The death of a 25-year-old researcher studying a sinister strain of bacteria has highlighted the hazards of infectious disease research. The man, whose name has not been released, died Saturday at the San Francisco VA Medical Center from a meningococcal infection he may have acquired while working at the hospital the day before. Headache, fever [...]
by CBS News KMOV.com Posted on May 3, 2012 at 11:37 AM Updated Thursday, May 3 at 1:47 PM (CBS/AP) SAN FRANCISCO – A researcher at an infectious diseases laboratory in San Francisco has died of a rare bacteria strain, California health officials said, raising fears the man’s friends and fellow researchers may too have [...]
Released: 4/30/2012 8:00 AM EDTSource: NIH, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Newswise — Minutes after you were born, bacteria moved in. Since then, their populations have exploded, diversified and spread—on your skin and eyes and in your mouth and gut, not to mention other places. These bacterial cells now far outnumber your own [...]
(Credit: iStockphoto) (CBS/AP) SAN FRANCISCO – A researcher at an infectious diseases laboratory in San Francisco has died of a rare bacteria strain, California health officials said, raising fears the man’s friends and fellow researchers may too have been infected. Washington D.C. bus riders get meningitis scare: What is viral meningitis?PICTURES: Bedbugs? Bacteria? 9 biggest [...]
Released: 5/2/2012 1:40 PM EDTSource: University of Wisconsin-Madison Newswise — MADISON — After a marathon debate over a pair of studies that show how the avian H5N1 influenza virus could become transmissible in mammals, and an unprecedented recommendation by a government review panel to block publication, one of the studies was finally and fully published [...]
Released: 5/1/2012 2:20 PM EDTSource: Loyola University Health System Newswise — MAYWOOD, Ill. — There’s a high rate of depression among patients with hepatitis C, but a standard treatment for the disease includes a drug, interferon, that can cause depression. In a review article, researchers tackle the complexities of diagnosing and managing depression before and [...]
Released: 5/1/2012 2:20 PM EDTSource: Loyola University Health System Newswise — MAYWOOD, Ill. — There’s a high rate of depression among patients with hepatitis C, but a standard treatment for the disease includes a drug, interferon, that can cause depression. In a review article, researchers tackle the complexities of diagnosing and managing depression before and [...]
Released: 4/30/2012 1:25 PM EDTEmbargo expired: 4/30/2012 3:00 PM EDTSource: University of Michigan Health System Newswise — ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Like a police officer calling for backup while also keeping a strong hold on a suspected criminal, immune cells in the brain take a two-tier approach to fighting off a threat, new research from [...]
Hologic Inc. (HOLX), a maker of diagnostic, medical and surgical devices, agreed to buy Gen- Probe Inc. (GPRO) for about $ 3.7 billion in cash to expand its tests for sexually transmitted diseases. Gen-Probe investors will receive $ 82.75 a share, the companies said in a statement today. That’s about 20 percent above San Diego-based [...]
Released: 4/25/2012 12:35 PM EDTSource: McMaster University Researchers discover resistance in freshwater systems throughout Ontario Newswise — Hamilton, On (April 25, 2012) – The author Dr. Seuss may have been on to something when he imagined that microscopic communities could live and flourish on small specs of dust, barely visible to the naked eye. In [...]