News tagged with cytomegalovirus infection

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.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Exposure to several common infections over time may be associated with risk of stroke

Cumulative exposure to five common infection-causing pathogens may be associated with an increased risk of stroke, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the January 2010 print issue of Archives of ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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," ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1