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Pathogenesis

Is Nitric Oxide a Foe or a Friend to Bacteria?

Current research suggests that nitric oxide may play a role in the pathogenesis of neonatal meningitis. The related report by Mittal et al., "Inhibition of inducible nitric oxide controls pathogen load and brain damage by enhancing phagocytosis of Escherichia coli K1 in ...More
February 24, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Medical Imaging May Help Researchers Understand the Pathogenesis of H1N1 Virus

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that imaging can now be used as a tool for identifying severe cases of H1N1 and may play a key role in understanding the pathogenesis of the virus, possibly leading to earlier diagnoses of severe cases in the ...More
October 13, 2009
Posted in News
Light, Photosynthesis Help Bacteria Invade Fresh Produce

Exposure to light and possibly photosynthesis itself could be helping disease-causing bacteria to be internalized by lettuce leaves, making them impervious to washing, according to research published in the October issue of the journal Applied and Environmental ...More
September 28, 2009
Posted in News
Study Links Selection for Pathogen Resistance with Increased Risk for Inflammatory Disease

New research reveals that a simple laboratory assay detects a genetic variation in host response to bacterial infection that is associated with an increased susceptibility for inflammatory disease. The study, published by Cell Press online on Aug. 6 in the American Journal ...More
August 7, 2009
Posted in News
Structures from Immune System’s Oldest Branch Shed Light on a Range of Diseases

How molecules of the oldest branch of the human immune system have interconnected has remained a mystery. Now, two new structures, both involving a central component of an enzyme important to the complement system of the immune response, reveal how this system fights ...More
June 17, 2009
Posted in News
Scientists Discover How Smallpox May Derail Human Immune System

University of Florida (UF) researchers have learned more about how smallpox conducts its deadly business — discoveries that may reveal as much about the human immune system as they do about one of the world's most feared pathogens.In findings to be published this week ...More
May 11, 2009
Posted in News