News tagged with alveolar macrophages
Cancer drug linked to quantum dots increases drug uptake, reduces inflammation
Researchers at the University at Buffalo have developed a novel technology using quantum dots that is expected to have major implications for research and treatment of tuberculosis, as well as other inflammatory ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Discovery of new genes involved in the parasitism of cells by the tubercle bacillus
A European-Asian collaboration of scientists have identified ten virulence genes of the tubercle bacillus. The inactivation of these genes lessens the pathogenic effects of the bacillus. This discovery, published in the journal ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 16, 2010 |
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A breakthrough in tuberculosis research
Often causing no symptoms in carriers of the disease, worldwide tuberculosis (TB) infects eight to ten million people every year, kills two million, and it is highly contagious as it is spread through coughing and sneezing.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 29, 2010 |
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Gene therapy makes mice breath easier
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered a new gene therapy that may prevent the progression of emphysema. The study, which appears on-line in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, descri ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Scientists solve mystery about why HIV patients are more susceptible to TB infection
A team of Harvard scientists has taken an important first step toward the development of new treatments to help people with HIV battle Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection. In their report, appearing in the July 2009 p ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 30, 2009 |
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