News tagged with infected red
Floating spores kill malaria mosquito larvae
There are over 200 million cases of malaria each year and, according to the World Health Organisation, in 2009 malaria was responsible for 781,000 deaths worldwide. Malaria is spread by mosquitoes which breed in open water ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Red blood cell hormone modulates the immune system
New research reveals that a hormone best known for stimulating the production of red blood cells can modulate the immune response. The study, published by Cell Press in the January 27th issue of the journal Immunity, finds ...
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Jan 20, 2011 |
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Stem-cell work closes a door to AIDS virus
Lab work on mice has opened up a novel way of closing a gateway to the AIDS virus, according to a study published on Friday.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 02, 2010 |
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Vaccines preventing pneumococcal disease protect African children with sickle-cell disease
A new study released this week in The Lancet Infectious Diseases finds that African children who contract pneumococcus - a bacterial infection that causes pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis - are 36 times as likely to have s ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 28, 2010 |
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Study finds wide variation in those infected by H1N1
An analysis of blood samples taken before, during and after an epidemic wave of influenza A(H1N1) in Singapore in 2009 finds variation in infection risks and antibody levels, with younger age groups and military personnel ...
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Apr 13, 2010 |
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Sickle cell study boosts call for improved childhood immunization programs in Africa
Children in Africa with sickle cell anaemia are dying unnecessarily from bacterial infections, suggests the largest study of its kind, funded by the Wellcome Trust. The results are published today in the journal ...
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Sep 09, 2009 |
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First genetically-engineered malaria vaccine to enter human trials
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have created a weakened strain of the malaria parasite that will be used as a live vaccine against the disease. The vaccine, developed in collaboration with researchers ...
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Jul 28, 2009 |
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Research could lead to new non-antibiotic drugs to counter hospital infections
Lack of an adequate amount of the mineral phosphate can turn a common bacterium into a killer, according to research to be published in the April 14, 2009, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academies of ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 09, 2009 |
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