News tagged with tularemia
Researchers warn of tularemia in area feral hogs
(PhysOrg.com) -- After finding evidence in feral hogs of the bacteria that causes tularemia, researchers at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University are warning hunters and ranchers ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Researchers find pathway and enzyme unique to tularemia organism
Researchers are closer to developing therapies to combat the deadly tularemia infection, according to a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences' online Early Edition.
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Feb 03, 2009 |
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Scientists man bioterror front lines post-9/11
(AP) -- Just hours after the first death in the 2001 anthrax attacks, Tom Slezak was told to gather his team, collect his gear and get on a plane.
Aug 26, 2011 |
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Deadly bacteria may mimic human proteins to evolve antibiotic resistance
Deadly bacteria may be evolving antibiotic resistance by mimicking human proteins, according to a new study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Harnessing the immune system's diagnostic power (w/ Video)
An inexpensive system for earlier disease diagnosis could save innumerable lives. It would also have a profound impact on the nation's healthcare industry, currently buckling under the strain of spiraling ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Novel therapeutic approach shows promise against multiple bacterial pathogens
A team of scientists from government, academia and private industry has developed a novel treatment that protects mice from infection with the bacterium that causes tularemia, a highly infectious disease of ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 27, 2010 |
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Researchers developing nanoscale optical fibers to detect bioterrorist agents
(PhysOrg.com) -- In an age when bacterial agents may be intentionally released as method of terrorist attack, there is an increased need for quick diagnostic methods that require limited resources and personnel. Thomas Inzana, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Immune system quirk could lead to effective tularemia vaccine
Immunologists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the have found a unique quirk in the way the immune system fends off bacteria called Francisella tularensis, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Outfoxing pox: Developing a new class of vaccine candidates
In the annals of medicine, Edward Jenner's 1796 vaccination of a young boy against smallpox, using fluid from cowpox blisters, remains a landmark case. In a new study, Kathryn Sykes, a researcher at Arizona ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Cannibalistic cells may help prevent infections
Infectious-disease specialists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have demonstrated that a cannibalistic process in cells plays a key role in limiting Salmonella infection.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Newly tested compound makes Gram negative bacteria less virulent
(PhysOrg.com) -- A newly tested compound appears to inhibit certain mechanisms that make Gram-negative bacteria virulent disease agents.
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Nov 06, 2008 |
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UCLA develops safer, more effective TB vaccine for HIV-positive people
UCLA scientists engineered a new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine specifically designed for HIV-positive people that was shown to be safer and more potent than the current TB vaccine in preclinical trials.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 23, 2008 |
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