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Public Release: 17-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingClimate change leads to pollution of indigenous people's water supplies Indigenous people around the world are among the most vulnerable to climate change and are increasingly susceptible to the pathogen loads found in potable water after heavy rainfall or rapid snow melt. Contact: Michael Adams
Public Release: 16-Feb-2012
UGA animal vaccine may slow deadly spread of Chagas disease Chagas disease is the single most common cause of congestive heart failure and sudden death in the world. The devastating parasitic infection affects millions of people throughout Central and South America. But as global travel increases, it's becoming a greater threat in the United States and Europe as well. 
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Rick Tarleton
Public Release: 16-Feb-2012
 American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneNew model accurately predicts who will develop deadly form of dengue fever Researchers have developed the first accurate predictive model to differentiate between dengue fever and its more severe form, dengue hemorrhagic fever.
NIH/Clinical Proteomics Center, NHLBI Proteomics Center, Military Infectious Diseases Research Program, NIH/National Center for Research Resources, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Contact: Olivia Goodman
Public Release: 16-Feb-2012
Gates Foundation awards grant to tackle malaria Can an innovative wallpaper-like liner help reduce the number of cases of malaria, and if so, will it be cost effective? Donald S. Shepard, a professor at the Schneider Institutes for Health Policy at the Heller School wants to know. And he has gotten the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help. A grant, totaling nearly $500,000 over the next three years, will allow Shepard and collaborators to pursue their research in Kenya and Tanzania.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Contact: Susan Chaityn Lebovits
Public Release: 16-Feb-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceNew ability to regrow blood vessels holds promise for treatment of heart disease University of Texas at Austin researchers have demonstrated a new and more effective method for regrowing blood vessels in the heart and limbs -- a research advancement that could have major implications for how we treat heart disease, the leading cause of death in the Western world. Contact: Melissa Mixon
Public Release: 16-Feb-2012
Agriculture EconomicsStudy simulates effects of foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Mexico In a worst-case scenario simulation of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Mexico, researchers found that establishing a good surveillance system and raising a more resilient breed of cattle could lessen the blow to the Mexican cattle industry should an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease or other infectious disease occur. Contact: Debra Levey Larson
Public Release: 16-Feb-2012
British Medical JournalInternational ranking for infant mortality flawed: Canadian study The ranking of the US and Canada in international child health indexes would dramatically improve if measurements were standardized, according to a new study by researchers at four Canadian universities and the Public Health Agency of Canada. The study shows the surveys on perinatal, infant and child mortality rates conducted by the United Nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development are biased because many countries fail to register all babies, especially those born very small or too early.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Contact: Katherine Came
Public Release: 16-Feb-2012
ImmunityCircadian clock governs highs and lows of immune response It's been said that timing is everything, and that may be particularly true when it comes to the ability to fight off disease. New research published by Cell Press in the February issue of the journal Immunity shows that the success of host immune defense depends in part on an organism's "body clock." The study may lead to therapeutic strategies designed to optimize the immune response and to protect patients at the time when they are most vulnerable. Contact: Elisabeth (Lisa) Lyons
Public Release: 15-Feb-2012
Canada Excellence Research Chairs SummitUniversity of Alberta researcher to announce 'signifcant step' towards Hep C vaccine A University of Alberta researcher and Canada Excellence Research Chair in Virology has made the discovery of a vaccine that will potentially help combat hepatitis C. Michael Houghton, who led the team that discovered the hepatitis C virus in 1989, announced his findings at the Canada Excellence Research Chairs Summit in Vancouver this afternoon.
Canada Excellence Research Chairs
Contact: Jamie Hanlon
Public Release: 15-Feb-2012
Contributions to diagnosis, treatment of tropical diseases recognized Biochemist Pablo Sobrado of Virginia Tech has been awarded Costa Rica's 2011 National Technology Prize for "significant contribution to the diagnosis and treatment of infectious and tropical diseases."
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Lindsay Key
Public Release: 14-Feb-2012
PLOS ONEDiabetes risk factors in young Sri Lankans much higher than previously thought Scientists at King's College London and the National Diabetes Center have found evidence of a high number of risk factors for type II diabetes among the young urban population in Sri Lanka. The study is the first large-scale investigation into diabetes risk among children and young people in South Asia, and provides further evidence that the region is rapidly becoming a hotspot in the growing international diabetes epidemic.
International Diabetes Federation, Diabetes Association of Sri Lanka; Lilly Diabetes
Contact: Katherine Barnes
Public Release: 14-Feb-2012
Journal of Cell ScienceMalaria parasite goes bananas before sex: New study New research from the University of Melbourne shows how the malaria parasite changes into a banana shape before sexual reproduction, a finding that could provide targets for vaccine or drug development and may explain how the parasite evades the human immune system.
