News tagged with cytomegalovirus cmv infection
Vaccine against CMV shows promise in clinical trial
A new vaccine has the potential to be the first to prevent maternal and congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study published in the March 19 edition of the New En ...
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Mar 18, 2009 |
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Researchers turn Salmonella into antiviral gene therapy agent
New experiments at the University of California, Berkeley, may one day lead to anti-viral treatments that involve swallowing Salmonella bacteria, effectively using one bug to stop another.
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Feb 07, 2011 |
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Early infusion of donor T cells prevents graft versus host disease in blood cancer patients
For blood cancer patients at high risk of relapse, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), the transplantation of blood-forming stem cells, is one of best options for treatment and a potential cure. Unfortunately, ...
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Feb 03, 2011 |
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Kidney-transplant patients who add 100 days of medicine gain more protection
A researcher with the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta has discovered a way to better protect kidney-transplant patients who are at high risk for developing a life-threatening illness after surgery.
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Unrelated kidney donor study shows age and obesity increase complications
Patients who have received a new kidney are significantly more likely to develop transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) if they are obese or over 50, according to research published in the September issue of the Journal of ...
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Longer Antiviral Treatment Prevents Lung Transplant Complications
(PhysOrg.com) -- Extending the course of treatment to prevent a common virus after lung transplantation dramatically reduces infection rates and possibly the risk of the body rejecting the new lungs, according to research ...
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Jun 15, 2010 |
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Standard heel-stick test ineffective at screening for CMV in newborns
A national study involving a UT Southwestern Medical Center neonatologist and pediatric infectious diseases specialist suggests that a screening test routinely performed in newborns is not very good at identifying cytomegalovirus ...
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May 04, 2010 |
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DNA testing of newborn's blood not effective for identifying hearing loss infection
A routine screening test for several metabolic and genetic disorders in newborns, the heel-stick procedure, is not effective in screening for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, a leading cause of hearing loss in children, according ...
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Apr 13, 2010 |
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New research explains repeated infection by some viruses
New research conducted at the Oregon Health & Science University Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute explains how a virus that has already infected up to 80 percent of the American population can repeatedly re-infect individuals ...
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Apr 01, 2010 |
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The bowels of infection
Current research suggests that latent cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection may exacerbate inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The related report by Onyeagocha et al, "Latent cytomegalovirus infection exacerbates experimental colitis," ...
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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It pays to be careful post-kidney transplant
For kidney transplant recipients, infection with a virus called cytomegalovirus (CMV) may lead to devastating complications. New research suggests that extending the period of preventive treatment after kidney ...
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Sep 18, 2009 |
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