Tag Archives: Aids
Antibiotics cut death rate for malnourished children
Jan. 30, 2013 Severely malnourished children are far more likely to recover and survive when given antibiotics along with a therapeutic peanut-based food than children who are simply treated with the therapeutic food alone, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St
Discovery of sexual mating in Candida albicans could provide insights into infections
Jan. 30, 2013 Like many fungi and one-celled organisms, Candida albicans , a normally harmless microbe that can turn deadly, has long been thought to reproduce without sexual mating.
Discovery of sexual mating in Candida albicans could provide insights into infections
Jan. 30, 2013 Like many fungi and one-celled organisms, Candida albicans , a normally harmless microbe that can turn deadly, has long been thought to reproduce without sexual mating.
HIV-like viruses in non-human primates have existed much longer than previously thought
Jan. 24, 2013 Viruses similar to those that cause AIDS in humans were present in non-human primates in Africa at least 5 million years ago and perhaps up to 12 million years ago, according to study published January 24 in the Open Access journal PLOS Pathogens by scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Until now, researchers have hypothesized that such viruses originated much more recently
Handheld mobile device performs laboratory-quality HIV testing
Jan. 18, 2013 New research appearing in Clinical Chemistry , the journal of AACC, shows that a handheld mobile device can check patients’ HIV status with just a finger prick, and synchronize the results in real time with electronic health records.
Cheap and easy technique to snip DNA could revolutionize gene therapy
Jan. 7, 2013 A simple, precise and inexpensive method for cutting DNA to insert genes into human cells could transform genetic medicine, making routine what now are expensive, complicated and rare procedures for replacing defective genes in order to fix genetic disease or even cure AIDS. Discovered last year by Jennifer Doudna and Martin Jinek of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and University of California, Berkeley, and Emmanuelle Charpentier of the Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine-Sweden, the technique was labeled a “tour de force” in a 2012 review in the journal Nature Biotechnology
New class of malaria drugs using essential calcium enzyme developed
Dec. 27, 2012 Calpain, a calcium-regulated enzyme, is essential to a host of cellular processes, but can cause severe problems in its overactivated state. It has been implicated as a factor in muscular dystrophy, AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and cancer
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