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Infant :: New approach to improving diarrhea in infants with probiotics

Each year more than half a million infants worldwide, primarily in developing countries, die from diarrhea caused by rotavirus. Even in industrialized countries management of the infection costs economies about $1 billion a year. Now a study in the online open access journal, BMC Microbiology demonstrates that with the addition of probiotic bacteria, preventative measures can potentially be made far cheaper but just as effective.

Smallpox :: New molecular clock from LLNL and CDC indicates smallpox evolved earlier than believed

Smallpox is older than thought, according to results of a new technique reported in the Sept. 24 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Centers for Disease Control.

Bladder Cancer :: Research warns that human papillomavirus might cause bladder cancer

The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is considered the cause of one of the most important sexually transmitted diseases nowadays, and affects both men and women. HPV is so common in our society that only people who have never had sexual relations can be sure that they have not been exposed to this disease.

Bluetongue Disease :: Bluetongue detected in Suffolk, Lowestoft, UK

Defra, UK has confirmed that a third animal has tested positive for Bluetongue. This is on a premises near Lowestoft.

Bird Flu :: Lab-on-a-chip Device to Transform Field Testing for Avian Flu Virus, Singapore

Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) and Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have successfully developed a miniaturized device that can be used to detect the highly pathogenic avian flu (H5N1) virus.

Smallpox :: Australian doctor awarded for uncovering smallpox bioterrorism risk

A University of Sydney professor who developed a system to combat bioterrorism has received a major award from the US military.

Infection :: Wash your hands to prevent the spread of infection, say doctors

As the cold and flu season approaches the BMA is calling on adults and children to follow basic hygiene rules to prevent the spread of infections.

Flu :: Flu virus trots globe during off season

The influenza A virus does not lie dormant during summer but migrates globally and mixes with other viral strains before returning to the Northern Hemisphere as a genetically different virus, according to biologists who say the finding settles a key debate on what the virus does during the summer off season when it is not infecting people.

Immunity :: M.D. Anderson-led team reports possible key to autoimmune disease

A human peptide that acts as a natural antibiotic against invading microbes can also bind to the body’s own DNA and trigger an immune response in the absence of an infection, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in an early online publication in Nature.

Loneliness :: Loneliness or isolation feelings linked to alterations in genes

Feelings of social isolation are linked to alterations in the activity of genes that drive inflammation, the first response of the immune system, and causing higher mortality than people who are not feeling loneliness, revealed by UCLA researchers.