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Scripps research team reveals how an old drug could have a new use for treating river blindness
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a potential new use for the drug closantel, currently the standard treatment for sheep and cattle infected with liver fluke. The new research suggests that the drug may be useful in combating … Continue reading
Posted in Onchocerciasis
Tagged black fly, body mass index, chemical biology, eradication efforts, fellow christian, immune system response, infectious cause, journal proceedings, liver fluke, mass treatment, national academy of sciences, nematode worms, postdoctoral fellow, proceedings of the national academy of sciences, river blindness, scripps research institute, skaggs institute, skin lesions, strong immune system, work productivity
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H1N1 influenza adopted novel strategy to move from birds to humans
Bird influenza viruses have a variety of strategies to cross the species barrier and spread The 2009 H1N1 influenza virus used a new strategy to cross from birds into humans, a warning that it has more than one trick up … Continue reading
Posted in Pathogens
Tagged asian flu, berkeley researchers, flu pandemic, flu virus, flu viruses, influenza pandemic of 1918, influenza strains, influenza virus, journal proceedings, molecular and cell biology, point mutation, Post Doctoral Fellow, proceedings of the national academy of sciences, protein subunits, spanish influenza pandemic, SWINE-FLU, uc berkeley, university of california berkeley, viral genes, viral genome
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Scripps Research scientists reveal key structure from ebola virus
LA JOLLA, CA, December 7, 2009—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have determined the structure of a critical protein from the Ebola virus, which, though rare, is one of the deadliest viruses on the planet killing between 50 and 90 … Continue reading
Tagged critical protein, deadliest viruses, deadly virus, drug therapies, early edition, Ebola, ebola virus, human immune system, immune responses, immune system proteins, journal proceedings, national academy of sciences, proceedings of the national academy, proceedings of the national academy of sciences, protein structure, scripps research institute, target, virus infection, virus works, x ray crystallography
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Scientists reveal malaria parasites' tactics for outwitting our immune systems
Malaria parasites are able to disguise themselves to avoid the host’s immune system, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust and published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Malaria is one of the world’s biggest … Continue reading
Posted in Malaria
Tagged blood supply, bloodstream, deaths every year, endemic areas, journal proceedings, malaria parasite, malaria parasites, mosquitoes, national academy of sciences, Plasmodium falciparum, proceedings of the national academy, proceedings of the national academy of sciences, red blood cells, salivary glands, south east asia, spleen, vaccine candidates, vital organs, wellcome trust, women in africa
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