News tagged with diagnostic virology

Vet scientists' work on diagnostic, intervention tools for H1N1 helps human health lab, too

If some day you are tested for the H1N1 virus without the painful prick of a needle, thank a pig -- and a team of Kansas State University researchers and their collaborators who are connecting animal and human health.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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A better way to diagnose pneumonia

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a new sampling device that could prevent thousands of people worldwide from dying of pneumonia each year.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Respiratory virus infection triggers new class of biomolecules

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists have discovered that a poorly understood class of RNA produced in a mammal's cells during a respiratory virus attack may affect the outcome of the infection. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New detection technology identifies bacteria, viruses, other organisms within 24 hours

Law enforcement authorities seeking to detect bioterrorism attacks, doctors diagnosing diseases and regulatory agencies checking product safety may find a new ally in a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Could Widely Used Rapid Influenza Tests Pose A Dangerous Public Health Risk?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rapid influenza diagnostic tests used in doctors' offices, hospitals and medical laboratories to detect H1N1 are virtually useless and could pose a significant danger to public health, according to a Loyola ...

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UQ researcher on the hunt for viruses

(PhysOrg.com) -- UQ scientist Ian Mackay is always on the lookout for that lucky find - well, if you consider unknown strains of the common cold virus lucky.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Discovery could improve hepatitis C treatment

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers are part of an international team that has discovered a genetic variation that could identify those people infected with hepatitis C who are most likely to benefit ...

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Test developed at UQ diagnosed Australia's first swine flu victim

When the first cases of H1N1 Influenza (swine flu) were reported in Mexico in April, UQ researchers got to work developing a test to diagnose the virus.

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created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Impaired transport in neurons triggers prion disease

A new study shows that nervous system integrity and axonal properties may play a key role in prion diseases. The findings, from researchers at the Rudolf Virchow Center and the Institute of Virology of the University of Würzburg, ...

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

In vitro antibody production enables HIV infection detection in window period -- key to safer blood

Researchers in Israel and Kenya have shown that the contribution of variable degrees of immune suppression, either due to existing chronic infections such as parasitemias and/or nutrition, in different populations may influence ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rare sheep could be key to better diagnostic tests in developing world, study

The newest revolution in microbiology testing walks on four legs and says "baa."

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created Jul 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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