Immunology

Protein Phosphorylation Not The Culprit In Parkinson's Disease- Study

It is generally accepted that Parkinson's disease is aggravated when a specific protein is transformed by an enzyme but a new study found instead that this transformation tends to protect against the progression of the disease.  Parkinson's dise ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2013 - 4:21pm

Stopping The Sunlight Induced DNA Crash Of Lupus

The sweetness of summer vacations can quickly turn sour for those affected by lupus erythematosus. For them, absorption of the UV-light component in sunlight may cause florid inflammation and redness of the skin. Lupus erythematosus (LE) is an autoimmune ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 29 2013 - 11:44am

E. Coli O157 Vaccine In Cattle Could Cut Human Cases Of Infection By 85 Percent

A new paper has found that vaccinating cattle against the E. coli O157 bacterium could cut the number of human cases of the disease by 85%. The bacteria, which cause severe gastrointestinal illness and death in humans, are spread by consuming contaminated ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 16 2013 - 4:22pm

Pathogen Sleuthing A False Alarm On Hepatitis

Reports of a new hepatitis virus earlier this year were a false alarm, according to U.C. San Francisco researchers who correctly identified the virus as a contaminant present in a type of glassware used in many research labs. The finding highlights both t ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 26 2013 - 9:47am

Why You Got Herpes (Beyond The Obvious)

Researchers have managed to measure the internal pressure that enables the herpes virus to infect cells in the human body, a discovery which paves the way for the development of new medicines to combat viral infections and indicates ways to stop herpes in ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 2 2013 - 10:12am

New Therapeutic Targets May Benefit Leukemia Patients

New therapeutic targets and drugs may someday benefit people with certain types of leukemia or blood cancer. Pre-clinical and pharmacological models found that cancer cells with a mutation in the KIT receptor-- an oncogenic/cancerous form of the receptor- ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 5 2013 - 12:52pm

Target Acquired: 'Undruggable' Protein K-Ras Meets Its Match

In drug design, the protein K-Ras has been on everyone's target list for more than 30 years due to its status as the most commonly mutated oncogene in human cancers. Despite its high profile, K-Ras has been "undruggable"- many pharmaceutica ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 21 2013 - 9:45am

Migraines Spike Upward With Allergies And Hay Fever

People who get migraine headaches and also battle allergies and hay fever (rhinitis) endure a more severe form of headaches than their peers who struggle with migraines but aren't affected by the seasonal or year-round sniffles, according to a new pa ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 28 2013 - 10:30am

A Malaria Science Breakthough

Using advanced methodologies that pit drug compounds against specific types of malaria parasite cells, an international team of scientists have identified a potential new weapon and approach for attacking the parasites that cause malaria.   The disease is ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 28 2013 - 9:00am

Air Pollution Linked To Autism?

Epidemiologists are saying exposure to air pollution appears to increase the risk for autism among people who carry a certain genotype genetic disposition for the neurodevelopmental disorder, a functional promoter variant (rs1858830) in the MET receptor t ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 2 2013 - 11:42am