Scientists block Ebola infection in cell-culture experiments Jun 24, 2009
The UTMB team took a new approach to stopping viral infection, using powerful new computational and analytical techniques to focus more on the host cell than the virus, according to microbiology and immunology associate professor Robert Davey. "The premise for this work is that the virus is essentially nothing without a cell," said Davey, lead author of a paper on the research appearing this month in the journal Drug Discovery Research. (EurekAlert!)
A generation born with HIV/AIDS defies the odds Jun 24, 2009
"The teens are teenagers," said Ana Garcia, an adjunct assistant professor in pediatric infectious disease and immunology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine who helped form the group ... More than two decades ago, "The families frequently lacked hope," said Dr. Gwendolyn Scott, director of Pediatric Infectious Disease and Immunology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, who treated the newborns. (CNN -- Health)
Nestl Recalls Cookie Dough Products Jun 23, 2009
"The E. coli outbreak could be from one or a number of contaminates, such as the milk component, the machinery, even the harvested flour," said one expert in infectious disease, Dr. Philip M. Tierno, director of clinical microbiology and immunology at New York University Langone Medical Center ... SOURCES: Philip M. Tierno, M.D., director, Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, New York University Langone Medical Center, and clinical professor of microbiology and pathology, New York University... (MEDLINEplus)
The Abbey Company Successfully Negotiates Sale of 60,000 Square Foot Facility at Auburn Airport Business Park, Auburn, CA Jun 23, 2009
June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Abbey Company announced the closing of the sale of a 60,000 square foot freestanding flex building at the Auburn Airport Business Park to Miltenyi Biotec, a company headquartered in Germany that specializes in cell biology, immunology, regenerative medicine, and molecular biology. While discussing the recent transaction, Kurt Hysen, the Northern California / Sacramento Regional Asset Manager for The Abbey Company, commented, "We are pleased to welcome a highly... (PR Newswire)
Leaving a 'mark on the medical community' Jun 22, 2009
Immunology program established. Molecular biology program established. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
A new weapon in the war against HIV-AIDS: Combined antiviral and targeted chemotherapy Jun 22, 2009
"We now have brand-new options to fight HIV," concludes Nicolas Chomont, a postdoctoral intern at the Universit de Montral's Department of Microbiology and Immunology and one of the co-authors of this study. "The combination of fundamental and clinical approaches led to amazing results that allow us to elucidate another mystery of this virus of a thousand faces.". (EurekAlert!)
66 Cases of E. Coli Linked to Nestle Cookie Dough Jun 21, 2009
Dr. 00000B50 Philip Tierno, director of clinical microbiology & immunology at New York University Langone Medical Center said it could be a number of things. "The E. coli outbreak could be from one or a number of contaminates, such as the milk component, the machinery, even the harvested flour," he told FOXNews. (Fox News)
Novel Discovery In Dendritic Cell Signalling Pathways Pave The Way For New Therapeutic Targets Jun 21, 2009
ScienceDaily (June 20, 2009) Scientists from A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) and the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, have discovered another signaling pathway for the activation and apoptosis, or programmed cell death, of dendritic cells[1 ... Said Prof Philippe Kourilsky, Chairman of SIgN, "Prof Castagnoli has been contributing greatly to the area of dendritic cell regulation and this latest finding has contributed towards the growing body of knowledge on immunology. I am... (Science Daily)
Creationists defeated in Kansas school vote on science teaching Jun 20, 2009
british society for immunology. we need someone with a passion for science, and th. (Yahoo News -- Church-State Issues)
Key Found To How Tumor Cells Invade The Brain In Childhood Cancer Jun 20, 2009
The study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Cancer Society, the Dana Foundation, The Chemotherapy Foundation, the Alex s Lemonade Stand Foundation, the Lauri Strauss Leukemia foundation, the G&P Foundation, an NYU School of Medicine Molecular Oncology and Immunology training grant, the American Society of Hematology, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the National Cancer Institute, a gift from the Berrie Foundation, and a fellowship from the... (Science Daily)
Structures From The Human Immune System's Oldest Branch Shed Light On A Range Of Diseases Jun 19, 2009
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, in collaboration with colleagues at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, have determined the structure of C3 convertase and of the C3b fragment in complex with factor H. The work appears this month in two companion papers in Nature Immunology. "Research on the complement system has waited more than 30 years for these structures," says senior author John Lambris, PhD, the Dr. Ralph and Sallie Weaver Professor of Research Medicine... (Science Daily)
AIDS: Clues To Virus-cancer Link Uncovered Jun 19, 2009
