Disease fears as Australian floods recede

Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.reutershealth.com)

"Australians mopping up flood-damaged homes north of Sydney on Tuesday faced disease from sewage-contaminated floodwaters, while around 1,000 people remained cut off by flooded rivers, said officials."

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Cytokines and interventional immunology

addict submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.nature.com)

Alterations in cytokine expression associated with inflammation have long been observed in individuals with immune-mediated disease. Clinical trials carried out almost a decade ago were the first to show that therapeutic manipulation of cytokines with monoclonal antibodies targeting tumour-necrosis factor could change the course of an autoimmune disease. With this finding, the modern era of interventional immunology emerged.

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Predictors of disease progression in HIV infection: a review

Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.aidsrestherapy.com)

"During the extended clinically latent period associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection the virus itself is far from latent. This phase of infection generally comes to an end with the development of symptomatic illness. Understanding the factors affecting disease progression can aid treatment commencement and therapeutic monitoring decisions. An example of this is the clear utility of CD4 count and HIV-RNA viral load for disease stage and progression assessment

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Consultative meeting to develop a strategy for treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Institute Pasteur, Paris. 13–15 June, 2006

crackpot submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.kinetoplastids.com)

"According to the experts from different endemic countries present, the financial and social burdens of CL are high, but they have limited quantitative data. The analysis of published trials indicates that the quality of most trials is poor and requires both improvement and standardization. The available drugs are inadequate. Criteria by which different CL types could be prioritized as target disease were set

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Thymus transplants gives hope to babies with fatal immune disease

fiona submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.biologynews.net)

"My baby is doing what other babies her age are doing -- she's feeding herself, putting on her own clothes and she loves to dance."

Lolita Harding is describing her daughter Dave'yana, who will turn three in September, thanks in large part to a thymus transplant she received at Duke University Medical Center in April 2005 to reconstitute her absent immune system. Dave'yana was the 31st baby to receive such a transplant at Duke to correct immune system deficiencies caused by a condition called DiGeorge anomaly. Duke is the only center in the world that performs the procedure.

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