A study conducted in four American Indian communities in the Pacific Northwest presents an effective strategy to convince mothers to switch young children from drinking sweetened soda to water and shows that…
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Odontoblast cells are part of immune system, protect teeth from decay
It is known that teeth can protect themselves, to some extent, from attack by bacteria but that inflammation within a tooth can be damaging and, in extreme cases, lead to abscess or…
New research reveals EPO hormone can modulate immune response
New research reveals that a hormone best known for stimulating the production of red blood cells can modulate the immune response. The study, published by Cell Press in the January 27th issue…
Scientists find ADAR1 enzyme protect against measles virus
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found that a known enzyme in cells protects against measles virus, likely by altering the virus’s genetic material, RNA. Cells lacking the enzyme become highly…
BUSM receives $7.7 million NIH grant to explore how chronic inflammation can lead to systemic diseases
A team of researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have been awarded a five-year, $7.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious…
Akonni introduces TruTip kit for extraction of human genomic DNA from fresh, frozen whole blood
Akonni Biosystems, a molecular diagnostics company focused on providing rapid and highly scalable solutions for infectious and genetic disease testing, today announced the launch of a TruTip™ kit for extraction of human…
Routine rotavirus vaccine shows a significant drop in diarrhea cases
A latest study has shown that the rotavirus vaccines have helped drastically reduce hospital visits around the world. Rotavirus can lead to fatal cases of diarrhea in children and causes half a…
FDA grants Soligenix Orphan Drug Designation to RiVax for prevention of ricin intoxication
Soligenix, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to RiVax™ for…
Apricus Bio’s MycoVa demonstrates ‘non-inferiority’ for treatment of onychomycosis compared to Loceryl
Apricus Biosciences, Inc. (“Apricus Bio”) (Nasdaq:APRI) today announced that an additional analysis conducted on behalf of the Company has shown that MycoVa™ has successfully demonstrated ‘non-inferiority’ for the treatment of onychomycosis (commonly…
Small molecules may inhibit entry of Ebola into human cells
Ebola, a virus that causes deadly hemorrhagic fever in humans, has no known cure or vaccine. But a new study by University of Illinois at Chicago scientists has uncovered a family of…
HIV-positive head and neck cancer patients respond well to radiation therapy treatments
HIV-positive head and neck cancer patients respond well to radiation therapy treatments and experience similar toxicity rates as non-HIV-positive patients, despite prior reports to the contrary, according to a study in the…
Scientists determine protein structure that delivers genetic material of HIV to human cells
A team of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the University of Virginia has determined the structure of the protein package that delivers the genetic material of the human immunodeficiency virus…
WHO Director-General expresses concern over public mistrust of vaccines
During the WHO’s executive board meeting Monday, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan expressed concerns over what she called a “‘worrisome’ public mistrust of vaccines, following signs of a tail-off in flu vaccination,” Agence…
Collaborative study may lead to improved influenza vaccine and vaccines for other respiratory virus infections
A collaborative project between researchers at the Trudeau Institute and their colleagues at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., offers new insights that may lead to an improved strategy to…
Transplant surgeons routinely use fewer organs from high-risk donors
As a response to a 2007 episode in which four patients in Chicago were transplanted with organs from a single donor unknowingly infected with HIV — the only such episode in 20…