Blood Weekly articles from October 2004

Blood Weekly archives from October 2004

Bacterial resistance increased from 1998 to 2002 in hospital in Slovakia.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bacterial resistance increased from 1998 to 2002 in a hospital in Slovakia. According investigators in Slovakia, "The purpose of this study was to analyze the resistance during the period of...

Mutation identified as molecular basis of congenital coagulation FXII deficiency.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel mutation is identified as a molecular basis of congenital coagulation Factor XII deficiency. According to a study from Japan, the "factor XII (FXII) gene of a patient with congenital FXII...

GATA-1 controls neurokinin-B synthesis in erythroid cells.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GATA-1 controls neurokinin-B synthesis in erythroid cells. According to a study from the United States, "The GATA family of transcription factors establishes genetic networks that control...

Donor cell CD26 expression negatively regulates homing and engraftment.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Donor cell CD26 expression negatively regulates homing and engraftment. "Hematopoietic stem cell homing and engraftment are crucial to transplantation efficiency, and clinical engraftment is...

Novel culture system improves quality of neotissues.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel culture system improves the quality of neotissues. According to published research from the United States, "Cell constructs and culture systems are essential components of tissue...

S- but not R-enantiomers of flurbiprofen and ibuprofen are neuroprotective.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- S- but not R-enantiomers of flurbiprofen and ibuprofen are neuroprotective. According to recent research from Canada, "The protective effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in...

Combination may provide a potential treatment of arterial thrombotic disorders.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cilostazol and dipyridamole synergistically inhibit human platelet aggregation Scientists in the United States report, "It has been previously shown that cilostazol (Pletal(R)), a drug for relief of...

aPT IgG is a significant marker for deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A high prevalence of anti-prothrombin antibody has been reported in patients with deep vein thrombosis. According to published research from Japan, "...[Our] study was designed to determine the...

Streptococcolytic enzyme zoocin A is a penicillin-binding protein.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Streptococcolytic enzyme zoocin A is a penicillin-binding protein. "Zoocin A is a streptococcolytic enzyme produced by Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus 4881 that has an unknown site of...

Novel antifungal protein from gold kiwi fruit active against Fusarium oxysporum.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel antifungal protein from the gold kiwi fruit is active against Fusarium oxysporum. "An antifungal protein designated actinchinin, with an N-terminal sequence different from that of the...

Novel podophyllotoxin derivatives have anti-HIV activity.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novel podophyllotoxin derivatives have anti-HIV activity. According to recent research from the United States, "A series of novel podophyllotoxin derivatives containing structural modifications at...

Recommendations made for two versus three drugs for postexposure HIV prophylaxis.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recommendations are made for two versus three drugs for postexposure HIV prophylaxis. "Thousands of health care workers are potentially exposed to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) each year via...

Smaller driver for artificial heart licensed by cardiac device company.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SynCardia Systems, Inc., a privately held developer of biomechanical cardiac replacement and mechanical circulatory support devices, has licensed a new smaller driver for its CardioWest Total Artificial...

Vascular grafting is effective in revascularization.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Both native and synthetic vascular grafts can be used for revascularization procedures. "Performed since the 1950s, vascular grafting has opened modern era of vascular surgery," investigators in...

Listeria monocytogenes composed of at least three evolutionary lineages.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Listeria monocytogenes is composed of at least three evolutionary lineages. According to published research from the United States, "Listeria monocytogenes is a serious food-borne pathogen that can...

Multidrug-resistant S. enterica serovar Typhimurium found in shellfish in Spain.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium was found in shellfish off the coast of Spain. "Twenty-three Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates from marine environments...

L. monocytogenes in biofilms controlled by competitive-exclusion microorganisms.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Listeria monocytogenes in biofilms are controlled by competitive-exclusion microorganisms. "Biofilms from drains in food processing facilities with a recent history of no detectable Listeria...

Community MSRA isolates in Australia belong to five CHEF electrophoretic patterns.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Australia belong to five contour-clamped homogeneous electric field electrophoretic patterns. According to a study from Australia,...

MRSA strains susceptible to aminoglycosides genotyped.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MRSA strains susceptible to aminoglycosides were genotyped. According to a study from France, "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) susceptible strains to aminoglycosides (AS-MRSA)...

astA gene transposed into prophage of S. enterica serovar abortusovis.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Heat-stabile toxin astA gene was transposed into the prophage of Salmonella enterica serovar abortusovis. "The horizontal transfer and acquisition of virulence genes via mobile genetic elements...

Germ study suggests bloodletting may work.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Could that ancient practice of bleeding patients really have done some good? A scientist says new research on how germs thrive in the body suggests it just may have - for some people. Bacteria need...

New York blood center sought donations during national preparedness month.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New York Blood Center supported the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies and national organizations during the proclaimed National Preparedness Month. "In current times,...

