Immunology

Dengue Fever And The Next Phase Of Transgenic Mosquitoes To Fight It

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Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2012 - 11:21pm

Aedes Albopictus: Wings Of The Asian Tiger Mosquito Clipped

A new flightless strain of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, has been created by Oxitec scientists, a breakthrough that could help stop the spread of this dangerous and invasive pest.  Aedes albopictus is a serious nuisance biter, but is also ca ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2012 - 4:15pm

California Has Highest Whooping Cough Incidence In 60 Years

California had the highest number of cases of whooping cough (pertussis) in 60 years, despite the fact that it has a readily available vaccine. A new study in The Journal of Pediatrics describes that 2010 whooping cough epidemic and details strategies to d ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2012 - 5:00am

Redesigning The Medical Bag Could Cut MRSA Worldwide

Could a new bag squash a new bug? A new medical bag designed to replace  ‘outdated and unsafe’ portable medical bags could transform treatment around the world, says its manufacturer.  A study found a third of its outdated predecessors carry the MRSA bug. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2012 - 2:30pm

Academic Hospitals Show 100 Percent Increase In MRSA Over 5 Years

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections doubled at U.S. academic medical centers between 2003 and 2008, according to a new report published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. MRSA infections, which cannot be treated with ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 27 2012 - 4:30am

DNA Vaccines: The Future Of Disease Control

Right now, we protect people and animals against diseases by inoculating them with vaccines based on real infectious agents- but that brings risk of reinfection and the expense of cultivating and handling deadly viruses and bacteria. The future may mean DN ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 29 2012 - 6:00am

Immune Response For Rabies Discovered In The Amazon

Our immune systems are funny things. An American traveling to Taiwan, for example, might be warned to get a hepatitis vaccine- unless they grew up on a farm. Rabies is even scarier.  If you are bitten by an unknown animal, it requires a series of painful i ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 2 2012 - 11:22am

CDC On Vaccines: Measles Cases Highest Since 1996

The anti-vaccination culture is making headway.  CDC has reported 17 outbreaks and 222 measles cases from 211, mostly in unvaccinated people- the highest since 1996. To identify areas of under-vaccination for measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases, ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 24 2012 - 9:18am

Celiac: The Trendy Disease For Rich White People

Are you white and a little resentful that black people get their own cool disease, sickle cell anemia?  There is good news for you. Celiac disease is all the latest rage and you can be any color at all and claim it. How do you know if you are gluten intole ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 15 2017 - 6:33pm

Celiac: My Trendy Experience

I am white. I am liberal. I went to a good college, but some might argue that I didn't get a good education. Certainly I like to study science to this day. Let me tell a medical story I went through which might be germane to a blog by Hank, " Ce ...

Article - Doug Sweetser - Aug 29 2012 - 4:14pm