D. associate professor of microbiology and immunology at UNC s School of Medicine, demonstrated that the Kaposi sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is not only present in every tumor cell, but that the cells also transcribe microRNAs (miRNA) from the virus. This represents a collaborative effort between UNC researchers and clinicians at Beth Israel Hospital, the University of Miami and the Federal University in Bahia, Brazil. (Science Daily)
Immunodeficiency Associated with FCN3 Mutation and Ficolin-3 Deficiency Jun 18, 2009
From the Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Immunology, Sect-7631, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences (L.M.-F., T.H., C.H., H.O.M., P.G.), and the Department of Lung Disease L, Bispebjerg Hospital (H.P.) both in Copenhagen ... Address reprint requests to Dr. Garred at the Department of Clinical Immunology, Sect-7631, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark, or at garred{at}post5. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Single Gene Found To Control Growth Of Some Cancers Jun 18, 2009
The research was funded by grants from the National Cancer Institute, the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium, and the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine. "It is our hope that this research will lead to new ways of controlling EBV-associated diseases in humans," concludes Dr. Aiyar. (Science Daily)
Special Libraries Association honors Elsevier Jun 18, 2009
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Elsevier with the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Elsevier. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
State gets swine flu test equipment Jun 18, 2009
Mike Trythall is an immunology supervisor with the state Health Department. He says the computerized testing device, valued at about 80,000, was put into action last week. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Rare disorder gives modelers first glimpse at immune system development Jun 17, 2009
D., a postdoctoral fellow in computational immunology, created mathematical formulas to model the contribution of resources on the regulation of T cell population growth and diversity ... "The findings open up the possibility of studying the development of T cells in children with DiGeorge syndrome in a rigorous and quantifiable way, because we can determine which factors are most important," said Markert, a Duke Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Allergy and Immunology ... D.,... (EurekAlert!)
Swine Flu Concerns In Waterbury Jun 17, 2009
"Based on what we know about immunology," Dr. Aronin says, "they probably will have more protection than someone who didn't get the swine flu this time round.". Copyright. (FOX61, CT)
Revealed: Secret allergy triggers Jun 17, 2009
Limonene, a zesty compound in lime and other citrus fruits, gives many people watery eyes and a burning sensation in the nose, according to James Wedner, MD, chief of allergy and immunology at the Washington University School of Medicine. It might even irritate your skin, whether you touch, eat, or drink products containing limonene. (CNN -- Law)
Feel Like Sushi? Get a 9-Ft. Tapeworm Jun 17, 2009
"Usually, with this particular warm it produces discomfort, , and it can produce anemia," said Dr. Felipe C. Cabello professor of Microbiology and Immunology at New York Medical College in Valhalla. A , a nematode called anisakis, can burrow into the stomach wall and require surgery. (ABC News)
National Psoriasis Survey reveals its devastating impact on quality of life Jun 16, 2009
What many people don't realize is that its effects are devastating and can have an enormous physical and emotional impact on patients' lives," says Dr. Wayne Gulliver, a leader in dermatology in Newfoundland and Labrador. "Additionally, psoriasis can be associated with many common chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and cholesterol, heart disease and diabetes, which may significantly shorten the patient's life. The results of the SKIN survey help validate the need for more effective... (Canada Newswire)
HIV-1's 'Hijacking Mechanism' Pinpointed Jun 16, 2009
"There is a highway inside the human cell," explained Dr. Mouland, Associate Professor at McGill's Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology and head of the HIV-1 RNA Trafficking Laboratory at the Lady Davis Institute. "When you drive your car to Toronto you're 'trafficking' the items in your trunk. Similarly, what we have shown is that HIV-1 commandeers the host cell's endosomal machinery to traffic its structural proteins and RNA genome. Imagine that it's essentially jumping on... (Science Daily)
Asthma Drugs Get 'Precaution' Labeling for Possible Psychiatric Side Effects Jun 16, 2009
"The physician really needs to review whether there are symptoms that have developed since patients started taking the medication, if there's an underlying depression that was there before medication started," added Dr. Rauno Joks, chief of the division of allergy and immunology at SUNY (State University of New York) Downstate in New York City ... SOURCES: June 12, 2009, statement, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Bloomberg News; Associated Press; David Weldon, M.D., assistant professor,... (MEDLINEplus)
Asthma rates and where you live Jun 6, 2009
Published in the spring 2009 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the two-year study led by Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH, a researcher at Children's Memorial Hospital and associate professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, showed that neighborhoods with more community vitality, specifically economic potential, community amenities and social capital had lower asthma rates. The study focused on 287 Chicago neighborhoods, where nearly 50,000... (EurekAlert!)