Phase II clinical trial for Hemospan initiated.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sangart, Inc., announced the initiation of a phase II clinical trial involving Hemospan (MP4), a hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier designed to serve as an alternative for blood transfusions. This...

National Marrow Donor Program adds three new cord blood member banks.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) has added three new cord blood member banks, increasing the number of units on its public cord blood Registry by more than 20%. Now listed on the NMDP...

Company focuses on regenerative medicine, sells blood conservation technology.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gary Tureski, president and cofounder of Harvest Technologies Corp., discussed the recent sale of the assets of Harvest's blood conservation technologies to Haemonetics Corp., Braintree, Massachusetts....

Afraid that cancer will return, doctors treat "cure" like a four-letter word.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- There wasn't any doubt 6 years ago that Doug Jensen had cancer. The Oregon engineer's blood was clogged with the immature cells that are sure signs of leukemia. Treatment with a new wonder drug,...

Dendritic cell-based immunotherapy for cancer reviewed.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review dendritic cell-based immunotherapy for cancer in a recent issue of Transfusion Medicine Reviews. According to recent research from the United States, "The encouraging results...

No evidence reported for phospholipase D activation by GI or IPC.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research, there is no evidence for a role of phospholipase D in the release of choline in the isolated heart, an indicator of ischemic phospholipid degradation and its protection by...

Structure of clotting described in new study.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Integrins are like intelligent adhesives: proteins that penetrate cell membranes, they not only help cells to stick together but are also vital in the communication of information between the insides...

Phase 2 protocals submitted to U.S. FDA for clinical trials of synthetic blood.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Synthetic Blood International, Inc. (SYBD), has submitted the first of a series of phase 2 clinical trial protocols for Oxycyte to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Oxycyte is the...

Strong association of ARK5 with tumor invasion and metastasis.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- There is a strong association of ARK5 with tumor invasion and metastasis. According to a study from Japan, "We recently identified a novel human AMPK family member, ARK5, and discovered that is a...

Kiwifruit and aspirin have similar effects for heart health, study shows.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- If you've been taking aspirin daily to improve heart health, you'll be interested to know about a much tastier way to get the same effects. Eat 2 to 3 kiwifruit a day. Recent research conducted by...

Oral surgeon warns: Herbals, surgery, and anesthesia don't always mix.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The woman who swears by gingko biloba wonders why her mouth won't stop bleeding after wisdom tooth surgery. What she doesn't know is that the herbal remedy she takes religiously to enhance mental...

PX3.102 appears to diminish chronic airway allograft rejection.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PX3.102 appears to diminish chronic airway allograft rejection. According to a study from the United States, "More effective immunosuppressants are needed to improve lung-transplantation survival....

CD4+ and CD8+ are altered in dogs with congestive heart failure.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lymphocyte subpopulations and hematologic variables in dogs with congestive heart failure According to a study from the United States, "Alterations in lymphocyte subpopulations and in other...

Knowledge of components of remodeling provide potential therapeutic targets.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent report discusses early left ventricular remodeling following acute coronary syndromes. According to the report from France, "Ventricular remodeling following acute coronary syndromes is...

Defective CD34+ progenitors compromise myelodysplastic syndrome therapy.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Defective CD34+ progenitors compromise myelodysplastic syndrome therapy. "The in vivo effect of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo) and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) combined...

RNA interference may protect humans from vector-borne infections.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- RNA interference may protect humans from vector-borne infections. According to a study from the United States, "diseases caused by arthropod-borne viruses are significant public health problems, and...

Minimal residual disease assessment predicts survival and relapse in AML.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Minimal residual disease assessment predicts survival and relapse in acute myeloid leukemia. "Outgrowth of minimal residual disease (MRD) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is responsible for the...

Platelet function can predict heart damage in acute MI patients, study shows.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It was concluded in a study published in the medical journal Circulation by the American Heart Association that information regarding platelet function obtained with the PFA-100 analyzer may help in the...

Zinc deficiency impairs immune function and resistance to infection.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Zinc deficiency impairs immune function and resistance to infection. "Zinc is an essential micronutrient for human growth, development, and immune function. Zinc deficiency impairs overall immune...

Aprotinin injection during artery bypass graft surgery may reduce risk of stroke.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Trasylol (aprotinin injection) therapy is associated with a 47% relative risk reduction for stroke in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, according to a study published in...

Cultivation of fetal human hepatocytes attempted in microfluidic environment.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cultivation of fetal human hepatocytes was attempted in a microfluidic environment. "Various types of bioreactors composed of microstructured PDMS (Polydimethylsiloxane) layers have recently been...

