News tagged with human transmission
New microscope captures nanoscale structures in dazzling 3D
(Phys.org) -- A new x-ray microscope probes the inner intricacies of materials smaller than human cells and creates unparalleled high-resolution 3D images. By integrating unique automatic calibrations, scientists ...
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Ozone treated water v. lethal microbial material
A University of Alberta research team has discovered that technology commonly used to decontaminate food industry equipment can also rid meat processing plants of lethal microbial material responsible for the human version ...
Mar 02, 2012 |
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New measuring techniques can improve efficiency, safety of nanoparticles
Using high-precision microscopy and X-ray scattering techniques, University of Oregon researchers have gained eye-opening insights into the process of applying green chemistry to nanotechnology that results in high yields, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Polar growth at the bacterial scale reveals potential new targets for antibiotic therapy
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of microbiologists led by Indiana University researchers has identified a new bacterial growth process -- one that occurs at a single end or pole of the cell instead ...
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Microbial communities on skin affect humans' attractiveness to mosquitoes
The microbes on your skin determine how attractive you are to mosquitoes, which may have important implications for malaria transmission and prevention, according to a study published Dec. 28 in the online journal PLoS ON ...
Dec 28, 2011 |
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Longevity of AIDS patients presents new risks: US
Thirty years after the AIDS epidemic first surfaced, more people than ever before in the United States -- more than 1.1 million -- are living with HIV, the Centers for Disease Control said Thursday.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Some HPV infection may be linked to increased risk of HIV acquisition in women
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCSF researchers have found a novel association between human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and increased HIV acquisition in women. The study team also identified specific types of HPV associated with HIV ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 13, 2010 |
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New research helps explain why bird flu has not caused a pandemic
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bird flu viruses would have to make at least two simultaneous genetic mutations before they could be transmitted readily from human to human, according to research published today in PLoS ON ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Scientists devise accelerated method to determine infectious prion strains
Current tests to identify specific strains of infectious prions, which cause a range of transmissible diseases (such as mad cow) in animals and humans, can take anywhere from six months to a year to yield results - a time-lag ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 29, 2009 |
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Cream with green tea extract hinders HIV transmission: study
A chemical found in green tea helps inhibit sexual transmission of the virus which causes AIDS, said a study Tuesday that recommends using the compound in vaginal creams to supplement antiretrovirals.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 19, 2009 |
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Adult circumcision reduces risk of HIV transmission without reducing sexual pleasure
Two studies presented at the 104th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) show that adult circumcision reduces the risk of contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the risk of ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 26, 2009 |
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