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New Antiviral Treatment Could Significantly Reduce Global Burden of Hepatitis C
May 6, 2013 Around 150 million people globally are chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) -- a major cause of liver disease and the fastest growing cause of liver transplantation and liver cancer. ... > full story -
Competing Antibodies May Have Limited the Protection Achieved in HIV Vaccine Trial in Thailand
May 6, 2013 Continuing analysis of an HIV vaccine trial undertaken in Thailand is yielding additional information about how immune responses were triggered and why the vaccine did not protect more ... > full story -
Scientists Alarmed by Rapid Spread of Brown Streak Disease in Cassava
May 6, 2013 Cassava experts are reporting new outbreaks and the increased spread of Cassava Brown Streak Disease or CBSD, warning that the rapidly proliferating plant virus could cause a 50 percent drop in ... > full story -
Risks of H7N9 Infection Mapped
May 3, 2013 A map of avian influenza (H7N9) risk has just been completed. The map is composed of bird migration patterns, and adding in estimations of poultry production and consumption, which are used to infer ... > full story -
Ebola's Secret Weapon Revealed
May 2, 2013 Researchers have discovered the mechanism behind one of the Ebola virus' most dangerous attributes: its ability to disarm the adaptive immune ... > full story -
Tick-Borne Lone Star Virus Identified Through New Super-Fast Gene Sequencing
May 2, 2013 The tick-borne Lone Star virus has been conclusively identified as part of a family of other tick-borne viruses called bunyaviruses, which often cause fever, respiratory problems and bleeding, ... > full story -
Adult Cells Transformed Into Early-Stage Nerve Cells, Bypassing the Pluripotent Stem Cell Stage
May 2, 2013 Scientists have converted skin cells from people and monkeys into a cell that can form a wide variety of nervous-system cells — without passing through the do-it-all stage called the induced ... > full story -
Focus on STD, Not Cancer Prevention, to Promote HPV Vaccine Use
May 2, 2013 The HPV vaccine can prevent both cervical cancer and a nasty sexually transmitted disease in women. But emphasizing the STD prevention will persuade more young women to get the ... > full story -
Why Some Don't Respond to Rubella Vaccine
May 1, 2013 Using advanced genetic sequencing technology and analysis, vaccine researchers have identified 27 genes that respond in very different ways to the standard rubella vaccine, making the vaccine less ... > full story -
Potential Novel Treatment for Influenza Discovered: Scientists Pursue New Therapies as Deadly H7N9 Flu Spreads in China
May 1, 2013 An experimental drug has shown promise in treating influenza, preventing lung injury and death from the virus in preclinical studies, according to new research. The scientists found that a drug ... > full story
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