Noncommitted neuroectodermal SCs integrate into brain during tissue genesis.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Noncommitted neuroectodermal stem cells integrate into the brain during or at the time of tissue genesis. "NE-4C, one-cell derived neuroectodermal stem cells expressing a reporter gene-green...

Src family of tyrosine kinases important for embryonic stem cell self-renewal.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Src family of tyrosine kinases is important for embryonic stem cell self-renewal. "cYes, a member of the Src family of non-receptor tyrosine kinases, is highly expressed in mouse and human...

Enteroviral meningitis outbreak in France is caused by human echovirus 30.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An enteroviral meningitis outbreak in France is caused by human echovirus 30. According to recent research from France, "Enteroviruses (EVs) are responsible for an array of clinical diseases...

Enterovirus 71 strain causes neurological disease after oral infection.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Enterovirus 71 strain causes neurological disease after oral infection. "A mouse-adapted enterovirus 71 (EV71) strain with increased virulence in mice, MP4, was generated after four serial passages...

Company successfully completes phase IV study of Fabrazyme.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genzyme Corp. (GENZ) announced that it has successfully completed its principal phase IV study of Fabrazyme (agalsidase beta) and performed a preliminary analysis of the results. Completing this...

PCR identifies enterotoxigenic S. aureus strains from food poisoning outbreaks.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A PCR assay identifies enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus strains from food poisoning outbreaks. "Three food poisoning restaurant outbreaks due to Staphylococcus aureus, occurring during...

Consistency of treatment for external genital warts is variable in the U.K.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The consistency of treatment for external genital warts is variable in the United Kingdom. According to recent research from the United States, "Our objective was to identify patterns of treatment...

Antiretroviral therapy is safe for women with HCV infection.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antiretroviral therapy is safe for women with HCV infection. "To characterize longitudinal hepatic toxicity of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected women with and without hepatitis C virus (HCV)...

Factors associated with short delay between initial HIV test and AIDS elucidated.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The factors associated with the short delay between initial HIV test and an AIDS-defining event were elucidated. According to a study from France, "A diagnosis of AIDS shortly after the detection...

HIV testing rate among African Americans not increasing due to low awareness.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The HIV testing rate among African Americans is not increasing because of a low level of awareness. According to investigators in the United States, "HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects the...

Unsafe health care fuels HIV epidemics in Africa.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Unsafe health care fuels HIV epidemics in Africa. "Current reconsideration of the contributions of various modes of transmission to HIV epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa has important implications...

Normal CD4 and CD8 values established in healthy Chinese adults from Shanghai.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Normal CD4 and CD8 lymphocyte values were established in healthy Chinese adults from Shanghai. "The aim of this study was to establish reference ranges for lymphocyte subsets in Chinese adults,"...

Bivalent miniproteins enhanced anti-HIV activity over monovalent miniproteins.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bivalent miniproteins show enhanced anti-HIV activity over monovalent miniproteins. According to a study from the United States, "HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein gp120 is displayed as a trimeric complex...

HIV-1 nef effects on CD4 expression/infectivity are independent of rafts.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV-1 nef effects on CD4 expression and infectivity are independent of rafts. According to published research from France, "The HIV-1 Nef protein is a critical virulence factor that exerts multiple...

HIV-specific CTL cultures + IL-7 and IL-15 does not improve cell growth/function.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV-specific cytotoxic T cell cultures with added interleukin 7 and interleukin 15 does not improve cell growth or function. According to recent research from the United States, "The ability to...

Ligands for ICOS potentially suppress HIV-1 replication mainly at entry stages.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ligands for ICOS potentially suppress HIV-1 replication mainly at the entry stages. According to recent research from Japan, "We investigated the effects of signaling through CD28 family molecules...

Low-level HIV replication in glial cells associated with p55 alterations.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low-level HIV replication in glial cells is associated with alterations in p55 processing. According to recent research published in the journal Virology, "We report a novel long-lived infection...

Polyanions are able to modulate HIV-1 pathogenesis.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Polyanions are able to modulate HIV-1 pathogenesis. "Polyanions are potent HIV-1 entry inhibitors. Nevertheless, resistant viruses may emerge under polyanion inhibitory pressure. Specifically, a...

Presence of functional vif influences HIV-1 infectivity and disease.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The presence of functional vif influences HIV-1 infectivity and disease. According to research published in the journal Microbes and Infection, Scientists "analyzed the function of human...

RT residue 215 active in resistance of multidrug-resistant HIV containing i69SS.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- RT residue 215 is active in the resistance of multidrug-resistant HIV containing i69SS. "A two-serine insertion at position 69 (i69SS) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse...

Simple model simulates cellular changes in T cells following HIV-1 infection.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A simple model simulates cellular changes in T cells following HIV-1 infection. "A new mathematical model is presented to simulate various changes of cell pools in the T cell immune system with...

