News tagged with bone infections
Premature aging seen as issue for AIDS survivors
(AP) -- Having survived the first and worst years of the AIDS epidemic, when he was losing three friends to the disease in a day and undergoing every primitive, toxic treatment that then existed, Peter Greene ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 11, 2011 |
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Reptilian root canal: Study reveals infection in jaw of ancient fossil
A reptile that lived 275-million years ago in what is now Oklahoma is giving paleontologists a glimpse of the oldest known toothache.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 18, 2011 |
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Broken bones on the mend with anti-bacterial collar
Orthopaedic experts at The University of Nottingham are hoping to reduce the rate of infections that often occur in the pinning of broken bones by developing a special collar to counter dangerous microbes.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 11, 2011 |
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Microfluidic devices advance 3-D tissue engineering
A research team, co-headed by Dr. Woo Lee and Dr. Hongjun Wang of Stevens Institute of Technology, has published a paper describing a new method that generates three-dimensional (3D) tissue models for studying bacterial infection ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Interrupting death messages to treat bone disease
A surface molecule on bacteria that instructs bone cells to die could be the target for new treatments for bone disease, says a scientist speaking at the Society for General Microbiology's autumn meeting today.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Meds Not Always Best Solution for Chronic Heartburn
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you constantly pop pills and still suffer from irritating heartburn, there may be an underlying problem more effectively -- and safely -- addressed with surgery.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 16, 2010 |
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Gamma interferon a wake-up call for stem cell response to infection
Most of the time, the body's blood-forming (hematopoietic) stem cells remain dormant, with just a few producing blood cells and maintaining a balance among the different types.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Feet first: Molecular imaging helps diagnose diabetic foot infection
A study presented at SNM's 57th Annual Meeting shows that using multiple imaging agents with a hybrid imaging technique can be a valuable tool for accurately diagnosing and determining treatment for a variety of diabetes-associated ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 07, 2010 |
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Bone marrow plays critical role in enhancing immune response to viruses: study
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine for the first time have determined that bone marrow cells play a critical role in fighting respiratory viruses, making the bone marrow a potential therapeutic target, especially ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 24, 2010 |
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PrEP treatment prevented HIV transmission in humanized mice
Systemic pre-exposure administration of antiretroviral drugs provides protection against intravenous and rectal transmission of HIV in mice with human immune systems, according to a new study published January 21, 2010 in ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 21, 2010 |
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Last-resort lower-body amputation effective in extreme cases of bone infection, 25-year review shows
A landmark, 25-year review of cases in which surgeons had to remove the lower portion of the body from the waist down for severe pelvic bone infections shows the therapy can add years and quality of life to survivors, say ...
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Clinical study to probe genetic link to Salmonella diseases
(PhysOrg.com) -- Depending on your genes, Salmonella can mean a lot more than food poisoning. In a new clinical study, researchers at The Rockefeller University Hospital are narrowing in on the genetic link that predisposes ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Master gene that switches on disease-fighting cells identified by scientists
(PhysOrg.com) -- The master gene that causes blood stem cells to turn into disease-fighting 'Natural Killer' (NK) immune cells has been identified by scientists, in a study published in Nature Immunology today. ...
Sep 13, 2009 |
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Immune exhaustion driven by antigen in chronic viral infection
A main reason why viruses such as HIV or hepatitis C persist despite a vigorous initial immune response is exhaustion. The T cells, or white blood cells, fighting a chronic infection eventually wear out.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 13, 2009 |
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