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Virulence factor of the influenza A virus mapped in real-time

22-May-2019 - The influenza A viruses, which have instigated deadly pandemics in the past, still remain a major global public health problem until today. Molecules known as virulence factors are produced by bacteria, viruses, and fungi to help them to infect host cells. One of virulence factors found in the ...

atomic force microscopy hemagglutinin influenza +3
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First use of vasoprotective antibody in cardiogenic shock

21-May-2019 - Scientists at the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) have started a study to find out whether a monoclonal antibody restoring vascular integrity is safe and has positive effects on organ functions of patients with cardiogenic shock. The multicenter trial is sponsored by the ...

Adrecizumab adrenomedullin antibodies +2
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Early Dengue Virus Infection could “defuse” Zika Virus

20-May-2019 - The Zika virus outbreak in Latin America has affected over 60 million people up to now. The infection can have potentially fatal consequences for pregnant women and their unborn children: many children have subsequently been born with malformations of the head, or so-called microcephaly. A ...

dengue fever microcephaly Zika virus
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Cancer drugs promote stem cell properties of colorectal cancer

20-May-2019 - Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and the Mannheim University Medical Center have now discovered that a certain group of cancer drugs (MEK Inhibitors) activates the cancer-promoting Wnt signalling pathway in colorectal cancer cells. This ...

cancer colorectal cancer stem cells
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Over-fed bacteria make people sick

17-May-2019 - Since the end of the Second World War, along with the growing prosperity and the associated changes in lifestyle, numerous new and civilisation-related disease patterns have developed in today's industrialised nations. Examples of the so-called "environmental diseases" are different bowel ...

bacteria microbiomes
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Ragweed compounds could protect nerve cells from Alzheimer's

17-May-2019 - As spring arrives in the northern hemisphere, many people are cursing ragweed, a primary culprit in seasonal allergies. But scientists might have discovered a promising new use for some substances produced by the pesky weed. In ACS' Journal of Natural Products, researchers have identified and ...

Alzheimer's disease Ambrosia artemisiifolia
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What artificial intelligence can teach us about proteins

16-May-2019 - Proteins are vital parts of all living organisms and perform essential tasks in our bodies. They build and repair tissues, supply components of the immune and hormone systems, regulate metabolism, and transmit signals. Researchers in Berlin and Heidelberg have now developed an intelligent neural ...

artificial intelligence neural networks protein analysis +1
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Important host protein revealed for measles, mumps, and HRSV infections

16-May-2019 - One approach in developing new medicines to treat virus infections is to search for components of the host cell which viruses require to enter the cell and replicate. In an international research collaboration, scientists at the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut discovered that ABCE1, a member of the ABC ...

measles mumps respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) +2
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Common diarrhoea pathogen unknown to many people

15-May-2019 - Salmonella, genetically modified foods and microplastics in food head the awareness scale of health and consumer topics in Germany. Despite this, more than three quarters of Germans regard food as safe. This is the result of the latest Consumer Monitor - a representative population survey carried ...

antimicrobial resistance bacterial diarrhoea Campylobacter +6
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Therapy Optimisation by Analysing the Genome

15-May-2019 - The University Hospital Bonn plans to have a stronger focus on pharmacogenetics – thus emphasising the influence of genetic characteristics on the effect of medications. This idea embodies the approach for personalised medicine. To integrate extensive pharmacogenetic analysis into the clinical ...

personalized medicine pharmacogenetics