Obesity May Dampen Response to Asthma Meds Jun 6, 2009
"It raises the concern that obese people with asthma may not respond as well to guideline-based treatments," said Dr. E. Rand Sutherland, lead author of a study published in a recent issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and an associate professor of medicine at National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado, in Denver ... SOURCES: E. Rand Sutherland, M.D., associate professor, medicine, National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado, Denver; Len Horovitz,... (MEDLINEplus)
Kids should be priority for H1N1 vaccine Jun 5, 2009
The second reason for giving initial vaccinations to children is statistical, says Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, chief of allergy and immunology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "There's a pretty powerful argument for giving priority to children, in that kids are little virus factories and tend to infect a larger number of contacts than adults do," she said yesterday in an interview from a conference in Ireland. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Obesity Does Not Worsen Asthma, But May Reduce Response To Medications Jun 5, 2009
"With both asthma and obesity on the rise in recent years, there has been much interest in the possible link between these two conditions," said lead author E. Rand Sutherland, Associate Professor of Medicine at National Jewish Health, and lead author of the paper appearing in the June 2009 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. "By studying a well characterized group of patients with asthma, we were able to determine that increased weight is not associated with more severe... (Science Daily)
Why Organ Transplants Fail Jun 5, 2009
Reference : Reference : Immunology by Goldsby, Kindt, Osborne and Kuby (5th Ed.) W. H. Freeman, NY.. The copyright of the article Why Organ Transplants Fail in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
J&J upbeat on drugs business, cites new medicines Jun 5, 2009
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) Johnson on (JNJ.N) detailed new medicines in immunology, neuroscience, cancer and other areas to analysts on Thursday as Wall Street counts on the company's pharmaceuticals business to help restore solid profit growth by next year. The diversified health products maker outlined its plans to address five therapeutic areas in a daylong meeting for analysts to review its pharmaceutical operations. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Estrogen Linked To Lowered Immunity In Fish Jun 5, 2009
The study, Identification of centrarchid hepcidins and evidence that 17 -estradiol disrupts constitutive expression of hepcidin-1 and inducible expression of hepcidin-2 in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), was just published in the journal, Fish & Shellfish Immunology. The authors are USGS scientists Laura Robertson, Luke Iwanowicz and Jamie Marie Marranca. (Science Daily)
Promising antimicrobial attacks virus, stimulates immune system Jun 4, 2009
Dr. Howell is part of a team, led by Professor of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Donald Leung, MD, PhD, that is seeking protection against this complication so that eczema patients could receive the vaccination in case of a bioterrorist attack with smallpox. CSA-13 demonstrated effectiveness against vaccinia in three different tests. (EurekAlert!)
Scientists uncover mode of action of enzyme linked with several types of cancer Jun 4, 2009
Scientists at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the Universit de Montral have discovered a key mechanism used by cells to efficiently distribute chromosomes to new cells during cell multiplication ... About the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer. (EurekAlert!)