NHMRC, ARC
Contact: Nerissa Hannink
Public Release: 14-Feb-2012
Environmental HealthStudy quantifies impact of unsafe water and poor sanitation on child and maternal mortality The impact of unsafe water and sanitation on the death rates of children under five and of mothers in the year after childbirth has been quantified for the first time by Canadian-based researchers with the United Nations University and McMaster University. They related data on mortality and access to safe water and adequate sanitation across 193 countries. Contact: Terry Collins
Public Release: 14-Feb-2012
Microbial Cell FactoriesTrojan horse bacteria use nanobodies to conquer sleeping sickness Sleeping sickness, caused by the trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei, is transmitted to humans (and animals) via the bite of the tsetse fly. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Microbial Cell Factories uses a bacteria, which naturally lives in the fly, to release nanobodies (antibody fragments) against the trypanosome. These antibodies, which bind to the surface of the parasite, are the first stage in producing targeted nanobodies which could kill, or block, trypanosome development. Contact: Dr Hilary Glover
Public Release: 9-Feb-2012
UofL receives Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges TB biomarkers grant The University of Louisville has been awarded its first Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant, $576,800 over two years to pursue an innovative research project to identify and validate tuberculosis biomarkers, titled "Disposable Sampling Plate and Breath Test to Identify Patients with Active Tuberculosis."
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Contact: Jill Scoggins
Public Release: 9-Feb-2012
The Forsyth Institute receives Grand Challenges tuberculosis biomarkers grant The Forsyth Institute announced today that it will receive a tuberculosis biomarkers grant through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health program, an initiative which seeks to overcome persistent bottlenecks in creating new tools that can radically improve health in the developing world.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Contact: Jennifer Kelly
Public Release: 9-Feb-2012
PLOS PathogensSeizures in patients with pork tapeworm caused by Substance P A neuropeptide called Substance P is the cause of seizures in patients with brains infected by the pork tapeworm, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers. Contact: Dipali Pathak
Public Release: 9-Feb-2012
PLOS ONEUltrasound study provides first direct evidence of effect of malaria on fetal growth A study of almost 3,800 pregnancies has provided the most accurate and direct evidence to date that malaria infection reduces early fetal growth. Low birth weight is the most important risk factor for neonatal mortality in developing countries. The research, carried out on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, highlights the importance of preventing malaria in pregnancy.
Wellcome Trust
Contact: Craig Brierley
Public Release: 9-Feb-2012
Innovators funded to develop bold, out-of-the-box ideas to save lives in developing countries Grand Challenges Canada announces 15 grants valued in total at more than $1.5 million to support bold, out-of-the-box ideas from some of Canada's most creative innovators to improve global health conditions. Contact: Lyn Whitham
Public Release: 7-Feb-2012
CellTreatment for tuberculosis can be guided by patients' genetics Determining TB treatment based on a patient's sequence at gene called LTA4H could improve outcomes. This gene controls the balance between pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory substances produced during an infection. Mutations leading to a tilt in either direction increases TB severity. Drugs helpful for a hot responder could be ineffective for cool responders.
National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society, Mallinckrodt Scholar Award, educational ministry of Spain, Northwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense & Emerging Infections
Contact: Leila Gray
Public Release: 7-Feb-2012
PLOS MedicineMore focus on men needed in HIV prevention Edward Mills of the University of Ottawa, Canada and colleagues argue in this week's PLoS Medicine that the HIV/AIDS response in Africa needs a more balanced approach to gender, so that both men and women are involved in HIV treatment and prevention. Contact: Clare Weaver
Public Release: 6-Feb-2012
PLOS ONEDomestic cats, and wild bobcats and pumas, living in same area have same diseases The joint National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Program funded the study. Scientists at Colorado State University and other institutions conducted the research. It provides evidence that domestic cats and wild cats that share the same outdoor areas in urban environments also can share diseases such as Bartonellosis and Toxoplasmosis. Both can be spread from cats to people.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 6-Feb-2012
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyStudy shows electron-beam irradiation reduces virus-related health risk in lettuce, spinach The recent study by scientists from the National Center for Electron Beam Research (Texas A&M University) and other entities has quantified the theoretical health-risk reduction from virus-related food-borne illness through the use of electron-beam irradiation. Contact: Dr. Suresh Pillai
Public Release: 3-Feb-2012
Schooling protects fleeing children from disease Refugee children have scant access to medical care and are particularly vulnerable to disease. Fresh research results from the University of Copenhagen show that just a few hours of schooling a week may have a pronounced positive impact on their health not only in childhood but later in life when they achieve adulthood. Contact: Associate Professor Tania Drębel
Public Release: 2-Feb-2012
Diabetic MedicineDiabetes rates vary widely in developing countries, 1 in 10 cases untreated Rates of diabetes vary widely across developing countries worldwide, according to a new analysis led by Dr. Longjian Liu of Drexel University's School of Public Health. Worldwide, four in five people with diabetes now live in developing countries. Liu's study found that access to healthcare support for diabetes varied widely in developing countries, and that one in 10 diagnosed cases remain untreated. The study is available online and will appear in the journal Diabetic Medicine. Contact: Rachel Ewing
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