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Hantavirus Found in African Wood Mouse
20.4.2006 | Press monitoring
Researchers have discovered the first African hantavirus, a type of rodent-borne virus that can cause life-threatening infections in humans when it is inhaled through aerosolized rodent urine or droppings. A team led by Jan ter Meulen while he was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) international research scholar at the University of...
Researchers Reveal Lung's Unique Innate Immune Systém
20.4.2006 | Press monitoring
For the first time, scientists have documented an organ-specific innate immune system. In research published in the April 18 edition of the journal Immunity, scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine outline the unique mechanism by which the lung shapes its defensive strategies against microbial...
Schizophrenia as Misstep by Giant Gene
20.4.2006 | Press monitoring
Researchers have made progress in understanding how a variant gene linked to schizophrenia may exert its influence in the brain. The findings are tentative but, if confirmed, could yield deep insights into the biological basis of the disease.
Bacterial oxidation of sulfur substances in biotechnology and the environment
20.4.2006 | Press monitoring
M. Mandl, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic Our projects investigate various aspects of biooxidation of inorganic sulfur substances using acidophilic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. Spontaneous (bio)oxidation of metal sulfides and elemental sulfur to sulfuric acid results in environmental...
Molecular approaches for new vaccines against allergy
20.4.2006 | Press monitoring
The application of molecular biology for allergen characterization has revealed the molecular nature of the most common allergens and allowed the production of recombinant allergens that equal natural allergens. Based on this knowledge, several different strategies to improve immunotherapy have become available.
Scientists Learn More About How Viruses Reproduce, Spread
19.4.2006 | Press monitoring
Biochemists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have made a surprising discovery about the inner workings of a powerful virus -- a discovery that they hope could one day lead to better vaccines or anti-virus medications.
Cinnamon, Cloves Improve Insulin Function, Lower Risk Factors For Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease
18.4.2006 | Press monitoring
Two studies presented at Experimental Biology 2006 provide new evidence for the beneficial effects (and biochemical actions) of cinnamon as an anti-inflammatory agent and support earlier findings of its power as an anti-oxidant agent and an agent able to lower cholesterol, triglycerides, and glucose, and improve how well insulin functions....
Identification and immunotherapeutic targeting of antigens induced by chemotherapy
18.4.2006 | Press monitoring
Cancer cells differ from normal cells in their response to chemotherapy. We exploited this dissimilarity by identifying and targeting tumor-specific, cell-surface proteins whose expression is induced by the chemotherapeutic irinotecan (CPT-11; Camptosar).
Heart patients keen on stem cell therapy
18.4.2006 | Press monitoring
Australian scientists have had no shortage of patients willing to undergo experimental stem cell treatment for heart disease.
Mayo Clinic (only in Czech language)
18.4.2006 | Press monitoring
Americká Mayo Clinic z Rochesteru, jedna z nejlepších univerzitních nemocnic USA a současně nositelka Nobelovy ceny za medicínu, se bude aktivně účastnit projektu Mezinárodního centra klinického výzkumu (International Clinical Research Center Brno, dále jen ICRC), které vzniká při Fakultní nemocnici u sv. Anny v Brně. ICRC se tak stane evropsky...
