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Does the lack of sleep make you fat?
The recent rise in obesity may be partly due to the reduced amount of time we spend asleep, according to new research from the University of Bristol, UK.   view more (2004-12-06)

Getting to the bottom of the burger bug - Microbiology Today August 2004 issue
Eradicating deadly E. coli O157:H7 from the bottoms of cows may prevent future outbreaks of food poisoning by this famous bug. According to an article in the August 2004 issue Microbiology Today, the quarterly magazine of the Society for General Microbiology, the majority of people with E. coli... view more (2004-07-27)

Learning How SARS Spikes Its Quarry
Researchers have determined the first detailed molecular images of a piece of the spike-shaped protein that the SARS virus uses to grab host cells and initiate the first stages of infection.   view more (2005-09-16)

SARS could very well return this autumn, leading experts predict
SARS could return this autumn, predict some leading public health experts, but it is unlikely to be on the scale of an epidemic.   view more (2003-07-15)

New findings indicate HIV/AIDS pandemic began around 1900, earlier than previously thought
New research indicates that the most pervasive global strain of HIV began spreading among humans between 1884 and 1924, not during the 1930s, as previously reported.   view more (2008-10-02)

Tamiflu survives sewage treatment
Swedish researchers have discovered that oseltamivir (Tamiflu); an antiviral drug used to prevent and mitigate influenza infections is not removed or degraded during normal sewage treatment.   view more (2007-10-03)

Swine flu monitoring needed for farm workers, study says
A University of Alberta study recommends that workers on pig farms be monitored as part of influenza pandemic preparedness, after a child on a communal farm in Canada was diagnosed with swine flu in 2006.   view more (2008-02-12)

AN INFECTIOUS DISINFECTANT (p 310)
A disinfectant used in a German intensive-care unit (ICU) for babies and infants has caused two deaths and serious illness among many patients, according to a research letter published in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Formaldehyde-based disinfectants are commonly used to prevent... view more (2000-07-19)

Therapy For Mice With Prion Disease Could Offer Benefit To Human Beings With CJD
Authors of a fast-track research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET describe a therapeutic treatment which increased the survival time for mice with prion disease. These results could represent a new approach to treating CJD in human beings. The lack of an immune response to prions-the... view more (2002-07-17)

Legionnaire's bacterial proteins work together to survive
Proteins within the bacteria that cause Legionnaire's disease can kidnap their own molecular "coffin" and carry it to a safe place within the cell, ensuring their survival, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in Nature Wednesday.   view more (2007-10-24)

Bird samples from Mongolia confirmed as H5N1 avian flu
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has positively identified the pathogenic form of avian flu-H5N1-in samples taken from birds last week in Mongolia by field veterinarians from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).   view more (2005-08-22)

More foot & mouth "likely" - advanced vaccines could control it
Writing in the June Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Dr John Beale warns that future outbreaks of foot & mouth disease (FMD) will be "more likely" as the movement of people and goods continues to increase. Dr Beale suggests that future outbreaks might be controlled using the... view more (2001-05-30)

EL NIÃ'O: CAUSAL FACTOR OF CHOLERA IN BANGLADESH
A study by a climatologist of the Climate Research Group at the Barcelona Science Park and member of the Department of Ecology at Barcelona University, Xavier Rod'³, together with researchers at various universities in the United States and Great Britain provides evidence that the cholera epidemics... view more (2000-09-06)

Emerging Infectious Diseases Of Wildlife - Microbiology Today: November 2003 issue
Wildlife is an important source of diseases that are a risk to the health of man and his domesticated stock. This was very clearly demonstrated earlier this year when the masked palm civet was implicated as a possible wild animal source for the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) coronavirus.... view more (2003-10-28)

Mailman School of Public Health researchers develop diagnostic test for pathogens
Researchers at the Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health led by Thomas Briese, PhD, associate professor of Epidemiology, have developed a rapid, comprehensive diagnostic test for viral hemorrhagic fevers caused by the Ebola and Marburg... view more (2006-03-20)

Vaccine prevents prion disease in mice
An oral vaccine can prevent mice from developing a brain disease similar to mad cow disease.   view more (2007-05-04)

Shorter nightly sleep in childhood may help explain obesity epidemic
Soaring levels of obesity might be linked to children sleeping fewer hours at night than they used to, claims a researcher in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.   view more (2006-10-19)

Male circumcision overstated as prevention tool against AIDS
In new academic research published today in the online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal PLoS ONE, male circumcision is found to be much less important as a deterrent to the global AIDS pandemic than previously thought.   view more (2007-06-21)

Personalized immunotherapy to fight HIV/AIDS
For a long time, the main obstacle to creating an AIDS vaccine has been the high genetic variability of the HIV virus. Dr. Jean-Pierre Routy and his team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), in collaboration with Dr. Rafick Sékaly from the... view more (2008-08-18)

SCHOLAR Going Home with Scholars
Heriot-Watt SCHOLAR, the supported e-learning programme for Highers/Advanced Highers which has been adopted by all Scottish education authorities, is being chosen to help with home-based study by almost all of the pupils who are using it. Confirmation comes in a report, to be published under SEED's... view more (2003-06-18)

Conception date affects baby's future academic achievement
Does the time of year in which a child is conceived influence future academic achievement? Yes, according to research by neonatologist Paul Winchester, M.D., Indiana University School of Medicine professor of clinical pediatrics. Dr. Winchester, who studied 1,667,391 Indiana students, presents his... view more (2007-05-07)

New and improved test for West Nile virus in horses
A new test for West Nile virus in horses that could be modified for use on humans and wildlife may help track the spread of the disease, according to an article in the September issue of the Journal of Medical Microbiology.    view more (2008-08-20)

E. coli waves the Blue Flag for our beaches - Microbiology Today August 2004 issue
E. coli, the bug made famous by food poisoning outbreaks, can be used to point the finger of blame at the right culprit when our waterways become polluted. E. coli live in the guts of animals and are already used to indicate whether food and water are contaminated with faecal material. However,... view more (2004-07-27)

Web model of influenza-host lifecycles will aid scientists in creating anti-viral drugs
A "starry sky" map linking the myriad interactions between the influenza virus and its human host will help guide researchers in creating new anti-viral drugs, say researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.   view more (2006-01-31)

Bushmeat poses threat of simian retrovirus transmission to humans (pp 911, 932)
Epidemiological research from central Africa in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights how a new form of retrovirus - simian foamy virus (SFV) - can be transferred from primates to humans as a result of hunting for bush meat. Although the effect of simian foamy viruses on human health is not... view more (2004-03-17)
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