Immunology

Diabetes: Let's Nip It In The Blood

Around 25.8 million Americans have diabetes and up to 79 million may be at risk for for it. A paper in the European Journal of General Practice  says that a simple blood test reveals an individual's risk of developing type-2 diabetes before they deve ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2014 - 1:29pm

Could The Black Death Plague Be In Our Future Again?

Two of the world's most devastating plagues, the Justinian Plague and the famous Black Death hundreds of years later, were each responsible for killing as many as half the people in Europe. A new study finds that they were caused by distinct strains ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 28 2014 - 10:17am

Antibiotic 'Smart Bomb' Targets Specific Strains Of Bacteria

No more killing the good bacteria along with the bad. An antibiotic "smart bomb" can identify specific strains of bacteria and sever their DNA, eliminating the infection and reducing multi-drug resistant bacteria. The new approach works by takin ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 30 2014 - 12:27pm

Glucose Hype? Fructose May Be Better For Healthy Body Weight

A few years ago, sugar was engaged in a ground war against corn syrup, and the public relations campaign against high fructose corn syrup was so successful that even corn syrup carried labels saying 'no HFCS' while bleached white sugar was portr ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2014 - 11:22am

Nickel-Titanium Heart Implants Aren't Dangerous For People Allergic To Nickel

Most of the public doesn't know this, but some people are allergic to metal. 10 percent of the Germany public is allergic to nickel, according to background information in a new paper. But medical implants use nickel. Nickel-titanium alloys are incre ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 28 2014 - 7:00am

Illness Similar To Polio Found In Cluster Of California Children

Polio is an incurable, crippling, contagious and possibly fatal viral disease. The United States last experienced a polio epidemic in the 1950s, before a vaccine was introduced.  Today, it has been eradicated from most of the planet, but a polio-like synd ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2014 - 10:56pm

Discovery: Specific Macrophages Affect Crohn's Disease Severity

Crohn's disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease, is a condition that occurs when your body's immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys healthy body tissue. The exact cause of Crohn's disease is unknown.   A new report in the Journ ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 28 2014 - 10:46am

Pesticide-Resistance Of Insects Has Doubled Since 1990

Nature is always looking for new ways to stay ahead. To-date, resistance to pesticides has been recorded in more than 500 insects, 218 weeds, and 190 fungi that attack plants. The recorded cases of resistance in insects, mites and other arthropods, which ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 3 2014 - 9:58am

Nano-Vaccine Spray Requires No Refrigeration

A new type of single-dose vaccine comes in a nasal spray and doesn't require refrigeration. The latest design and testing of these "nanovaccines" sets the stage to dramatically alter the public health landscape because it can get more peopl ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 19 2014 - 10:06am

Use Tobacco To Thwart West Nile Virus And Other Infectious Diseases

West Nile virus is spread by infected mosquitoes and targets the central nervous system. It can be fatal disease and there is currently no cure or drug treatment. It has spread across the U.S., Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean.  An international re ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 27 2014 - 8:33pm