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Researchers develop new microfluidic device that could speed monitoring of bacterial infections

There are good bacteria and there are bad bacteria -- and sometimes both coexist within the same species. Take, for instance, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a microbe common in soil and water.

17 Oct 2013

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

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

CEL-SCI, Ergomed To Co-Develop Head And Neck Cancer Candidate As Potential HPV Treatment

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16 Oct 2013

Ticagrelor drug may reduce risk of dying following heart attack

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered ground breaking clues as to how the pioneering heart drug ticagrelor might reduce the risk of dying following a heart attack, in comparison to previous standard treatments.

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

Genetics professor turns accidental discovery into a way to study TBI

Faced with news of suicides and brain damage in former professional football players, geneticist Barry Ganetzky bemoaned the lack of model systems for studying the insidious and often delayed consequences linked to head injuries.

16 Oct 2013

Breast cancer patients receiving nerve block with general anesthesia have less cancer recurrence

Breast cancer patients who received the combination of a nerve block with general anesthesia for their breast cancer surgery had less cancer recurrence and were three times less likely to die than those who received only general anesthesia, according to a study presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2013 annual meeting.

16 Oct 2013

Weight loss surgery in type 2 diabetes proves more effective at optimising diabetes control

Clinical researchers from Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research and St. Vincent's Hospital have shown that a form of weight loss surgery, known as 'gastric banding', brings about reversal of diabetes in some patients, and dramatic improvement of glucose tolerance in others, within 12 weeks.

16 Oct 2013

CEL-SCI, Ergomed To Co-Develop Head And Neck Cancer Candidate As Potential HPV Treatment

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15 Oct 2013

New injection device to reduce fear and pain of injecting modern medicines

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15 Oct 2013

Astrazeneca Acquires Spirogen For Up To $440M

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15 Oct 2013

immatics biotechnologies closes €34 million Series D financing round

immatics biotechnologies GmbH, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing advanced multi-peptide cancer vaccines that are active against cancer, today announced that it has closed a €34 million Series D financing round.

15 Oct 2013

Promising new type of cancer treatment to benefit more patients

More patients than ever stand to benefit from a promising new type of cancer treatment, after scientists compiled a library of molecules that can prime patients’ immune systems to fight a range of cancers including leukaemia, myeloma, lung cancer and skin cancer.

15 Oct 2013

Barcelona to host European Drosophila Research Conference

From 16 to 19 October, more than 700 international scientists will attend the European Drosophila Research Conference, the most important European conference focused on basic and biomedical research that uses the fly fruit, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model system.

15 Oct 2013

Football-shaped artificial particles teach immune cells to recognize, destroy cancer cells

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have succeeded in making flattened, football-shaped artificial particles that impersonate immune cells. These football-shaped particles seem to be better than the typical basketball-shaped particles at teaching immune cells to recognize and destroy cancer cells in mice.

14 Oct 2013

New approach could help identify specific gene mutations linked to increased disease risk

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed a new way to parse and understand how special proteins called "master regulators" read the genome, and consequently turn genes on and off.

13 Oct 2013

Canadian discovery could lead to development of vaccine against Epstein-Barr virus

Development of a vaccine against Epstein-Barr virus has taken a step forward with the Canadian discovery of how EBV infection evades detection by the immune system.

12 Oct 2013

High voltage, short pulsed electric fields destroy cells in skin tissue, lead to scarless tissue regeneration

High voltage, short pulsed electric fields, used for disinfection and solid tumor destruction, selectively damage cell membranes, while preserving overall tissue structure, a phenomenon that may be a key factor in scarless tissue regeneration.

11 Oct 2013

Change in gene expression occurs in patients with "pouchitis" after UC surgery

"Pouchitis" developing after surgery for ulcerative colitis (UC) is associated with changes in gene expression, which increase along with disease severity, reports a study in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, official journal of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA). The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

11 Oct 2013

Immune System News and Research

Researchers develop new microfluidic device that could speed monitoring of bacterial infections

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

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

CEL-SCI, Ergomed To Co-Develop Head And Neck Cancer Candidate As Potential HPV Treatment

Ticagrelor drug may reduce risk of dying following heart attack

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

Genetics professor turns accidental discovery into a way to study TBI

Breast cancer patients receiving nerve block with general anesthesia have less cancer recurrence

Weight loss surgery in type 2 diabetes proves more effective at optimising diabetes control

CEL-SCI, Ergomed To Co-Develop Head And Neck Cancer Candidate As Potential HPV Treatment

New injection device to reduce fear and pain of injecting modern medicines

Astrazeneca Acquires Spirogen For Up To $440M

immatics biotechnologies closes €34 million Series D financing round

Promising new type of cancer treatment to benefit more patients

Barcelona to host European Drosophila Research Conference

Football-shaped artificial particles teach immune cells to recognize, destroy cancer cells

New approach could help identify specific gene mutations linked to increased disease risk

Canadian discovery could lead to development of vaccine against Epstein-Barr virus

High voltage, short pulsed electric fields destroy cells in skin tissue, lead to scarless tissue regeneration

Change in gene expression occurs in patients with "pouchitis" after UC surgery

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