Partnership to accelerate Trudeau Institute discoveries to patient care Jun 4, 2009
" "The Trudeau Institute is a gem, a place where world-class scientists are drawn to push the envelope of immunology research aimed at diseases affecting millions of people worldwide," said Michael Nazarko, executive director of HRI. "Forging strategic relationships geared to delivering Trudeau's pioneering biomedical research to patients is consistent with HRI's mission of advancing the interests of public health," he added. ### The Trudeau Institute is an independent, not-for-profit biomedical... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Medford resident James Sampson graduates Tufts University Jun 4, 2009
He will attend Tufts Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences in Boston, where he will pursue his PhD in immunology and infectious diseases. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Sampson, of Medford. (Medford Transcript, MA)
Janet M. Decker Jun 3, 2009
Janet graduated from the University of Michigan and UCLA majoring in microbiology and immunology. She held research and teaching positions at the Hall Institute, Melbourne, Australia, the University of South Carolina and, for the past 20 years, at the University of Arizona. (The Herald-Palladium)
Squid 'Sight' Sheds Light On Human Eye Diseases Jun 3, 2009
"Evolution has a 'toolkit' and when it needs to do a particular job, such as see light, it uses the same toolkit again and again," explains lead author Margaret McFall-Ngai, a professor of medical microbiology and immunology at the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH). "In this case, the light organ, which comes from different tissues than the eye during development, uses the same proteins as the eye to see light.". (Science Daily)
Enzyme Involved In Inflammatory Bowel Disease Discovered Jun 3, 2009
D., Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State College of Medicine, and Daniel Lottaz, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the University of Bern, Switzerland, could potentially lead to therapies to help the half-a-million Americans affected by ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, collectively referred to as IBD.. See also. (Science Daily)
Sanko Junyaku Launches Diagnostic Reagent Kit For Automated Clinical Chemistry Analyser To Determine KL-6, Detecting Marker of Interstitial Pneumonia Jun 2, 2009
Sanko Junyaku currently markets EITEST(R) KL-6 (sandwich enzyme immunoassay method) and PICOLUMI(R) KL-6 (electrochemiluminescence immunoassay method), reagents to determine KL-6, and also LUMIPULSE(R) KL-6 Eisai and LUMIPULSE Presto(R) KL-6 Eisai for fully automated chemiluminescent enzyme immunology system. NANOPIA(R) KL-6 Eisai, the new diagnostic reagent kit that was developed with the techniques of Sekisui Medical and are based on latex immunoturbidimetric assay, for automated clinical... (JCN Network, Japan)
Arthritis medicine may fight flu May 31, 2009
Eighty percent of the treated mice lived, compared with only 50 percent of those left untreated, said Donna Farber, senior author of a paper published in the June 1 issue of the Journal of Immunology ... "For the swine flu, there really are indications that you do get this sort of hyperimmune reaction," said Farber, a professor of surgery and microbiology and immunology at the University of Maryland medical school in Baltimore. (Honolulu Advertiser)
New cellular targets for HIV drug development May 30, 2009
"Macrophages are these little factories producing new hybrid particles of the virus, making the virus probably even more aggressive over time. If we want to eradicate HIV we need to find a way to actually target the virus specifically infecting the macrophages," said study co-author Dr. Marco Salemi, an assistant professor in the department of pathology, immunology and laboratory medicine at the UF College of Medicine. The researchers used frozen post-autopsy tissue samples, pathology results... (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
UCSF discovers new glucose-regulating protein linked with diabetes May 29, 2009
"Much has been learned from mouse models about glucose metabolism that is relevant to human diabetes, but what happens on a cellular level is now found to be different between the two species," said Frances Brodsky, DPhil, senior author on the paper and a UCSF professor in the Departments of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and Microbiology and Immunology ... All three conducted the work for this paper in the Departments of Bioengineering and Therapeutic... (EurekAlert!)
Scripps Florida scientists devise accelerated method to determine infectious prion strains May 29, 2009
Scripps Research is internationally recognized for its discoveries in immunology, molecular and cellular biology, chemistry, neurosciences, autoimmune, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases, and synthetic vaccine development. Established in its current configuration in 1961, it employs approximately 3,000 scientists, postdoctoral fellows, scientific and other technicians, doctoral degree graduate students, and administrative and technical support personnel. (EurekAlert!)
