Immunology

Bats Gave Us Mumps: Multiple Infectious Agents Discovered In 'Virus Reservoir'

Researchers have discovered the probable cause of  several infectious agents at the same time. Paramyxoviruses originate from bats and from there the pathogens have spread to humans and other mammals. In total, the new study tested 9,278 animals for viruse ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 27 2012 - 2:02pm

Margination Gets The Integrated Circuit Treatment To Fix Sepsis

Integrated circuit techniques can do just about anything- perhaps even help cure sepsis. Margination is natural phenomenon where bacteria and leukocytes (white blood cells) move toward the sides of blood vessels. Now it's the inspiration for a novel m ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2012 - 9:31pm

What Poor Africans Need: Anti-Malaria Fashion

Poor people in developing nations have been caught in a cultural tug-of-war over how to best keep them from dying of Malaria.  What they need to break the impasse between anti-science acolytes who think "Silent Spring" had any science in it and c ...

Article - News Staff - May 9 2012 - 4:00am

Garra Rufa Fish Pedicures- Complementary Medicine Quackery For Your Toes

Garra rufa- "doctor fish'- are now trendy in some fish pedicure places.  The pedicuree dips their feet (see? I don't specify a gender or make any judgments, I am not Manny Pacquiao) into water containing the fish and the little critters exf ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 16 2016 - 11:24am

Thanks But No Thanks For AIDS Comparison, Say Chagas Disease Experts

"Chagas Disease: “The New HIV/AIDS of the Americas”" screams the headline of an editorial in the open access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, written primarily by two principal investigators of a vaccine against Chagas disease- and it ha ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 4 2012 - 8:20pm

Did Infectious Disease Gene Changes Conquer The Human Evolution Bottleneck?

Around 100,000 years ago, human evolution was in a rut, modern human ancestors consisted of 5-10,000 individuals living in Africa. Yet modern humans somehow emerged from this population bottleneck, expanding dramatically in both number and range, and repla ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 5 2012 - 4:30am

Dengue Fever And The Next Phase Of Transgenic Mosquitoes To Fight It

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Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2012 - 11:21pm

Aedes Albopictus: Wings Of The Asian Tiger Mosquito Clipped

A new flightless strain of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, has been created by Oxitec scientists, a breakthrough that could help stop the spread of this dangerous and invasive pest.  Aedes albopictus is a serious nuisance biter, but is also ca ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2012 - 4:15pm

California Has Highest Whooping Cough Incidence In 60 Years

California had the highest number of cases of whooping cough (pertussis) in 60 years, despite the fact that it has a readily available vaccine. A new study in The Journal of Pediatrics describes that 2010 whooping cough epidemic and details strategies to d ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2012 - 5:00am

Redesigning The Medical Bag Could Cut MRSA Worldwide

Could a new bag squash a new bug? A new medical bag designed to replace  ‘outdated and unsafe’ portable medical bags could transform treatment around the world, says its manufacturer.  A study found a third of its outdated predecessors carry the MRSA bug. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2012 - 2:30pm