News tagged with chronic viral
16th-century Korean mummy provides clue to hepatitis B virus genetic code
The discovery of a mummified Korean child with relatively preserved organs enabled an Israeli-South Korean scientific team to conduct a genetic analysis on a liver biopsy which revealed a unique hepatitis ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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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
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Death certificates confirm non-HIV-attributable diseases cause increase in US PLWHA deaths
During the decade since the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), or 1996-2006, mortality among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) sharply decreased in the United States. So, too, did the percentages of ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Common test for detecting liver problems in children is often interpreted incorrectly
New research led by physician-scientists at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shows that the test most commonly used to screen pediatric patients for chronic liver disease is often incorrectly interpreted ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 01, 2010 |
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New study casts doubt over ME virus link
A new study published in the British Medical Journal today casts doubt on recent claims that a human retrovirus known as XMRV is linked to chronic fatigue syndrome or ME (myalgic encephalitis).
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 26, 2010 |
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Hepatitis B and C remain public health issue -- up to 5.3 million Americans infected
A recent report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) confirmed that 3.5 to 5.3 million people (1-2 % of the U.S. population) have chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. Despite efforts by federal, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 24, 2010 |
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Mecca-bound pilgrims prompt swine flu precautions
(AP) -- Some of the millions who travel to Saudi Arabia next month for the annual hajj will be greeted with face masks, hand sanitizer and fever checks as health officials strive to stem the spread of swine flu during the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Researcher finds there could be up to 200 cold viruses
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bad news for the immune system: New research has boosted the number of likely common-cold viruses waiting to make you miserable from the long-accepted 100 to perhaps double that number.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Chronic infection now clearly tied to immune-system protein (w/Video)
A new study finds the cross-talk between 'killer T-cells' and 'helper T-cells' can only happen in the presence of interleukin-21, a powerful immune-system protein. UAB researchers say if interleukin-21 is missing, the immune ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 14, 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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US, Costa Rica swine flu deaths reported
(AP) -- A Washington state man with underlying heart conditions became the third person infected with swine flu to die in the U.S., health officials said Saturday, while Costa Rica reported the first swine ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 10, 2009 |
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Scientists identify how key protein keeps chronic infection in check
Why is the immune system able to fight off some viruses but not others, leading to chronic, life-threatening infections like HIV and hepatitis C?
May 08, 2009 |
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COPD patients often given wrong treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Generally speaking, patients with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) deteriorate suddenly, in bursts, often as a result of bacterial or viral infections.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Small molecules block cancer gene
Finding molecules that block the activity of the oncogene Stat 3 (signal transducer and activator of transcription) required screening literally millions of compounds, using computers that compared the structure of the cancer-causing ...
Mar 10, 2009 |
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