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LIAI Researchers Discover New Cellular Mechanism That Will Significantly Advance Vaccine Development
La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI) scientists have discovered one for the textbooks. Their finding, reported Friday in the scientific journal Immunity, illuminates a new, previously unknown mechanism in how the body fights a virus.   view more (2008-06-17)

Liverpool Scientists Uncover How E.Coli Became Lethal
A University of Liverpool scientist has discovered how the food poisoning bug E.Coli 0157 became deadly to humans.   view more (2005-04-04)

Avian flu virus unlikely to spread through wastewater and drinking water treatment systems, Cornell researchers find
A close relative of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) can be eliminated by waste and drinking water treatments, including chlorination, ultraviolet (UV) radiation and bacterial digesters. The virus is harmless to humans but provides a study case of the pathways by which the influenza could spread to human populations.   view more (2007-01-04)

Study details hepatitis C ability to block immune system response
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a worldwide public health problem. The World Health Organization estimates that 170 million people worldwide are chronically infected and that between 3-4 million are newly infected annually.   view more (2006-05-19)

Protecting HIV patients from Hepatitis B virus
Since the transmission of HIV and Hepatitis B virus (HBV) are so similar, individuals infected with one of these viruses are at a significantly increased risk for contracting the other.   view more (2007-07-18)

Variants Of SARS Virus Gives Clues To Origin Of Infection
A genetic study of the SARS virus fast-tracked for publication on THE LANCET's website-www.thelancet.com-gives an insight into the molecular behaviour of the novel coronavirus responsible for SARS. Comparison of a virus isolate from Singapore with isolates from other countries where SARS has struck suggests that there are main components of the... view more... (2003-05-08)

Study uncovers a lethal secret of 1918 influenza virus
In a study of non-human primates infected with the influenza virus that killed 50 million people in 1918, an international team of scientists has found a critical clue to how the virus killed so quickly and efficiently.   view more (2007-01-18)

Contagious equine flu virus infecting dogs across U.S. is isolated by Cornell researchers
A Cornell University virologist has isolated a highly contagious equine flu virus that is spreading a sometimes-fatal respiratory flu among dogs, and is responsible for a major dog-flu outbreak in New York state.   view more (2005-09-29)

Protein from algae shows promise for stopping SARS
A protein from algae may have what it takes to stop Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) infections, according to new research.   view more (2009-05-21)

Good news for some hard-to-treat hepatitis C patients
In a multi-center trial led by a Saint Louis University researcher, investigators found that a new combination therapy of daily consensus interferon and ribavirin helps some hepatitis C patients who have not responded to previous treatment.   view more (2009-06-16)

A new way of treating the flu
What happens if the next big influenza mutation proves resistant to the available anti-viral drugs?   view more (2009-05-20)

Rates of genital herpes infections rise
Genital infections with Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) have risen in western Scotland over the last 15 years, particularly among young women, finds a study in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2002-06-05)

UT Southwestern joins national clinical trial that seeks to uncover long-term effects of West Nile virus
UT Southwestern Medical Center has joined a national clinical trial to identify the long-term health effects of West Nile virus infection and to learn more about the disease's progression, symptoms and mortality.   view more (2007-05-18)

The structure of a giant virus
The mimivirus is the largest virus known to scientists, about half of a micrometre (0.0005 millimeter) in diameter. It is more than 10 times larger than the virus that causes the common cold and - unlike other viruses - is large enough to be seen with a light microscope.   view more (2009-04-28)

RSV may hide in the lungs, lead to asthma, UT Southwestern researchers report
Conventional wisdom has been that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - a common virus that causes infection in the lungs - comes and goes in children without any long lasting impact.   view more (2008-10-22)

Subterfuge, counter-surveillance and assassination: The body's fight with cervical cancer
The virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer has a serious weakness which may provide hope for new treatments for the disease.   view more (2008-03-24)

UT Knoxville research may lead to better flu vaccine
New research from a scientist at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has uncovered information that may someday lead to a better flu vaccine.   view more (2008-02-28)

EARLY PROMISE FOR NEW TREATMENT OF SKIN CANCER (p 525)
A preliminary study published as a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggests that the herpes virus could contribute to the treatment of malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer. Previous laboratory research has shown that a mutant herpes simplex virus (HSV1716) has improved the survival times of animals with... view more... (2001-02-14)

Researchers recreate SARS virus, open door for potential defenses against future strains
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have synthetically reconstructed the bat variant of the SARS coronavirus (CoV) that caused the SARS epidemic of 2003.    view more (2008-11-26)

Protein from the wrong side of the tracks aids cancer virus
A protein made by a cancer-causing virus using an unusual gene enables that virus to infect immune cells and persist in the host, new research shows.   view more (2006-06-12)
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