Persistent bacterial infection exploits killing machinery of immune cells

harminka — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:48:12 -0600

A new study reveals an important and newly discovered pathway used by disease-causing bacteria to evade the host immune system and survive and grow within the very cells meant to destroy them. This discovery may lead to new treatments and vaccines for tuberculosis (TB) and certain other chronic bacterial and parasitic infections.

Poor Americans suffer hidden burden of parasitic, other neglected diseases

harminka — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:00:13 -0600

Large numbers of the poorest Americans living in the United States are suffering from some of the same parasitic infections that affect the poor in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, says the Editor-in-Chief of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.