News tagged with smallpox
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Video of virus in action shows viruses can spread faster than thought possible
New video footage of a virus infecting cells is challenging what researchers have long believed about how viruses spread, suggesting that scientists may be able to create new drugs to tackle some viruses.
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Jan 21, 2010 |
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Human immune cells -- in mice
(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1796, English physician Edward Jenner decided to investigate a tale he had often heard -- that milkmaids infected with cowpox became immune to smallpox, a much more dangerous affliction. ...
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Jan 13, 2010 |
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Mystery solved: Scientists now know how smallpox kills
A team of researchers working in a high containment laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA, have solved a fundamental mystery about smallpox that has puzzled scientists long after the ...
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Some Eczema Sufferers More Prone to Smallpox and Other Viruses
(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the World Health Organization proclaimed smallpox officially eradicated in late 1979 - thanks to vaccination programs that produced a protective “herd immunity” for most of the globe ...
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Jun 30, 2009 |
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Study characterizes eczema patients most at risk for dangerous viral infections
Eczema patients at risk for serious viral infections have more severe disease, are more likely to be allergic to food and other allergens, and have a frequent history of staph infections, according to researchers at National ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Promising antimicrobial attacks virus, stimulates immune system
A promising antimicrobial agent already known to kill bacteria can also kill viruses and stimulate the innate immune system, according to researchers at National Jewish Health. In a paper appearing online June 4 in the Journal of ...
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Jun 04, 2009 |
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Scientists unlock mystery of potentially fatal reaction to smallpox vaccine
Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have pinpointed the cellular defect that increases the likelihood, among eczema sufferers, of developing eczema vaccinatum, a severe and potentially fatal reaction ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 25, 2009 |
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Scientists discover how smallpox may derail human immune system
University of Florida researchers have learned more about how smallpox conducts its deadly business — discoveries that may reveal as much about the human immune system as they do about one of the world's most feared pathogens.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 11, 2009 |
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Tissue-cultured smallpox vaccine appears promising
Administration of a tissue-cultured smallpox vaccine showed signs of an effective vaccine response with no serious adverse events, according to a study in the March 11 issue of JAMA.
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Mar 10, 2009 |
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Researchers make breakthrough against poxviruses
Smallpox has a nasty history throughout the world. Caused by poxviruses, smallpox is one of the few disease-causing agents against which the human body's immune system is ineffective in its defense.
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Jan 23, 2009 |
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