News tagged with chronic infections

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Nowhere to hide: New device sees bacteria behind the eardrum

Doctors can now get a peek behind the eardrum to better diagnose and treat chronic ear infections, thanks to a new medical imaging device invented by University of Illinois researchers. The device could usher ...

Technology / Engineering

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Research shows why one bacterial infection is so deadly in cystic fibrosis patients

Scientists have found why a certain type of bacteria, harmless in healthy people, is so deadly to patients with cystic fibrosis.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Newly identified oral bacterium linked to heart disease and meningitis

A novel bacterium, thought to be a common inhabitant of the oral cavity, has the potential to cause serious disease if it enters the bloodstream, according to a study in the International Journal of Systematic an ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Honey could be effective at treating and preventing wound infections

Manuka honey could help clear chronic wound infections and even prevent them from developing in the first place, according to a new study published in Microbiology. The findings provide further evidence for the clinical use of ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Liver parasite lacks key genes for fatty acid synthesis: Genome sequencing of Clonorchis sinensis

The human liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis affects more than 35 million people in South East Asia and 15 million in China. Infection by this parasite causes clonorchiasis. Repeated or chronic infection can lead to serious diseas ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists identify most proteins made by parasitic worm

A team led by Thomas B. Nutman, M.D., of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has completed a large-scale analysis of most of the proteins produced ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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US approves second new hepatitis C drug

The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Incivek to treat hepatitis C when taken along with the current two-drug regimen, marking the second such drug approval this month.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US regulators approve new hepatitis C drug

US regulators on Friday approved the first new treatment for hepatitis C in more than a decade, a Merck pharmaceutical known as Victrelis, to be taken with the current two-drug regimen.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

New clues to help patients with immune deficiency disease

Infection researchers at Umea University have uncovered a new disease mechanism in patients with Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD) in an international clinical collaboration with the Children's Hospital in Zurich. Their ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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Lack of health insurance limits hepatitis C patients' access to latest antiviral therapy

New research has determined that patients in the U.S. with hepatitis C virus (HCV) are twice as likely to not have health insurance coverage compared with those without the disease. In fact researchers found only a third ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists to sequence DNA of cystic fibrosis superbug

Scientists at the University of Liverpool are using the latest DNA sequencing technology to understand the diversity of a bacterium that causes severe lung infection in cystic fibrosis patients.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Boosting body's immune response may hold key to HIV cure

Australian scientists have successfully cleared a HIV-like infection from mice by boosting the function of cells vital to the immune response.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research shows how pathogenic bacteria hide inside host cells

A new study into Staphylococcus aureus, the bacterium which is responsible for severe chronic infections worldwide, reveals how bacteria have developed a strategy of hiding within host cells to escape the immune system as wel ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alcohol may combat diabetes, in moderation

A couple of beers a day can be part of a healthy lifestyle, and even reduce the risk of developing diabetes, Dutch researchers say.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Parallels between cancers, infection suppression reported

Tiny parasitoid wasps can play an important role in controlling the populations of other insect species by laying their eggs inside the larvae of these species. A newly hatched wasp gradually eats the host alive and takes ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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