Latest infectious disease newsMedicineWorld.Org brings daily infectious disease news from various sources to keep you updated on the latest events in the world on this topic. Medicineworld infectious disease news service is the most comprehensive infectious disease news service on the internet. We keep an archive of previous few days of news on this site. Please go down through the list to find the older news itemsWork together or face 'disastrous consequences'- September 19, 2008 Faced with the prospect of more variable and changing climates increasing Africa's already intolerable disease burden, researchers must begin to reach out to colleagues in other fields and to the people they want to help if they hope to avert an expected "continental disaster," as per leading climate, health, and information technology experts, who met in Nairobi last week........http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/9-2008/work-together-or-face-disastrous-consequences.... Childhood ear infections may predispose to obesity later in life- September 19, 2008 Scientists are reporting new evidence of a possible link between a history of moderate to severe middle ear infections in childhood and a tendency to be overweight during the later part of life. Their study suggests that prompt diagnosis and therapy of middle ear infections one of the most common childhood conditions requiring medical attention may help fight obesity in some people. The findings were presented today at the 236th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS)........http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/8-2008/childhood-ear-infections.html How the malaria parasite hijacks human red blood cells- September 19, 2008 A new studydone on a scale an order of magnitude greater than anything previously attempted in the field of malariahas uncovered an arsenal of proteins produced by the malaria parasite that allows it to hijack and remodel human red blood cells, leaving the oxygen-carrying cells stiff and sticky. Those effects on the blood cells play a major role in the development of malaria, a disease responsible for millions of deaths every year, the scientists report in the July 11th issue of the journal...http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/7-2008/how-the-malaria-parasite-hijacks.html New vaccine to fight multiple influenza strains- September 19, 2008 A universal vaccine effective against several strains of influenza has passed its first phase of testing, as per Dr. Christine Turley of the University of Texas at Galveston. Turley, who is director of clinical trials and clinical research at the Sealy Center for Vaccine Development at UTMB and the study's principal investigator, said that VaxInnate's M2e universal vaccine could possibly protect against seasonal and pandemic influenza strains........http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/8-2008/new-vaccine-to-fight-multiple-influenza-strain... Pinpointing Achilles Heel of HIV- September 19, 2008 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) scientists at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston believe they have uncovered the Achilles heel in the armor of the virus that continues to kill millions. The weak spot is hidden in the HIV envelope protein gp120. This protein is essential for HIV attachment to host cells, which initiate infection and eventually lead to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS. Normally the body's immune defenses can ward off viruses by making proteins called..http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/7-2008/pinpointing-achilles-heel-of-hiv.html Malaria researchers identify new mosquito virus- September 19, 2008 Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Malaria Research Institute have identified a previously unknown virus that is infectious to Anopheles gambiaethe mosquito primarily responsible for transmitting malaria. As per the researchers, the discovered virus could one day be used to pass on new genetic information to An. gambiae mosquitoes as part of a strategy to control malaria, which kills over one million people worldwide each year. The study was published August 22..http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/8-2008/malaria-researchers-identify-new-mosquito-viru... Chemical Liberated by Leaky Gut- September 19, 2008 In up to 20 percent of people infected with HIV, the virus manages to escape from the bloodstream and cross into the brain, resulting in HIV-associated dementia and other cognitive disorders. Now, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found good evidence that a component of the cell walls of intestinal bacteria - a chemical present in high levels in the blood of HIV-infected people - helps HIV to penetrate the usually-impregnable blood brain barrier...http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/8-2008/chemical-liberated-by-leaky-gut.html Substance found in fruits and vegetables reduces likelihood of the flu- September 19, 2008 Mice given quercetin, a naturally occurring substance found in fruits and vegetables, were less likely to contract the flu, as per a research studypublished by The American Physiological Society. The study also observed that stressful exercise increased the susceptibility of mice to the flu, but quercetin canceled out that negative effect........http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/9-2008/substance-found-in-fruits-and-vegetables.html Malaria on the increase in the UK- September 19, 2008 A huge rise in the numbers of UK residents travelling to malaria endemic areas, combined with a failure to use prevention measures, has significantly increased cases of imported falciparum malaria in the UK over the past 20 years, as per a research studypublished on BMJ.com. Between 1987and56033;and57287; there were 5120 reported cases of the potentially fatal faliciparum malaria, increasing to 6753 in 2002and55312;and56516;. These findings highlight the urgent need for health messages and...http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/7-2008/malaria-on-the-increase-in-the-uk.html Mad cow disease also caused by genetic mutation- September 19, 2008 New findings about the causes of mad cow disease show that sometimes it may be genetic. "We now know it's also in the genes of cattle," said Juergen A. Richt, Regents Distinguished Professor of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology at Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Until several years ago, Richt said, it was thought that the cattle prion disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy -- also called BSE or mad cow disease -- was a foodborne disease. But his team's new...http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/9-2008/mad-cow-disease-also-caused-by-genetic-mutatio... |