Immunology

Klerokinesis: New Form Of Cell Division Found

Researchers say they have discovered a new form of cell division in human cells, which they believe serves as a natural back-up mechanism during faulty cell division, preventing some cells from going down a path that can lead to cancer.  "If we could ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 24 2012 - 4:39pm

ALS May Be Treatable

It's too late to treat Lou Gehrig, but he would probably still be batting.300 and playing every day for the New York Yankees if he had not been struck down by the disease that now bears his name. Researchers who are not in the US, or who are Red Sox ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 19 2012 - 3:59pm

Toxoplasma Gondii Study Turns Parasite Invasion Theory On Its Head

Current thinking on how the Toxoplasma gondii parasite invades its host is incorrect, according to a study published today in Nature Methods describing a new technique to knock out genes.  Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that commonly infects cats- and th ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 23 2012 - 4:56pm

How Staph Infections Start In Your Nose

Researchers have identified a mechanism by which the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) colonizes our nasal passages, showing for the first time that a protein located on the bacterial surface called clumping factor B (ClfB) has high affinity for ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 31 2012 - 2:03pm

The Ancient Silk Road Delivered Culture, Goods...And A Genetic Disease

Researchers have identified four new regions on the human genome associated with Behcet's disease, a painful and potentially dangerous condition which causes inflammation of blood vessels in various parts of the body- the work was aided because the d ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2013 - 4:30am

Parasitic Worm Compound Could Be Your Future Metabolic Disorder Treatment

It's not as fun as the Martini Diet but more scientific than the Tapeworm Diet. A new paper says that parasitic worm infections, a major cause of disease and disability throughout much of the developing world, might actually help treat metabolic diso ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 8 2013 - 12:18pm

Game Theory On Why We Roll The Dice Regarding Flu Shots

Why has less than half of the USA gotten a flu shot, when 41 states have reported widespread, severe outbreaks of the flu? Some of the reason is availability. They aren't going to make any more, either. Another culprit is a growing anti-vaccine movem ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 11 2013 - 3:27pm

GMO Tobacco Produces Antibodies To Treat Rabies

Here is a conundrum in the culture wars; genetically modified tobacco has been shown to have numerous beneficial effects and now another one has been added. The treatment for rabies (painful shots, thankfully not all in the stomach in 2013) is not as bad ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 1 2013 - 12:13pm

Frequent Dialysis Can Lead To Complications For Kidney Disease Patients

Compared with standard dialysis, frequent  hemodialysis,  requires accessing the blood more often than conventional hemodialysis, can cause complications related to repeated access to the blood, requiring patients to undergo more repair procedures to the ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 8 2013 - 1:04pm

Fruits And Vegetables May Help Protect Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

Adding fruits and vegetables to diets may help protect the kidneys of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) with too much acid build-up, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 8 2013 - 1:31pm