Items tagged with infection

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First Man To Be Infected By Computer Virus Friday, May 28th, 2010 - 09:38:47 - Anuradha Menon Dr Mark Gasson programmed the microchip, similar to those used to "tag" pets, to remotely open his lab's security doors and unlock his mobile phone... read more

Smallpox Linked To Spread Of HIV Infection Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 - 10:21:15 - Anuradha Menon Experts say the vaccine used to wipe out smallpox offered some protection against the Aids virus and, now it is no longer used, HIV has flourished... read more

At Front Lines, AIDS War Is Falling Apart Monday, May 10th, 2010 - 18:07:16 - Anuradha Menon On the grounds of Uganda’s biggest AIDS clinic, Dinavance Kamukama sits under a tree and weeps. Her disease is probably quite advanced: her kidneys... read more

HIV Vaccine Secret Found In Elite Controller Saturday, May 8th, 2010 - 10:35:25 - Anuradha Menon Harvard/MIT researchers appear to have solved one of the great mysteries of HIV -- and may at last be on track to develop an effective AIDS vaccine... read more

Blood Counts Are Clues To Human Disease Monday, October 12th, 2009 - 19:37:33 - Ehud Rattner A new genome-wide association study published October 11 in Nature Genetics begins to uncover the basis of genetic variations in eight blood... read more

Pensioner Grows New Skull Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 - 18:07:21 - Anuradha Menon Gordon Moore, 72, had worn a metal plate to protect his brain for more than 50 years after he was involved in a car crash. But when surgeons removed... read more

Botnet May Have Infected Half of Fortune 100 Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 - 12:02:20 - Ehud Rattner Last week Canadian security vendor Defence Intelligence reported that half the Fortune 100 companies have been compromised by a botnet they dubbed... read more

Vaccine Could Prevent HIV Infection Saturday, September 26th, 2009 - 10:13:20 - Anuradha Menon The first vaccine to show any sign of preventing the spread of HIV has provided the most encouragement since the 1990s in the three-decades quest to... read more

Aids Vaccine Found to Cut Risk of Infection Thursday, September 24th, 2009 - 16:36:56 - Anuradha Menon An experimental vaccine designed to combat HIV has shown the first signs of protection against the virus. The vaccine, which was being used in a... read more

Malaria Vaccine Holds Out Eradication Hope Monday, August 17th, 2009 - 00:00:00 - Ehud Rattner A vaccine that targets the malaria parasite at a vulnerable point in its development could form part of a strategy to eradicate the disease. Unlike... read more

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