Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine discovered that when a molecule responsible for dialing down the immune system malfunctions in the brain cells of mice, the rodents develop symptoms of the degenerative brain disease.
Cincinnati scientists have found further evidence that certain defensive white cells in the body cause or play a major role in the symptoms experienced by asthma patients.
A newly described virus is not a cause of Kawasaki disease, according to an article by a group of researchers in Denver, Colorado. Their article appears in the December 15 issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online.
The Centre for Health Protection has confirmed a local case of meningococcal infection involving a nine-month-old baby girl, bringing the year’s total to five, all imported.
Clinical signs and pathological changes in guinea pigs following an aerosol challenge with acute Q fever were similar to those seen in human acute Q fever indicating an effective animal model of human disease say researchers from Texas A&M University. They report their findings in the November issue of the journal Infection and Immunity.
A new therapeutic method using human antibodies to neutralize toxins was found to prevent Clostridium difficile-induced de ath in hamsters say researchers from New Jersey and Massachusetts. They report their findings in the November 2006 issue of the journal Infection and Immunity.
Women who smoke carry high levels of the hpv virus that associated with cervical cancer, and they are 27 times more likely to develop the most common form of cervical cancer, a new study show. The findings of the study are published in the November issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
Novartis announced today that it plans to submit additional information to the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) in Europe to support the approval of Mycograb?, in development as a treatment for life-threatening fungal infections, after the CHMP issued a negative recommendation.
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