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Heart attack damage slashed with micro particle therapy

Written by | 27 Jan 2014

First therapy to target damage after heart attack could transform field.  After a heart attack, much of the damage to the heart muscle is caused by inflammatory cells… read more.

MRSA strain gained dominance with help from skin bacteria

Written by | 2 Jan 2014

Scientists believe they have an explanation for how the most common strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) rapidly rose to prominence.

ESOT 2013 Report – Managing infectious complications in transplant recipients

Written by | 22 Oct 2013

Invasive microbial infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in organ transplantation patients. The satellite symposia sponsored by Astellas Pharma at ESOT 2013 discussed the challenge… read more.

Test to predict death risk from C. difficile

Written by | 1 Aug 2013

Accurate, robust and simple method of identification has potential benefits to patients, hospitals and health services around the world.

Erasmus virus treated by altering lung cells

Written by | 24 May 2013

Erasmus virus resets cells’ genes and causes breathing distress and kidney failure.  A new virus that causes severe breathing distress and kidney failure elicits a distinctive airway cell… read more.

Immune cells engineered in lab to resist HIV infection, Stanford study shows

Written by | 24 Jan 2013

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found a novel way to engineer key cells of the immune system so they remain resistant to infection with… read more.

ASH 2012 Report – New research helps predict susceptibility to Burkitt lymphoma

Written by | 21 Dec 2012

New research, presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Haematology (ASH), has identified important associations between Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria and endemic Burkitt Lymphoma (eBL) that… read more.

ITS 2012 Report – Nutrition and gut immunity – Are we eating the enemy?

Written by | 5 Oct 2012

by Maria Dalby – It is possible to modulate the body’s immune system by altering the gut microbiota, simply by changing the diet.

Discovery could help to develop drugs for organ transplant and cancer patients

Written by | 23 Apr 2012

Loyola researchers are reporting surprising findings about a molecule that helps ramp up the immune system in some cases and suppress it in others.  The finding eventually could… read more.

ESOT 2011 Report – Preventing infections through Virology screening

Written by | 12 Jan 2012

Cristina Baleriola, from NSW, Australia presented data on the important factor of screening donors for infection. The expansion of the donor pool leads to utilisation of donors with risk… read more.

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