How Viral Infection Can Protect From Type 1 Diabetes May 29, 2009
A team of researchers, at La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, has now provided some insight into this issue by showing that in a mouse model of type 1 diabetes, viruses that do not damage beta-cells provide protection from the autoimmune disease. The team, led by Christophe Filippi and Matthias von Herrath, observed that infection with either Coxsackie virus B3 or lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus delayed the onset and reduced the incidence of disease in the mouse model of... (Science Daily)
Centocor Ortho Biotech Data to be Presented at American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting May 29, 2009
Centocor Ortho Biotech redefines the standard of care in immunology, nephrology, and oncology. The company was formed when Centocor, Inc. and Ortho Biotech Products, L.P. were consolidated in late 2008, and was renamed Centocor Ortho Biotech. (PR Newswire)
Gene for glowing passed on to monkey offspring May 29, 2009
Transgenic marmosets could be useful for studying infectious diseases, immunology and neurological disorders as well as some genetic disorders like muscular dystrophy, they wrote. But marmoset biology differs enough from humans to prevent study of other disorders like AIDS and tuberculosis, which can be approached instead through other monkeys that are more closely related to humans, they wrote. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
Pac-10 Names All-Academic Teams in Track & Field May 28, 2009
Microbiology, Immunology ular Genetics. Emily Collins, WASH. (Pac-10.org)
Research suggests new cellular targets for HIV drug development May 28, 2009
D., an assistant professor in the department of pathology, immunology and laboratory medicine at the UF College of Medicine. "If we want to eradicate HIV we need to find a way to actually target the virus specifically infecting the macrophages.". (EurekAlert!)
Immunologists identify biochemical signals that help immune cells remember how to fight infection May 28, 2009
Dr. David Farrar is an assistant professor of immunology at UT Southwestern. DALLAS May 28, 2009 Immunology researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how two biochemical signals play unique roles in promoting the development of a group of immune cells employed as tactical assassins ... "Until now, no innate signals have been identified that regulate the development of memory cells," said Dr. David Farrar, assistant professor of immunology at UT Southwestern and senior... (EurekAlert!)
A Man with Progressive Neurologic Deficits May 28, 2009
From the Department of Neurology (D.M.G.), Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology (R.P.F.), Division of Neuroradiology (J.R.), and the Department of Pathology (P.K.A.), Massachusetts General Hospital; and the Departments of Neurology (D.M.G.), Medicine (R.P.F.), Radiology (J.R.), and Pathology (P.K.A.), Harvard Medical School. . (New England Journal of Medicine)
UCB launches Vimpat in the US for add-on treatment of epilepsy in adults May 27, 2009
UCB, Brussels, Belgium () is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the research, development and commercialization of innovative medicines with a focus on the fields of central nervous system and immunology disorders. Employing approx. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Arthritis Drug Might Prove Effective In Fighting The Flu, Study Suggests May 27, 2009
The scientists report in the June 1 edition of The Journal of Immunology, which is now available online, that mice infected with the Influenza A virus responded favorably to a drug called Abatacept, which is commonly used to treat people with rheumatoid arthritis ... D., a professor of surgery and microbiology and immunology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the study's senior author ... The Journal of Immunology, 2009; 182 (11): 6834 DOI. (Science Daily)
What Is The Function Of Lymph Nodes? May 27, 2009
New work by Melanie Greter, Janin Hofmann and Burkhard Becher from the Institute of experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich reports that the immunodeficiency associated with alymphoplasia is not due to the lack of lymph nodes, but caused by the genetic lesion on immune cells themselves. The new paper shows that in the mouse T cell function is unperturbed in the absence of lymph nodes, whereas B cell activation and antibody secretion is strongly affected. (Science Daily)
FDA Extends Review Timeline for STELARA(TM) (ustekinumab) Biologic License Application by Three Months May 27, 2009
Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. redefines the standard of care in immunology, nephrology and oncology. The company was formed when Centocor, Inc. and Ortho Biotech Inc. were consolidated in late 2008, and was renamed Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. Built upon a pioneering history, Centocor Ortho Biotech harnesses innovations in large-molecule and small-molecule research to create important new therapeutic options. (PR Newswire)
Opposites Attract: How Genetics Influences Humans To Choose Their Mates May 26, 2009
26, 2006) Immunologists have used nanotechnology to create a novel "biosensor" to solve in part a perplexing problem in immunology: how the immune system's killer T-cells hunt down invading viruses. They have. (Science Daily)
Mystery Of Potentially Fatal Reaction To Smallpox Vaccine Solved May 26, 2009
ScienceDaily (May 25, 2009) Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have pinpointed the cellular defect that increases the likelihood, among eczema sufferers, of developing eczema vaccinatum, a severe and potentially fatal reaction to the smallpox vaccine ... "Since atopic dermatitis affects as many as 17 percent of children in the U. S. and since eczema vaccinatum carries a fatality rate of 5-10 percent, therapies that prevent or treat eczema vaccinatum successfully are... (Science Daily)
How superbugs control their lethal weapons May 25, 2009
He also is head of Immunology at Robarts Research Institute and Director of the FOCIS Centre for Clinical Immunology and Immunotherapeutics ... The multidisciplinary team led by Madrenas includes David Heinrichs, Ewa Cairns, Mansour Haeryfar, and John McCormick of the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, and Medicine at The University of Western Ontario, as well as Paul Kubes from the University of Calgary and Gary An from Northwestern University in Chicago. (EurekAlert!)
