http://www.huliq.com/tags/infections The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.huliq.com/11/83884/study-reveals-role-cell-receptors-infectious-viruses New research from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia sheds light on the role of cell receptors in acting as gatekeepers for infectious viruses. By using mice genetically engineered to lack a particular receptor in heart and pancreas cells, the study team prevented infection by a common virus that causes potentially serious diseases in humans. http://www.huliq.com/11/83884/study-reveals-role-cell-receptors-infectious-viruses#comments Health cellular receptors infections Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:46:35 -0500 harminka 83884 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/83784/breast-cancer-drug-may-prevent-infections An FDA-approved drug used for preventing recurrence of breast cancer shows promise in fighting life-threatening fungal infections common in immune-compromised patients, such as infants born prematurely and patients with cancer. Some scientists suspected that tamoxifen has antifungal properties; now new research from the University of Rochester Medical Center shows that it actually kills fungus cells and stops them from causing disease. http://www.huliq.com/11/83784/breast-cancer-drug-may-prevent-infections#comments Health breast cancer breast cancer drugs infections Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:35:58 -0500 harminka 83784 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/77370/new-approaches-prevent-transplant-rejection To prevent the rejection of newly transplanted organs and cells, patients must take medicines that weaken their entire immune systems. Such potentially life-saving treatments can, paradoxically, leave those receiving them susceptible to life-threatening infections. http://www.huliq.com/11/77370/new-approaches-prevent-transplant-rejection#comments Health infections transplant rejection Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:41:01 -0600 harminka 77370 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/77006/isu-researchers-develop-technique-quick-detection-salmonella In the hours following an outbreak of salmonella, there are many questions. And answers can be hard to find. http://www.huliq.com/11/77006/isu-researchers-develop-technique-quick-detection-salmonella#comments Science bacterias infections Salmonella Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:51:48 -0600 harminka 77006 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/75602/new-bartonella-species-infects-humans Researchers at North Carolina State University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have produced the first link between a species of bacteria most commonly found in sheep and human illness. http://www.huliq.com/11/75602/new-bartonella-species-infects-humans#comments Health bacteria human disease infections Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:09:42 -0600 harminka 75602 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/75487/uncultured-bacteria-found-amniotic-fluids-women-who-experience-preterm-births Researchers from Case Western Reserve University and Yale University have made a significant advancement in understanding the cause behind why some pregnant women suffer from inflammations in the inner womb without any signs of an infection. http://www.huliq.com/11/75487/uncultured-bacteria-found-amniotic-fluids-women-who-experience-preterm-births#comments Health infections Pregnant women women's health Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:12:44 -0600 harminka 75487 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/75350/mrsa-pre-screening-effective-reducing-otolaryngic-surgical-infection-rates Pre-operative screening of patients for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may be an effective way to reduce infection rates following otolaryngic surgeries, according to new research published in the January 2009 issue of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. http://www.huliq.com/11/75350/mrsa-pre-screening-effective-reducing-otolaryngic-surgical-infection-rates#comments Health infections methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:50:13 -0600 harminka 75350 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/74497/charting-hivs-rapidly-changing-journey-body HIV is so deadly largely because it evolves so rapidly. With a single virus as the origin of an infection, most patients will quickly come to harbor thousands of different versions of HIV, all a little bit different and all competing with one another to most efficiently infect that person's cells. http://www.huliq.com/11/74497/charting-hivs-rapidly-changing-journey-body#comments Science HIV infections virus Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:21:24 -0600 harminka 74497 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/74484/manipulating-salmonella-spaceflight-curtails-infectiousness Infectious pathogens like Salmonella typhimurium employ a startling array of techniques to skillfully outwit the body's defense mechanisms and produce illness. Through their expression of genes—the fundamental building blocks of cellular physiology—such microbes ingeniously adapt to varied environments, modifying their disease-causing potential or virulence. http://www.huliq.com/11/74484/manipulating-salmonella-spaceflight-curtails-infectiousness#comments Health infections Salmonella Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:54:56 -0600 harminka 74484 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/74414/toothbrushing-can-prevent-hospital-borne-pneumonia Hospital-borne infections are a serious risk of a long-term hospital stay, and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), a lung infection that develops in about 15% of all people who are ventilated, is among the most dangerous. http://www.huliq.com/11/74414/toothbrushing-can-prevent-hospital-borne-pneumonia#comments Health hospital infections infections pneumonia Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:11:39 -0600 harminka 74414 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/74252/characteristics-hospitals-low-rates-surgical-site-infections New research published in the December issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) suggests that surgical procedures that are shorter in duration and the use of fewer blood transfusions characterize hospitals that have a lower incidence of surgical site infections (SSI). http://www.huliq.com/11/74252/characteristics-hospitals-low-rates-surgical-site-infections#comments Health Blood Transfusions hospital infection infections Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:16:55 -0600 harminka 74252 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/72335/reducing-epidemic-proportions Hospitals are supposed to be havens for healing, but the numbers tell a different story. Too many people are infected by illnesses they acquire after they’ve been admitted, and hospital-related infections continue to be the number-two killer of hospitalized Americans after heart disease. http://www.huliq.com/11/72335/reducing-epidemic-proportions#comments Health epidemy hospital infection infections Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:15:48 -0600 harminka 72335 at http://www.huliq.com