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TB bacteria can be divided into generalists and specialists, study finds

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global public health problem. Treatment often takes many months and till this day there is no effective vaccine. Various TB bacterial strains exist globally, with different geographical spread. Only the so-called Lineage 4 occurs on all continents.

4 Nov 2016

Smoking may shorten HIV patients' lifespan more than HIV itself

Among people living with HIV who smoke cigarettes, smoking may now shorten their lifespan more than HIV itself, according to a new modeling study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

4 Nov 2016

Authors call for international efforts to end preventable deaths from breast, cervical cancer

Every year 800000 women die of cervical and breast cancer, but where a woman lives will largely determine her chance of survival.

3 Nov 2016

WHO Trauma Care Checklist Programme leads to improvements in care for injured patients

Injury is responsible for more than 10 percent of the global burden of disease, killing more people each year than HIV, malaria and tuberculosis combined.

2 Nov 2016

TSRI researchers uncover mechanism behind T cell exhaustion

In a new study with broad implications for treating cancers and chronic viral infections, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have uncovered a mechanism behind a phenomenon called “T cell exhaustion.”

2 Nov 2016

Fred Hutchinson opens first-of-its-kind clinic to provide new immunotherapies for cancer patients

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center today announced the official opening of a first-of-its-kind clinic dedicated to providing innovative immunotherapies for cancer patients in clinical trials.

2 Nov 2016

Researchers explore link between childhood traumas and adult drug use

Children who are sexually abused are nearly five times more likely to inject drugs in adulthood as those who are not — while children who witness violence are about three times more likely — according to new research released today at the American Public Health Association's 2016 Annual Meeting and Expo in Denver.

2 Nov 2016

Americans take obesity as seriously as cancer, new survey finds

Americans take obesity as seriously as cancer, and say it's an even bigger health threat than heart disease, the nation's leading killer, yet most do not go beyond traditional diets or involve doctors in their largely unsuccessful personal struggles against the disease, according to a new survey by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and the independent research organization, NORC at the University of Chicago.

1 Nov 2016

Two genes linked to increase in immunity to hepatitis C after childbirth, study shows

Alternative forms of two genes are associated with a boost in immunity to hepatitis C after childbirth, a study led by a Nationwide Children's Hospital physician-researcher shows.

31 Oct 2016

Study estimates prevalence of self-reported immunosuppressed adults in the U.S.

In a study published online by JAMA, Rafael Harpaz, M.D., M.P.H., of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, and colleagues analyzed data from the 2013 National Health Interview Survey to estimate the prevalence of self-reported immunosuppressed adults in the United States.

31 Oct 2016

Measles complication that kills children more common than previously thought

A complication of measles that kills children years after they have the infection is more common than thought, according to a study being presented at IDWeek 2016.

31 Oct 2016

New biologic medication shows promise in treating multi-drug resistant HIV patients

A new biologic medication - the first for HIV - is showing promise in treating patients with multidrug resistance, according to phase 3 research being presented at IDWeek 2016.

31 Oct 2016

Atomo Diagnostics awarded US$2.6 million grant to develop simple HIV rapid diagnostic test

Medical device innovator Atomo Diagnostics today announced it is the recipient of a US$2.6 million (A$3.6 million) grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a next-generation HIV self-test.

31 Oct 2016

New study clears “Patient Zero” of responsibility for HIV in US

A new genetic analysis has shown that the French-Canadian flight attendant Gaétan Dugas who was posthumously blamed for spreading HIV across North America, was not the “Patient Zero” of the epidemic. Dugas became notorious as the person responsible for the US AIDS crisis after he slept with men in California and New York during the early 1980s.

28 Oct 2016

Bad bugs spread from ICU patients to nurses' scrubs, research shows

Bad bugs readily spread from patients in the intensive care unit to nurses' scrubs and the room, according to research being presented at IDWeek 2016. The sleeves and pockets of the scrubs and the bed railing were the most likely to be contaminated.

27 Oct 2016

Research reveals how pathogens travel between ‘transmission triangle’ in health care setting

Hospital rooms, not just the patients in them, can spread germs through contact with health care personnel, a Duke Health study reports.

27 Oct 2016

Over 1 million people treated with revolutionary hepatitis C medicines

Over one million people in low- and middle-income countries have been treated with a revolutionary new cure for hepatitis C since its introduction two years ago.

27 Oct 2016

Study reveals way to actively reverse anesthetic-induced unconsciousness

The latest study from a Massachusetts General Hospital/Massachusetts Institute of Technology team investigating the mechanisms underlying general anesthesia finds that stimulating a specific group of neurons in mice produces signs of arousal -- including getting on their feet and walking -- even as the animals continue to receive the anesthetic drug isoflurane.

27 Oct 2016

Novel approach to analyzing brain structures may help predict progression of Alzheimer's disease

Use of a novel approach to analyzing brain structure that focuses on the shape rather than the size of particular features may allow identification of individuals in early presymptomatic stages of Alzheimer's disease.

26 Oct 2016

Researchers use new gene-editing system to hasten quest to cure HIV+ patients

Researchers at UC San Francisco and the academically affiliated Gladstone Institutes have used a newly developed gene-editing system to find gene mutations that make human immune cells resistant to HIV infection.

26 Oct 2016

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TB bacteria can be divided into generalists and specialists, study finds

Smoking may shorten HIV patients' lifespan more than HIV itself

Authors call for international efforts to end preventable deaths from breast, cervical cancer

WHO Trauma Care Checklist Programme leads to improvements in care for injured patients

TSRI researchers uncover mechanism behind T cell exhaustion

Fred Hutchinson opens first-of-its-kind clinic to provide new immunotherapies for cancer patients

Researchers explore link between childhood traumas and adult drug use

Americans take obesity as seriously as cancer, new survey finds

Two genes linked to increase in immunity to hepatitis C after childbirth, study shows

Study estimates prevalence of self-reported immunosuppressed adults in the U.S.

Measles complication that kills children more common than previously thought

New biologic medication shows promise in treating multi-drug resistant HIV patients

Atomo Diagnostics awarded US$2.6 million grant to develop simple HIV rapid diagnostic test

New study clears “Patient Zero” of responsibility for HIV in US

Bad bugs spread from ICU patients to nurses' scrubs, research shows

Research reveals how pathogens travel between ‘transmission triangle’ in health care setting

Over 1 million people treated with revolutionary hepatitis C medicines

Study reveals way to actively reverse anesthetic-induced unconsciousness

Novel approach to analyzing brain structures may help predict progression of Alzheimer's disease

Researchers use new gene-editing system to hasten quest to cure HIV+ patients

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