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No link between viral infections during infancy and wheezing in childhood

May 24, 2012
The number of viral infections during infancy is not associated with wheezing later in childhood, according to a new study from researchers in the Netherlands. While viral illnesses with wheezing in infancy predicted wheezing later in childhood, this association was due in part to decreased neonatal lung function.

Viral infections in infancy are not associated with wheezing symptoms in later childhood

May 23, 2012
ATS 2012, SAN FRANCISCO The number of viral infections during infancy is not associated with wheezing later in childhood, according to a new study from researchers in the Netherlands. While viral illnesses with wheezing in infancy predicted wheezing later in childhood, this association was due in part to decreased ...

Viral infections in infancy are not associated with wheezing symptoms in later childhood

May 23, 2012
(American Thoracic Society) The number of viral infections during infancy is not associated with wheezing later in childhood, according to a new study from researchers in the Netherlands. While viral illnesses with wheezing in infancy predicted wheezing later in childhood, this association was due in part to decreased neonatal lung ...

Type of viral infection of eye associated with disease causing blindness in the elderly

May 21, 2012
ATLANTA A team of researchers, including a scientist from the Viral Immunology Center at Georgia State University, have found that a type of herpesvirus infection of the eye is associated with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease that causes blindness in the elderly. The scientists ...

Type of viral infection of eye associated with disease causing blindness in the elderly

May 21, 2012
(Georgia State University) A team of researchers, including a scientist from the Viral Immunology Center at Georgia State University, have found that a type of herpesvirus infection of the eye is associated with neovascular age-related macular degeneration, a disease that causes blindness in the elderly.

Focusing On New Directions Of Viral Hepatitis Care And Research

May 17, 2012
The editors of Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute, are pleased to announce the publication of this year's highly anticipated special 13th issue. Published each May, the 13th issue is devoted to a particular gastroenterological topic of broad interest; this year's topic is viral hepatitis. ...

New directions and challenges in viral hepatitis care and research

May 16, 2012
The editors of Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute, are pleased to announce the publication of this year's highly anticipated special 13th issue. Published each May, the 13th issue is devoted to a particular gastroenterological topic of broad interest; this year's topic is viral hepatitis.

Gastroenterology special issue focuses on new directions of viral hepatitis care and research

May 15, 2012
The editors of Gastroenterology , the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute, are pleased to announce the publication of this year's highly anticipated special 13th issue. Published each May, the 13th issue is devoted to a particular gastroenterological topic of broad interest; this year's topic is ...

Gastroenterology special issue focuses on new directions of viral hepatitis care and research

May 15, 2012
(American Gastroenterological Association) The editors of Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association Institute, are pleased to announce the publication of this year's highly anticipated special 13th issue. Published each May, the 13th issue is devoted to a particular gastroenterological topic of broad interest; this year's topic is ...

Scientists Discover ‘Switch’ To Boost Anti-Viral Response To Fight Infectious Diseases

May 14, 2012
Singapore scientists from Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) under the Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have for the first time, identified the molecular 'switch' that directly triggers the body's first line of defence against pathogens, more accurately known as the body's "innate immunity". The scientists found that this 'switch' ...

A*STAR scientists discover ‘switch’ to boost anti-viral response to fight infectious diseases

May 11, 2012
Singapore scientists from Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) under the Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have for the first time, identified the molecular 'switch' that directly triggers the body's first line of defence against pathogens, more accurately known as the body's "innate immunity". The scientists found that this 'switch' ...

Identifying A Molecular-Based Treatment For A Viral Skin Cancer

May 11, 2012
Four years after they discovered the viral roots of a rare skin cancer, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and the School of Medicine have now identified a molecule activated by this virus that, in animal studies, could be targeted to selectively kill the tumor cells. The ...