Trim5 alpha protein restricts HIV-1 and murine leukemia virus.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Trim5 alpha protein restricts HIV-1 and murine leukemia virus. "Replication of HIV-1 and N-tropic murine leukemia virus (N-MLV) is restricted in a number of different primate cells. In some cell...

Vif expression controlled to be low and optimal by proteasome degradation.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vif expression is controlled to be low and optimal by proteasome degradation. According to recent research published in the journal Microbes and Infection, "While the Vif protein of human...

Efavirenz discontinuation associated with multiple factors.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Efavirenz discontinuation is associated with multiple factors. According to recent research from France, "Efavirenz (EFV) is a potent antiretroviral drug; its use may be limited, however, by...

Improved procedures produce good yields of HIV-1 integrase inhibitors.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Improved procedures produce good yields of HIV-1 integrase inhibitors. "A simple and efficient oxalylation of aryl methyl ketones was accomplished with dimethyl oxalate in the presence of sodium...

HIV-related sexual dysfunction in women mainly driven by psychological factors.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV-related sexual dysfunction in women is mainly driven by psychological factors. According to a study from Belgium, "Little is known about female sexual dysfunction (FSD) among HIV-positive women....

OI prophylaxis reduces drug-related toxicity and pharmaceutical interactions.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prophylaxis of HIV-related opportunistic infections reduces drug-related toxicity and pharmaceutical interactions. According to researchers in France, "Remarkable progress has been made in...

gp120 and NRTIs cause sensory neuron apoptosis through activation of JNK pathway.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- gp120 and nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors cause sensory neuron apoptosis through the activation of the JNK pathway. "Peripheral neuropathy is the most common neurological symptom in...

Epigallocatechin-3-gallate interrupts leukemia cell survival signals.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epigallocatechin-3-gallate interrupts leukemia cell survival signals. According to researchers in the United States, "we recently reported that chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells synthesize...

Institutional transfusion programs have socioeconomic significance.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Indications for blood transfusion during orthopedic surgery were the focus of a recent report. According to a study from Germany, "Ageing of the population increases the number of large orthopedic...

RHD 1227A is a genetic marker for people with the rare variant RhDel.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- RHD 1227A is a genetic marker for people with the rare variant RhDel. "Approximately 30% of apparently Rh- Taiwanese people actually were RhDel, a rare variant of the Rh system that might carry a...

Thrombopoietin gene alterations may cause familial thrombocytosis.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thrombopoietin gene alterations may cause familial thrombocytosis. "Familial thrombocytosis (FT) is an inherited disorder with clinical presentations similar to essential thrombocytosis (ET). in...

CCR5-Delta32 and CCR2-V641 polymorphisms not related to HCV infection response.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CCR5-Delta32 and CCR2-V641 polymorphisms are not related to HCV infection response. Chemokine-chemokine receptor interactions are clearly "important in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. ...

Reference laboratory network selects hepatitis C virus genotyping reagents.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Third Wave Technologies Inc. (TWTI) announced that TriCore Reference Laboratories, a laboratory network in the Southwest, has adopted Third Wave's Invader hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotyping reagents....

Non-sexual household exposures spawn hepatitis C virus clusters in Pakistan.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Non-sexual household exposures spawn hepatitis C virus clusters in Pakistan. According to recent research from Pakistan, "transmission rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection through non-sexual...

HGV transmitted efficiently via the sexual route.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis G virus is transmitted efficiently via the sexual route. According to a study from Lebanon, "The importance of sexual transmission in the epidemiology of hepatitis G virus (HGV) and...

HVS Orf51 protein has role in viral pathogenicity/persistence/cell tropism.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Herpesvirus saimiri Orf51 protein has a role in viral pathogenicity, persistence, and cell tropism. "Herpesvirus saimiri (HVS) is a gamma(2)-herpesvirus sharing genomic colinearity and a high...

Post-transcriptional regulator of KSHV controls gene expression through IRES.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A posttranscriptional regulator of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus controls gene expression through the internal ribosome-entry site. According to recent research from Japan, "Kaposi's...

Jak3 evaluations will shed new light on human immune system disorders.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Jak3 evaluations will shed new light on human immune system disorders. "The discovery that Jak3 mutations are a significant cause of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), a rare inherited defect...

Immunokinetics in severe pneumonia due to influenza virus/bacteria coinfection.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunokinetics in severe pneumonia is a result of influenza virus/bacteria coinfection. According to recent research from Japan, "Coinfections of bacteria and influenza are a major cause of...

Novel HIV glucosidase inhibitors developed with computer-aided technology.
October 7, 2004... 2004 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novel HIV glucosidase inhibitors were developed with computer-aided technology. "Since the onset of the AIDS epidemic, some 20 million people have died and the estimate is that today close to 40...