How zinc starves lethal bacteria to stop infection
16 NOV 2013 Australian researchers have found that zinc can ‘starve’ one of the world’s most deadly bacteria by preventing its uptake of an essential metal. The finding, by infectious…
Unexpected Find Opens Up New Front in Effort to Stop HIV / Cordycepin in an experimental compound, derived from wild mushrooms
PublicRelease:23-Jan-2011 - blocked the ability of the virus to interact with rNTP, HIV’s ability to replicate in macrophages was slashed by more than 90 percent. HIV’s Trickery within the…
The Hidden Threat That Could Prevent Polio’s Global Eradication – Vaccinated Children that Become “chronic excreters”
Polio could soon be wiped out—but only if scientists can track down the last carriers By Helen Branswell Image: GETTY IMAGES Global eradication of polio has been the…
Poultry disease vaccine brings short-term results but long-term problems: live vaccines that protect poultry against Newcastle Disease may be altering the genetic makeup of the wild virus strains
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Amitabh Avasthi axa47@psu.edu 814-865-9481 Penn State Attenuated live vaccines that protect poultry against Newcastle Disease may be altering the genetic makeup of the wild…
La Jolla Institute unlocks mystery of potentially fatal reaction to smallpox vaccine
Contact: Bonnie Ward contact@liai.org 619-303-3160 La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology Research team is part of NIH network working toward new smallpox vaccine for eczema sufferers SAN DIEGO –…
Scientists discover influenza’s Achilles heel: Antioxidants
Public release date: 29-Oct-2009 New research in the FASEB Journal opens the door for new drugs that could prevent severe flu-related lung damage As the nation copes with a…
How probiotics can prevent disease
Public release date: 1-Apr-2009 - “It is likely that using probiotics rather than antibiotics will appeal to at-risk individuals since they are safe, non-invasive, do not create resistant bacteria…
High degree of resistance to antibiotics in Arctic birds
Public release date: 11-Jan-2008 In the latest issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, Swedish researchers report that birds captured in the hyperboreal tundra, in connection with the tundra…
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