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Case Study: Molecular Planning, Anti-Angiogenic Therapy, Low-Dose-Rate Radiation Instrumental in Retreating Brain Tumor Therapy targets radiation-resistant glioma stem cells

By |2017-11-27T21:22:17+00:00November 27th, 2017|

In 2007, a 32-year-old woman presented at a large university medical center following a seizure and was diagnosed with anaplastic oligodendroglioma, a relatively uncommon brain tumor. A case study documents how a team of physicians ultimately used molecular-based planning, nuanced radiation delivery and anti-angiogenic therapy to restore the patient’s speech and mobility after she sought [...]

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The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic in Washington ‘Inevitably a Strain Will Emerge That Is as Infectious and Deadly as the 1918 Variety

By |2017-11-27T21:17:15+00:00November 27th, 2017|

A Dearth of Data For several reasons, tracking the progress of the pandemic in the state in 1918 with much accuracy was impossible. First, influenza was not a disease that had to be reported to state health authorities, at least not during its most virulent phase in the fall of 1918. Voluntary reporting was extremely [...]

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The elusive 1918 flu virus: Bracing for the return of another pandemic

By |2017-11-27T20:53:29+00:00November 27th, 2017|

The deadly flu pandemic had its mild beginnings a century ago. It started like any common flu, in the spring of 1918, affecting American soldiers in the army camp of Fort Riley, Kansas. Many recovered and death rates were low. Nonetheless, as the season waned, and as soldiers (mobilised for World War I) marched to [...]

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Plague entomological and rodent surveillance in West and Northeast of Iran

By |2017-11-27T20:43:22+00:00November 27th, 2017|

Abstract The present study was performed to assess the infection of rodent reservoirs and their fleas to plaque agent (Yersinia pestis) in Kurdistan and North Khorasan respectively as active endemic and inactive nonendemic foci in the country. Live traps were used to collect rodents in spring and summer 2015. Totally, 109 rodents were trapped. Rodents [...]

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The anti-vaccine movement’s influence may be waning But there are still pockets of alarmingly high vaccine refusal rates.

By |2017-11-27T20:39:43+00:00November 27th, 2017|

Health researchers have been convinced the anti-vaccine movement is gaining traction in America. Earlier this year, Minnesota battled its largest measles outbreak in nearly 30 years — an outbreak sparked entirely by vaccine deniers. That scare was followed by a study in the prestigious medical journal JAMA showing large measles outbreaks have been on the rise in America recently, fueled by [...]

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Beyond the Dirty Dozen: A Proposed Methodology for Assessing Future Bioweapon Threats

By |2017-11-27T20:34:04+00:00November 27th, 2017|

ABSTRACT Background: Defense policy planners and countermeasure developers are often faced with vexing problems involving the prioritization of resources and efforts. This is especially true in the area of Biodefense, where each new emerging infectious disease outbreak brings with it questions regarding the causative agent’s potential for weaponization. Recent experience with West Nile Virus, Severe [...]

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Pollution is killing millions of people a year and the world is reaching ‘crisis point’, experts warn

By |2017-11-27T20:27:58+00:00November 27th, 2017|

Pollution is killing 50,000 people a year in the UK, according to a damning new report, which lays bare the toxic danger posed by contaminated air and water. The problem is responsible for more deaths in Britain than almost all of its Western European neighbours, the study says, and suggests a higher death toll in the [...]

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Measles outbreak in UK: Here are possible treatments of the disease

By |2017-11-27T20:19:47+00:00November 27th, 2017|

The UK doctors have warned the residents about the recent outbreak of measles in the country, which is a viral infection of the respiratory system and contagious in nature. The Health service is on high alert, as the disease has spread throughout Leeds and Liverpool. Original Title: 4424-measles-single particle According to Manchester Evening [...]

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Scientists Have Created a Synthetic Molecule That Could Be The Key to Ending Antibiotic Resistance

By |2017-11-27T20:06:00+00:00November 27th, 2017|

Antibiotic resistance in bacteria, which includes both common bugs and so-called superbugs, is a serious and globally recognized problem. In fact, the United Nations elevated the issue to a crisis level almost a year ago now, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated that it's rapidly worsening. There are a multitude of possible responses to antibiotic resistance, [...]

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Antibiotics resistance: researchers succeed to block genes of resistance

By |2017-11-27T20:01:09+00:00November 27th, 2017|

Antibiotics are commonly used around the world to cure diseases caused by bacteria. But as the World Health Organization and other international bodies have pointed out, the global increase of antibiotic resistance is a rapidly worsening problem. And since antibiotics are also an essential part of modern medicine, as prophylactic treatment during surgeries and cancer [...]

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