SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on Immunocompetent Salk researchers develop novel glioblastoma mouse model  Jan 5, 2009 To sidestep the shortcomings of currently used cancer models, the Salk team harnessed the power of lentiviral vectors to infect nondividing as well as dividing cells and ferry activated oncogenes into a small number of cells in adult, fully immunocompetent mice. After initial experiments confirmed that the approach was working, Marumoto injected lentiviruses carrying two well-known oncogenes, H-Ras and Akt, into three separate brain regions of mice lacking one copy of the gene encoding the tumor... (EurekAlert!) Pox protection  May 28, 2008 A natural infection leads to immunity for life in almost all immunocompetent people. Newborn babies of immune mothers are protected by passive immunity, from maternal antibodies, in the first few months of life. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News) New Tuberculosis Blood Test Spots Hidden Infection  Mar 17, 2007 "Approximately 5 to 15 percent of immunocompetent persons with latent TB infection will develop TB disease.". The researchers studied 785 supermarket customers who'd been in contact with a TB-infected supermarket employee who'd been contagious since February 2004. (MEDLINEplus) Back to Health News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2009 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2009