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• CFIDS Association of America Expresses Concerns About UK XMRV Replication Study

  
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  CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The CFIDS Association of America issued the following statement in response to a study published in today’s edition of PLoS One that failed to de
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• Scientist Smackdown: Is a Virus Really the Cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

  
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  An estimated three in 1,000 people suffers from the mysterious affliction chronic fatigue syndrome. Those people were probably enthusiastic in October when a team of U.S. medical researchers released a study arguing that not only is the syndrome real (some doctors dismissed it as purely psychological “yuppie ...
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• Lack of vaccinations may hurt ‘herd immunity’

  
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  USA Today ’s Liz Szabo writes about experts’ fears that unvaccinated children will lead to outbreaks of some infectious diseases. Experts say that parents may be reducing children’s “herd immunity” – keeping germs out of circulation by vaccinating kids. As an example, Szabo tells the story of one ...
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• Cold Spring Harbor Protocols Features Analysis Of Microbes, Immune Response

  
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  Metagenomics, the study of DNA isolated from samples of naturally occurring microbial populations, is rapidly growing. Improvements to cloning and sequencing techniques are allowing researchers to study microorganisms in environmental samples, and new knowledge of species interactions and community dynamics is ...
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• Sharing hospital room ups risk of infection

  
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  Washington, Jan 6 (ANI): Sharing a hospital room with another person can increase your risk of getting an infection during the stay, a new study shows.The Queen’s University study led by infectious diseases expert Dr. Dick Zoutman says the chance of acquiring serious infections like C. difficile (Clostridium ...
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• Infectious Diseases of the Fetus and the Newborn Infant by Jack S. Remington, Carol Baker, Jerome O. Klein, Christopher B. Wilson

  
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  Infectious Diseases of the Fetus and the Newborn Infant | Saunders | English | 2005-09-02 | ISBN: 0721605370 | 1328 pages | PDF | 149 MB Written and edited by the leading authorities in the field, the revised 6th edition of this authoritative reference provides the most up to date and complete guidance on infectious ...
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• Study into Rev protein which helps in the spread of the virus

  
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  ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Professor Denis Archambault of the Department of Biological Sciences of Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), and doctoral student Andrea Corredor Gomez have made a major discovery in the field of molecular biology. They have unlocked some of the secrets of a viral protein, known ...
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• Outbreak Investigations Around the World: Case Studies in Infectious Disease Field Epidemiology [Book and Media Reviews]

  
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• The Fatal Strain: On the Trail of Avian Flu and the Coming Pandemic [Book and Media Reviews]

  
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• Typhoid Fever in the United States and Antibiotic Choice--Reply [Letters]

  
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• Typhoid Fever in the United States and Antibiotic Choice [Letters]

  
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• Update: A 39-Year-Old Man With a Skin Infection [Clinical Crossroads Update]

  
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• McDonnell Foundation Announces 2009 Grants for the 21st Century Science Initiative Awards

  
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  ST. LOUIS, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Officers of the James S. McDonnell Foundation (http://www.jsmf.org) today announced more than $14 million in grants in their ongoing program,
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• TCG Lifesciences, Pfizer sign drug research deal

  
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  Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) Contract drug research firm TCG Lifesciences Tuesday said it has tied up with pharmaceutical major Pfizer to develop a portfolio of drug molecules.The two-and-a-half-year deal would involve Pfizer pumping in funds for the project, according to TCG managing director Swapan Bhattacharya.However, ...
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• A Single Atom Controls Motility Required For Bacterial Infection

  
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  Bacteria can swim, propelling themselves through fluids using a whip-like extension called a flaggella. They can also walk, strolling along solid surfaces using little fibrous legs called pili. It is this motility that enable some pathogenic bacteria to establish the infections - such as meningitis - that cause their ...
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• Infection after surgery leaves 7 blind in Khon Kaen

  
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  Infection after surgery leaves 7 blind in Khon KaenUp to seven patients have lost sight in one eye while two have been left completely blind after undergoing cataract surgery at the Khon Kaen Hospital. Some 25 patients underwent cataract surgery in the hospital between December 14 and 16.Soon after the surgery was ...
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• Cancer Plague Decimating Tasmanian Devils May’ve Come From One Animal

  
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  The mysterious and deadly facial cancer that has sent populations of Tasmanian devils crashing now has a known source, according to findings published last week in the journal Science . The ailment originated in nerve cells of the devils themselves. A genetic analysis of tumors from Tasmanian devils widely ...
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• Deadly animal diseases poised to infect humans

  
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  Jeremy Laurance in the Independent (UK) summarizes some recent work on zoonotic diseases : The world is facing a growing threat from new diseases that are jumping the human-animal species barrier as a result of environmental disruption, global warming and the progressive urbanisation of the planet, scientists have ...
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• Survival of Children with HIV in the United States Has Improved Dramatically Since 1990s

  
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  The death rates of children with HIV have decreased ninefold since doctors started prescribing cocktails of antiretroviral drugs in the mid-1990s, concludes a large-scale study of the long-term...
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