News tagged with listeria infection
Scientists advance understanding of food pathogen
Listeria is an opportunistic pathogen that causes brain infection, blood poisoning, abortion and death for about 500 Americans and a number of farm animals each year. But while its harmful strains can be more lethal than ...
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Researchers identify key behavior of immune response to Listeria
A team of University of British Columbia microbiologists has identified a key defence mechanism used by the immune system against Listeria with strong implications for the future development of vaccines.
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Shining a light on disease -- tracking light-emitting bacteria during infection
By attaching light-emitting genes to infectious bacteria in an experimental system, researchers at University College, Cork, Ireland, have been able to track where in the body the bacteria go - giving an insight into the ...
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Researcher decodes the language of memory cells in Science article
When an infection attacks, the body's immune system sounds the alert, kills the invading germs and remembers the pathogen to protect against contracting the same type of infection again. Exactly how immunological memory develops ...
Jan 22, 2009 |
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