Immunology

Raw Milk Is 3 Percent Of The Market But Causes Over 50 Percent Of Milk Foodborne Illnesses

Most people would be horrified if they went to a restaurant bathroom and saw the chef not bother to wash his hands after using the toilet. It's a good thing raw milk fad health buyers do not understand cow milking for the same reason. A new review fin ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 25 2015 - 3:10pm

Antibiotic Use In Livestock Could Increase 67 Percent- What Impact On Effectiveness?

Antibiotic consumption in livestock worldwide could rise by 67 percent from 2010 levels by 2030. What will that mean for the effectiveness of antimicrobials in humans? Five countries- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa- will experience a growth ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 26 2015 - 3:00pm

New Clues To Origin Of Hirschsprung's Disease

Genetic studies in humans, zebrafish and mice have revealed that two different types of genetic variations team up to cause a rare condition called Hirschsprung's disease, flaws in early nerve development that lead to poor colon function which must o ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2015 - 5:30pm

Antibodies From Camels May Protect Humans From MERS

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which emerged in humans last year in the Saudi Arabian peninsula, causes severe respiratory disease, with a mortality rate of 35 percent. No specific therapy is currently available.  Passive immunization, a procedur ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2015 - 1:38am

Golden Staph: The Deadly Hospital Bug Few People Know About

Take this quick medical pop quiz: which of the following conditions would you prefer to have during your next stay in hospital? A. Staphylococcus aureus (golden staph) bloodstream infection; or B. a heart attack? I am guessing most non-medical readers vot ...

Article - The Conversation - Apr 9 2015 - 7:30am

SgMaV-1: New Switchgrass Crop Virus Discovered In North America

A new paper provides evidence of a new mastrevirus, tentatively named switchgrass mosaic-associated virus 1 (SgMaV-1). Other members of the mastrevirus genus, a group of DNA viruses, are known to be responsible for decimating yields in staple food crops (i ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2015 - 4:11pm

Natural Papain Enzyme In Cosmetics Can Act As Allergen

Papain, found naturally in papaya and ioften referred to as a “plant-based pepsin”, is an important industrial protein-degrading enzyme for the food and cosmetic industries. The cosmetic industry uses papain in exfoliating treatments to remove dead surface ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 10 2015 - 3:40pm

Human Norovirus Might Infect Dogs, Can They Infect Us Back?

Human norovirus can cause an immune response in dogs so it leads to obvious concern over whether or not dogs can transmit it to other people. Norovirus, which causes vomiting and diarrhea, is extremely contagious among humans. It infects 19-21 million Ame ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 11 2015 - 8:00am

How Salmonella Survives Macrophage's Acid Attack

Macrophages destroy bacteria by engulfing them in intracellular compartments, which they then acidify to kill or neutralize the bacteria. Some pathogenic bacteria, such as Salmonella enterica, have evolved to exist and even grow within these acidified com ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 17 2015 - 8:30am

Signaling Pathway Of Rare Form Of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Discovered

A systematic review of the genomes of patients with ALK-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a particularly aggressive form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, shows that many cases of the disease are driven by alterations in the JAK/STAT3 cell sig ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 15 2015 - 8:23am