News tagged with lung infections
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Lethal air pollution booms in emerging nations
International experts are warning that potentially lethal air pollution has boomed in fast-growing big cities in Asia and South America in recent decades.
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Mild-mannered metabolic helper rushes to fight invading viruses, researchers report
Within cells, an ancient antiviral duo can deliver a one-two knockout to thwart invading viruses, report researchers who have just unmasked the cellular sidekick that throws the first punch. The findings mean scientists must ...
May 07, 2010 |
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Man dies from plague in China, 11 others infected
(AP) -- Thousands of people have been placed under quarantine in a town in northwest China after a man died of pneumonic plague and 11 others were confirmed infected with the deadly lung infection, health authorities said.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 02, 2009 |
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TB vaccine gets its groove back
A team of Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators has cracked one of clinical medicine's enduring mysteries - what happened to the tuberculosis vaccine. The once-effective vaccine no longer prevents the bacterial ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 19, 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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New potential to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is defined by emphysema and/or chronic bronchitis. It destroys the normal architecture of the lung and inhibits the mechanical aspects of breathing, which prevents necessary gas ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 27, 2010 |
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Model demonstrates infectious cause of asthma
Scientists from the University of Massachusetts have developed an animal model that shows how an early childhood lung infection can cause asthma later in life. They present their data today at the 110th General Meeting ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 24, 2010 |
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Naturally occurring lipid blocks RSV infection in lungs
Researchers at National Jewish Health have discovered that a naturally occurring lipid in the lung can prevent RSV infection and inhibit spread of the virus after an infection is established. RSV is the major cause of hospitalization ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Virus 'barcodes' offer rapid detection of mutated strains
Researchers at the University of Leeds are developing a way to 'barcode' viral diseases to rapidly test new outbreaks for potentially lethal mutations.
May 13, 2012 |
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Stress signals link pre-existing sickness with susceptibility to bacterial infection
Mitochondrial diseases disrupt the power generating machinery within cells and increase a person's susceptibility to bacterial infection, particularly in the lungs or respiratory tract. A new study published in Disease Mo ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 28, 2009 |
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China disinfects town where plague killed 3rd man
(AP) -- Authorities killed rats and fleas on Tuesday as they disinfected a town sealed off after three people died of pneumonic plague in a remote farming town in northwestern China, according to the provincial health department.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Fat clue to TB awakening
The factors instrumental in triggering latent tuberculosis (TB) infection to progress into active disease have long remained elusive to researchers. New insight into the mystery is provided by Professor David ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 28, 2010 |
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Studies pinpoint key targets for MRSA vaccine
Two recent studies provide evidence for a new approach to vaccines to prevent infections caused by drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- better known as MRSA - the leading cause of skin and soft tissue, bloodstream and lu ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 16, 2010 |
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Cystic fibrosis bacteria could help fight back against antibiotic resistance
(PhysOrg.com) -- A bacteria which infects people with cystic fibrosis could help combat other antibiotic-resistant microbes, according to a team from Cardiff and Warwick Universities.
May 27, 2011 |
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Researchers determine how Legionnaires' bacteria proliferate, cause disease
A University of Louisville scientist has determined for the first time how the bacterium that causes Legionnaires' disease manipulates our cells to generate the amino acids it needs to grow and cause infection and inflammation ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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