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Programmed Cell Death Activates Latent Herpesviruses
WASHINGTON, DC – September 5, 2013 – Researchers have found that apoptosis, a natural process of programmed cell death, can reactivate latent herpesviruses in the dying cell. The results of their research, which could have broad clinical significance since many cancer chemotherapies cause apoptosis, was published ahead of print in the Journal of Virology.
Pain-Free Microneedle Influenza Vaccine is Effective, Long-lasting
WASHINGTON, DC – September 4, 2013 -- Scientists have developed an influenza vaccine delivered via microneedle patch that provided 100 percent protection against a lethal influenza virus in mice more than one year after vaccination. They report their findings in the September 2013 issue of the journal Clinical and Vaccine Immunology.
Protein Predicts Breast Cancer Prognosis
WASHINGTON, DC – August 29, 2013 -- Researchers have identified a protein that they believe may help predict breast cancer prognosis, potentially relieving thousands of women at low risk from having to undergo painful, oft-debilitating therapies, while insuring the most successful treatments for those at high risk. The research was published ahead of print in the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology.
Commentary Explores FDA Reboot: What Brought it on, What’s Being Done
WASHINGTON, DC – August 29, 2013 -- The increasing public health threat posed by continuing rise of antibiotic resistance combined with inadequate development of new antibiotics is largely the fault of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) according to a commentary published ahead of print in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. But fortunately, write the authors, the agency now understands the problem and is working to address it.
Percentage of Cancers Linked to Viruses Potentially Overestimated
WASHINGTON, DC – August 5, 2013 -- The results of a large-scale analysis of the association between DNA viruses and human malignancies suggest that many of the most common cancers are not associated with DNA viruses. The findings, published in the August 2013 issue of the Journal of Virology, challenge earlier studies suggesting as high as 40 percent of tumors are caused by viruses.