus when tested in ... > full story -
Sequencing Tracks Animal-to-Human Transmission of Bacterial Pathogens
March 25, 2013 — Researchers have used whole genome sequencing to reveal if drug-resistant bacteria are transmitted from animals to humans in two disease outbreaks that occurred on different farms in Denmark. The ... > full story -
Certain Bacteria Suppress Production of Toxic Shock Toxin: Probiotic Potential Looms
March 22, 2013 — Certain Streptococci increase their production of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1, sometimes to potentially dangerous levels, when aerobic bacteria are present in the vagina. But scientists have ... > full story -
Did Evolution Give Us Inflammatory Disease?
March 22, 2013 — Researchers demonstrate that some variants in our genes which could put a person at risk for inflammatory diseases -- such as multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease or rheumatoid arthritis -- have been ... > full story -
Quirky Lyme Disease Bacteria: Unlike Most Organisms, They Don't Need Iron, but Crave Manganese
March 21, 2013 — Scientists have confirmed that the pathogen that causes Lyme disease -- unlike any other known organism -- can exist without iron, a metal that all other life needs to make proteins and enzymes. ... > full story -
Researchers Alter Mosquito Genome With Goal of Controlling Disease
March 21, 2013 — With a technique called TALENS, scientists used a pair of engineered proteins to disrupt a targeted gene in the mosquito genome, changing the eye color of ensuing generations of the insect. The ... > full story -
Findings to Help in Design of Drugs Against Virus Causing Childhood Illnesses
March 21, 2013 — New research findings may help scientists design drugs to treat a virus infection that causes potentially fatal brain swelling and paralysis in children. The virus, called enterovirus 71, causes ... > full story
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