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Auto-Immune Disease Myasthenia Gravis: The Viral Route Is Confirmed

(Medical News Today) Why would our immune system turn against our own cells? This is the question that the combined Inserm/CNRS/ Pierre and Marie Curie University/Association Institut de Myologie have strived to answer in their “Therapies for diseases of striated muscle”, concentrating in particular on the auto-immune disease known as myasthenia gravis. Through the project  Read More »

Norovirus Outbreak Hits Illinois Prison

At least 140 inmates at an Illinois prison were sickened with Norovirus infections this week, according to local news reports. The outbreak struck inmates at the The Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, IL, a maximum security facility for men. The first victims fell ill Christmas Day, according to local news station CBS 2. “The Department  Read More »

Penn team developing new class of malaria drugs using essential calcium enzyme

(EurekAlert) Calpain, a calcium-regulated enzyme, is essential to a host of cellular processes, but can cause severe problems in its overactivated state. It has been implicated as a factor in muscular dystrophy, AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and cancer. As such, finding and exploiting calpain inhibitors is an important area of research. A team from  Read More »

States Show Improvements but Remain Unprepared for Public-Health … – TIME

TIMEStates Show Improvements but Remain Unprepared for Public-Health …TIME11 attacks in 2001 and the anthrax attacks soon after spurred a renewed commitment to enhance public-health services to respond to potential threats such as bioterrorism events and natural disasters that can trigger disease outbreaks. Government health …As others see it: Get better prepared for emergenciesWorthington Daily  Read More »

Scientists sequence genome of pathogen responsible for pneumocystis pneumonia

(EurekAlert) Scientists have sequenced the genome of the fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii, an advancement that could help identify new targets for drugs to treat and prevent Pneumocystis pneumonia, a common and often deadly infection in immunocompromised patients. The study will be published on December 26, 2012 in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society  Read More »

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