Immunology

Helicobacter Pylori Stomach Bacteria May Cause Stomach Ulcers- Or Protect You From Obesity

The germ Helicobacter pylori is the cause of most stomach ulcers, but a new review of the literature published in Alimentary Pharmacology&Therapeutics suggests that treating the bacteria is linked to weight gain. ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 2 2014 - 10:31am

How To Solve The Developing World Insect Problem- Send First World Tourists There

There is a joke among abortion proponents that if men could get pregnant, abortion clinics would be more common on city streets than Starbucks coffee shops. If that is so, the best way to get something done about insects in developing nations would be to ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 2 2014 - 11:37pm

Antigen Engineering Makes Liver Cancer Vaccine Effective In Mice

Liver cancer is among the fastest-growing and deadliest cancers in the United States with a 17 percent three-year survival rate. Vaccines help direct the immune system to attack invaders by showing it a representative substance, called an antigen, that th ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 3 2014 - 9:29am

Ironically, Preventing Bovine TB By Culling Badgers Could Spread It

A bovine TB control strategy under consideration risks spreading the disease rather than supressing it, according to researchers who predict that culling badgers which test positive for TB could increase the movement of remaining badgers, potentially infe ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 9 2014 - 10:24pm

Natural, Still Science: Killer Fungus Takes Out Poison Ivy

One of the hazards of summer is picking up an itchy poison ivy rash but researchers say they have found a natural and effective way to kill it- a fungus named olletotrichum fioriniae that grows on the fleshy tissue surrounding the plant's seed.  For ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 12 2014 - 8:14am

Enzyme ALV003 Treatment May Protect Celiac Patients From Gluten-Induced Injury

The gluten-specific enzyme ALV003 reduces a patient's exposure to gluten and its potential harm, according to a new phase 2 study appearing in Gastroenterology. It's the first time a non-dietary intervention has been shown to potentially benefit ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 15 2014 - 1:15pm

OASL: Naturally Occurring Protein Could Inhibit Viral Infections, Like Flu

By boosting a protein called oligoadenylate synthetases-like (OASL) that naturally exists in our cells, researchers may have found a way to enhance our ability to inhibit viral infections like the flu.  OASL appears in increased quantities in people with ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 15 2014 - 1:31am

One Shot Could Reduce Heart Attacks By Up To 90 Percent

Heart attack is the leading natural killer worldwide, with up to one in two men and one in three women past the age of 40 having heart attacks in their lifetimes. What if one shot, similar to a vaccine, could prevent that? Writing in Circulation Research, ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 13 2014 - 8:50am

Fecal Transplants Found To Restore Healthy Bacteria In Intestinal Infections

While probiotics don't do much of anything except make companies rich, fecal microbiota transplantation--- the process of delivering stool bacteria from a healthy donor to a patient suffering from intestinal infection with the bacterium Clostridium d ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 17 2014 - 8:02am

Cushing Disease Case Study: A Disease Of Mistaken Identity

Pictured is Sydney Kandell with MSU and Sparrow Hospital residents Tiffany Burns and Lee Murphy just after surgery to remove the aggressive tumor that was causing her rare form of Cushing disease. Credit: Sydney Kandell The symptoms of Cushing disease are ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 23 2014 - 5:30pm