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‘Perfect storm’ led to spread of HIV

October 14, 2014
News
A ‘perfect storm’ led to the global spread of the HIV pandemic, which has its roots in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo suggests new research....
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Virology
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Six faces of Streptococcus

October 10, 2014
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Like the faces of a die, Streptococcus pneumonia has six unique states it can switch to making it a leading cause of serious illness across the globe. A genetic switch...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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IL-25 target for asthma attacks caused by colds

October 6, 2014
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A small molecule called interleukin-25 might play a central role in asthma attacks brought on by the common cold. The cytokine has been implicated in a sequence of biological events...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Virology
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Why do HIV patients develop dementia?

September 11, 2014
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Life expectancy for patients with HIV has increased thanks to combination anti-retroviral therapy, but long-term maladies, including dementia, are becoming more prevalent. Almost one-in-two HIV patients are affected by the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Immunology, Virology
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Fast-tracked Ebola vaccine to enter trials

August 29, 2014
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A potential vaccine against the Zaire species of Ebola, which has currently claimed 1,550 lives in West Africa, is to be tested on healthy patients in the UK and US....
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Virology
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How Ebola blocks immune system

August 19, 2014
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American researchers have developed a detailed map of the Ebola protein VP24, which has revealed how the virus dodges the body’s antiviral defences – an insight which could lead to...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Virology
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Malaria research close to understanding parasite lifecycle

July 30, 2014
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A Nottingham researcher who had malaria seven times as a child is close to understanding the life-cycle of the parasite which causes the disease. Dr Rita Tewari has studied the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Virology
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H10N8 bird flu unlikely to threaten public health

May 29, 2014
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H10N8, the most recent avian influenza virus to infect humans, is unlikely to cause a threat to public health without further changes say the Medical Research Council (MRC). In order...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Pathology, Virology
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Polio spread of international concern

May 6, 2014
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The World Health Organization has declared the international spread of wild poliovirus in 2014 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). So far this year, there have been 68...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Virology
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Sorting the good from the bad bacteria

October 24, 2013
News
There are good bacteria and bad bacteria – some coexisting in the same species – and researchers at MIT have developed a new microfluidic technique which can quickly distinguish bacteria...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Virology
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