La Jolla Institute unlocks mystery of potentially fatal reaction to smallpox vaccine May 25, 2009
"Since atopic dermatitis affects as many as 17 percent of children in the U. S. and since eczema vaccinatum carries a fatality rate of 5-10 percent, therapies that prevent or treat eczema vaccinatum successfully are crucial should the need for mass vaccination against smallpox arise in response to bioterrorism," said Harvard pediatrics professor Raif S. Geha, M.D., chief of immunology at Boston Children's Hospital and a principal investigator in the NIH funded network investigating eczema... (EurekAlert!)
Preventing Ear Infections In The Future: Delivering Vaccine Through The Skin May 24, 2009
This study was performed by Laura A. Novotny of Dr. Lauren O. Bakaletz's laboratory in the Center for Microbial Pathogenesis at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH and in collaboration with Dr. John D. Clements, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Research was made possible by funding from the NIDCD/NIH R01 03915 & 007464. Data were presented at the 109th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in... (Science Daily)
The challenges of avian influenza virus: Mechanism, epidemiology and control May 23, 2009
George F. GAO, Frank LIU and colleagues from CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology review our current knowledge of the interspecies transmission and host factors involved: from virus receptor usage to host proteins interacting with the virus or virus components. Basic research always gives us some tantalizing hope for the control of virus infection. (EurekAlert!)
Photosynthesis Surprise: Key Metal Swapped May 23, 2009
The current research study began when Paul R. Jaschke, a graduate student with professor J. Thomas Beatty in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia, discovered a mutant that replaced the magnesium metal found in the reaction center with zinc. "We initially thought this reaction center was non-functional," said Beatty. (Science Daily)
Fast, Affordable Tool For Finding Gene 'On-off' Switches May 22, 2009
Lebbink, co-author Weronika Patena, and senior author McManus are in the UCSF Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Emily M. LeProust, in the Genomics Solutions Unit at Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, was also a co-author. (Science Daily)
NYU School of Medicine pathology researchers solve another mystery in B lymphocyte development May 22, 2009
New York May 18, 2009: A new study published online in Nature Immunology ahead of the June 2009 print issue has found that homologous immunoglobulin (lg) alleles pair up in the nucleus at stages that coincide with V(D)J recombination of the heavy and light chain (Igh and Igk) loci. Researchers led by Jane A. Skok Ph. (EurekAlert!)
Mining Rhinovirus Sequencing May 21, 2009
From the Departments of Medicine (G.A.P., M.A.B.), Immunology (M.A.B.), and Molecular Medicine (M.A.B.) and the Program in Translational Immunovirology and Biodefense (G.A.P., M.A.B.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.. . (New England Journal of Medicine)
Overweight Moms More Likely to Have Asthmatic Kids May 21, 2009
Dr. Jennifer Appleyard, chief of allergy and immunology at St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit, said that "we don't know exactly what causes or contributes to asthma, but it does look like there are some things that occur in utero that could affect the child later." ... D., head, Department of Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute of Public Health and Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands; Jennifer Appleyard, M.D., chief, allergy and immunology, St. John... (MEDLINEplus)
Hospitalization Rates Higher in Kids Who Get Flu Shots May 21, 2009
SOURCES: Avni Y. Joshi, M.D., fellow, allergy, immunology and infectious diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Gurjit Khurana Hershey, M.D., Ph. (MEDLINEplus)
