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02/08/2010 04:55 PM
Corgenix And Tulane Announce Award Of Additional NIH Contract To Expand Lassa Fever Research Towards Development Of Vaccines And Improved Therapeutic Agents
Corgenix Medical Corporation , a worldwide developer and marketer of diagnostic test kits, and Tulane University, today announced a major extension of the collaborative effort to combat viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF), an effort that will generate an additional $800,000 in contract revenue for Corgenix over the life of the contract.

02/08/2010 07:36 AM
Carnegie Mellon Physicist The First To Measure Energy Released From A Virus During Infection
-Within a virus's tiny exterior is a store of energy waiting to be unleashed. When the virus encounters a host cell, this pent-up energy is released, propelling the viral DNA into the cell and turning it into a virus factory. For the first time, Carnegie Mellon University physicist Alex Evilevitch has directly measured the energy associated with the expulsion of viral DNA, a pivotal discovery toward fully understanding the physical mechanisms that control viral infection and designing drugs to interfere with the process.

02/05/2010 06:39 PM
Road Mapping Could Be Key To Curing TB
The complex chain of metabolic events in bacteria that lead to fatal diseases such as tuberculosis (TB) may be better understood using mathematical models, according to an article published in the February issue of Microbiology Today.

02/05/2010 05:51 PM
Bacteria Toxic To Wound-Treating Maggots
Bacteria that infect chronic wounds can be deadly to maggot 'biosurgeons' used to treat the lesions, show researchers writing in the journal Microbiology. The findings could lead to more effective treatment of wounds and the development of novel antibiotics.

02/04/2010 06:58 AM
Scientists Find Ideal Target for Malaria Therapy
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a protein made by the malaria parasite that is essential to its ability to take over human red blood cells.

02/04/2010 06:31 AM
Genes That Regulate Maternal Inflammatory Response, Bacterial Vaginosis And Preterm Birth Related
In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting T, in Chicago, researchers will show the use of haplotype tagging (hap-tag) single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to study the relationship between genetic predispositions, an environmental factor - bacterial vaginosis, and preterm birth.

02/03/2010 01:49 PM
Charles Drew Cancer Studies With Yeast Yield Excellent Results
Los Angeles, CA-A researcher at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science is investigating the potential use of non-pathogenic baker's yeast as a promising, natural therapy for cancer.

02/02/2010 02:15 PM
Compound Found That Targets Wide Range Of Viruses
GALVESTON, Texas - The development of antibiotics gave physicians seemingly miraculous weapons against infectious disease. Effective cures for terrible afflictions like pneumonia, syphilis and tuberculosis were suddenly at hand. Moreover, many of the drugs that made them possible were versatile enough to knock out a wide range of deadly bacterial threats.

02/02/2010 01:18 PM
Tobacco Plant-Made Therapeutic Thwarts West Nile Virus
A new therapeutic made from tobacco plants has been shown to arrest West Nile virus infection, according to a new study by Arizona State University scientist Qiang Chen and his colleagues.

02/02/2010 01:05 PM
National Jewish Health Researchers Discover How Virulent Bacteria
Researchers at National Jewish Health have discovered how the virulent food-borne bacteria Listeria monocytogenes induces infected immune cells to sabotage their own defensive response. The studies offer insight into host-pathogen interactions and suggest potential therapeutic targets for food poisoning, tuberculosis and autoimmune diseases.