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Meningitis :: Bacteria research offers hope for new vaccine against meningococci

Blood poisoning and meningitis are acute life-threatening infections that are often caused by meningococcus bacteria. The course of the disease is still relatively unknown, but a research team at Uppsala University led by Professor Ann-Beth Jonsson has managed to monitor the movements of the bacteria and glean information that may help in the development of new vaccines against the diseases. The study is being published in the new issue of the online journal PLoS ONE.

Tuberculosis :: New research may overturn conventional wisdom on drug-resistant tuberculosis

A newly released study suggests that the majority of cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) among patients undergoing treatment for the disease may be due to new infections, not acquired resistance.

HIV :: Batten down the hatches against HIV

A promising approach to gene therapy involves short DNA fragments (interfering RNA) that bind to specific genes and block their “translation” into the corresponding, disease-related protein.

Cardiac :: Researchers find predictor of mortality in cardiac patients

Researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn have determined that low levels of a protein in the blood is a predictor of cardiac death in patients with coronary artery disease.

Bone :: Are scientists making progress in being able to regenerate bone tissue?

In an article in PLoS Medicine, Gert Meijer (University Medical Centre Utrecht, the Netherlands) and colleagues discuss what kind of progress there has been in restoring the function of diseased or damaged bone by bone tissue regeneration.

Malaria :: Potential for malaria transmission higher than previously thought

A new mathematical approach applied to 121 human populations infected with malaria revises the basic reproductive number — an indication of the transmission intensity — up by an order of magnitude, with serious implications for effective malaria control.

Cesarean :: Planned cesareans not risk-free

Pregnant women considering a cesarean section, with no clear medical reason for it, should know that the procedure is not without risk, Canadian doctors caution in a report published this week.

Infection :: Blood marker helps predict prognosis among those with abdominal infection

Monitoring blood levels of a compound known as procalcitonin in patients with peritonitis (a serious intra-abdominal infection) could help identify patients at increased risk of organ failure and death, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

HPV :: New test for most virulent HPV strains under study

A test for the two strains of human papillomavirus responsible for most cervical cancers is under study.

Avian Flu :: Avian influenza – situation in Egypt – update 6

The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population has announced a new human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection.