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Most U.S. adolescents lack antibodies that may help protect against genital herpes, says study

A new study suggests a growing number of U.S. adolescents lack antibodies that may help protect them later in life against an increasingly important cause of genital herpes. Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases and available online, the findings show that fewer of today's teens have been exposed in their childhood to herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), a common cause of cold sores, than U.S. adolescents in previous years.

17 Oct 2013

Scientists identify recessive gene mutation that reduces certain protein affecting brain development

Though worlds apart, four unrelated families have been united in a medical mystery over the source of a rare inherited disorder that results in their children being born with abnormal brain growth and severe functional impairments.

17 Oct 2013

Research findings point the way to new class of antibiotics for skin and heart infections

Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered a new mechanism by which the deadly Staphylococcus aureus bacteria attack and kill off immune cells. Their findings, published today in the journal Cell Host & Microbe, explain a critical survival tactic of a pathogen that causes more skin and heart infections than any other microbe, and kills more than 100,000 Americans every year.

17 Oct 2013

New $1.9M research grant to support investigators to detect tumors in earliest stages of formation

The National Cancer Institute's new Provocative Questions research funding program has awarded a prestigious grant to researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve University's Schools of Medicine and Engineering to study tumor detection at the earliest stages of growth.

16 Oct 2013

New type of antibiotic kills multidrug-resistant germ common to health care settings

A new type of antibiotic called a PPMO, which works by blocking genes essential for bacterial reproduction, successfully killed a multidrug-resistant germ common to health care settings, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.

16 Oct 2013

Researchers develop potential new tool for speedier detection of food pathogens

Researchers have developed a system that concentrates foodborne salmonella and other pathogens faster than conventional methods by using hollow thread-like fibers that filter out the cells, representing a potential new tool for speedier detection.

16 Oct 2013

UC researchers receive $2.1M grant from NIH to study molecular mechanisms of muscle fatigue

University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have been awarded a five-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study an isoform that plays a critical role in human resistance to fatigue.

16 Oct 2013

Research finding may help patients to better survive severe infectious diseases

Scientists of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin for the first time have solved the 3-dimensional structure of the protein LBP and it´s genetic variant. This finding may help certain patients to better survive severe infectious diseases. The results have been published in the recent issue of the journal Immunity.

15 Oct 2013

Study provides novel link between cellular aging and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have shown that diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) may be susceptible to treatment by re-activating the normal aging program in tumor cells so they can no longer divide.

15 Oct 2013

UTHealth professor receives Oswald Avery Award for Early Achievement from IDSA

Cesar Arias, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, was bestowed the Oswald Avery Award for Early Achievement from the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

12 Oct 2013

Compugen drug candidate prevents autoimmune type I diabetes in animal model

Compugen Ltd., announced today that CGEN-15001, an Fc fusion protein drug candidate derived from a novel immune checkpoint protein discovered by Compugen, has been shown to be highly efficient in preventing the development of disease in a well-accepted animal model of autoimmune type I diabetes, known also as juvenile diabetes.

9 Oct 2013

Vaccination campaign led HBV to more than double rate of "breakout" mutations

A universal infant vaccination campaign in China has led the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) to more than double its rate of "breakout" mutations. These mutations may enable the virus to elude the vaccine, necessitating new vaccination strategies.

8 Oct 2013

Parasites in patients who relapse after leishmaniasis treatment may have greater infectivity

Relapses after treatment for Leishmania infection may be due to a greater infectivity of the parasite rather than drug resistance, as has been previously thought, according to a study published in mBio-, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

8 Oct 2013

Expert warns about serious consequences associated with tooth loss

Los Angeles dental implants expert, Dr. Bijan Afar, warns that there are serious consequences associated with tooth loss. Nearly 5 percent of American adults under 64 have lost all their teeth, and about a third of retired adults are missing at least one arch. Most adults over 35 have lost at least one tooth.

7 Oct 2013

MIT investigators receive DARPA grant to develop new technologies for BioMOD program

Investigators from MIT's Biomanufacturing Research Program (BioMAN) have received a $10.4 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop new technologies for DARPA's Biologically-derived Medicines On Demand (BioMOD) program.

5 Oct 2013

Microbiology News and Research

Most U.S. adolescents lack antibodies that may help protect against genital herpes, says study

Scientists identify recessive gene mutation that reduces certain protein affecting brain development

Research findings point the way to new class of antibiotics for skin and heart infections

New $1.9M research grant to support investigators to detect tumors in earliest stages of formation

New type of antibiotic kills multidrug-resistant germ common to health care settings

Researchers develop potential new tool for speedier detection of food pathogens

UC researchers receive $2.1M grant from NIH to study molecular mechanisms of muscle fatigue

Research finding may help patients to better survive severe infectious diseases

Study provides novel link between cellular aging and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

UTHealth professor receives Oswald Avery Award for Early Achievement from IDSA

Compugen drug candidate prevents autoimmune type I diabetes in animal model

Vaccination campaign led HBV to more than double rate of "breakout" mutations

Parasites in patients who relapse after leishmaniasis treatment may have greater infectivity

Expert warns about serious consequences associated with tooth loss

MIT investigators receive DARPA grant to develop new technologies for BioMOD program

New therapeutic targets and drugs may benefit people with leukemia

Queen's research to investigate how superbug affects cystic fibrosis patients

Resveratrol worsens MS-like neuropathology and inflammation, study finds

Cost-effective line of bagged, sterile dehydrated culture media to be showcased by Lab M at Medica 2013

NIH award strengthens pioneering work in cystic fibrosis at Dartmouth's School of Medicine

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