Myxobacteria review
Excerpt from a book review of Myxobacteria: Genomics, Cellular and Molecular Biology"authored by renowned scientists from the international myxo community ... questions and problems are discussed with the necessary scientific depth and quality . Each of the twelve chapters includes an extensive bibliography ... impressive and detailed book ... fun to read this excellent and comprehensive book. It is a must for any advanced undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and experienced scientists who comes into contact during his work with myxobacteria ... the editors and authors have thoroughly c...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - October 21, 2014 Category: Microbiology Source Type: blogs
Experimental Drug Shown to Be Effective in Marburg Virus Disease Similar to Ebola
Reports published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine have shown that an experimental drug being manufactured by Tekmira pharmaceuticals was very effective in halting the disease process of the Marburg virus in monkeys.
Marburg virus is an RNA virus very similar to Ebola that causes a hemorrhagic illness that is almost always fatal. Thomas W. Geisbert and colleagues have shown that a drug using RNA interference was able to save all monkeys infected with Marburg virus while none of the monkeys who did not receive the drug survived.
The post Experimental Drug Shown to Be Effective in Marburg Virus Disease Sim...
Source: Inside Surgery - August 20, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Infectious Disease Medical News Wire Ebola experimental drug filovirus Marburg RNA interference tekmira Thomas Geisbert Source Type: blogs
Ebola and Marburg Viruses: Molecular and Cellular Biology
Ebola and Marburg Viruses: Molecular and Cellular Biology Publisher: Horizon Bioscience Editor: Hans-Dieter Klenk and Heinz Feldmann ISBN: 978-1-904933-49-6 (ebook) ebook Ebola and Marburg viruses cause severe haemorrhagic fevers. Much research has been performed in recent years on the molecular and genetic properties of these viruses and in particular has focused on molecular structure, replication and virus-host interactions. This book presents a comprehensive review of research on these highly virulent viruses. Topics covered include the genomics and molecular biology of filoviruses, pathogenesis, replication, epidemio...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - August 19, 2014 Category: Microbiology Source Type: blogs
Ebola book
An ebook version of Ebola and Marburg Viruses (Eds: Hans-Dieter Klenk and Heinz Feldmann) is now available for instant download Click here (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.)
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - August 19, 2014 Category: Microbiology Source Type: blogs
Ebola virus
An ebook version of Ebola and Marburg Viruses (Eds: Hans-Dieter Klenk and Heinz Feldmann) is now available for instant download Ebola and Marburg Viruses: Molecular and Cellular Biology Editor: Hans-Dieter Klenk and Heinz Feldmann (Institute for Virology, Marburg and Canadian Science Centre, Winnipeg) Publication date: January 2004 Ebook: Only GBP 9.99 Pages: x + 370 Download now Ebola and Marburg viruses cause severe haemorrhagic fevers. Much research has been performed in recent years on the molecular and genetic properties of these viruses and in particular has focused on molecular structure, replication and virus-ho...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - August 11, 2014 Category: Microbiology Source Type: blogs
Can Gingko and Turmeric Help Stop Ebola?
Summary
There is no known pharmaceutical currently available that specifically treats Ebola disease.
One treatment modality that should be considered is the use of herbal medicines, which have both centuries old anecdotal success as well as recent modern biochemical and formal research rationales for their use.
Five areas of action that could be addressed by the herbal medicines as it relates to Ebola would be:
VP24/immune system evasion
GP protein/replicatio;
herbal strategies effective against similar hemorrhagic disease
beneficial modulation of patient immune and inflammatory response systems
prophylactic use for heal...
Source: Inside Surgery - August 1, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Infectious Disease ayurvedic baicalen cathepsin b dengue Ebola gingko herb Quercetin resveratrol rosemary sage st johns work turmeric Source Type: blogs
No Treatment or Vaccine for Ebola, but a $1000 Pill for Hepatitis C
The Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa continues to grow, and now appears to be the worst known epidemic of that disease to date. In the US and Western Europe, press reports are now raising concerns that the disease could spread there. For example, CNN, in an article entitled "Ebola Fears Hits Close to Home," was a section headed "Could Ebola spread to the US?" An ABC article was entitled, "How the US Government Could Evacuate Americans with Ebola."Reasons for fear of spread are the increased mobility of people made possible by air travel, and the lack of specificity of early symptoms of Ebola, so infectious p...
Source: Health Care Renewal - July 31, 2014 Category: Health Management Tags: Ebola virus economism hepatitis C neoliberalism pharmaceuticals Sovaldi Source Type: blogs
Cold-Adapted Microorganisms review
Excerpt from a book review of Cold-Adapted Microorganisms"carefully edited and with an extensive bibliography ... a wealth of interesting findings and a very good access to the primary literature " from Erhard Bremer (Marburg, Germany) writing in BIOspektrum (2014) 20: 256-357. read more ...Cold-Adapted MicroorganismsEdited by: Isao YumotoCaister Academic PressHardback: ISBN 978-1-908230-26-3 £159, $319. Ebook: ISBN 978-1-908230-90-4 £159, $319Covers the major aspects of biodiversity in cold ecosystems, the physiology and molecular adaptation mechanisms, and the various biomolecules related to cold adapta...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - May 19, 2014 Category: Microbiology Source Type: blogs
TWiV 283: No Reston for the weary
On episode #283 of the science show This Week in Virology, Jens Kuhn speaks with the TWiV team about filoviruses, including the recent Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea.
You can find TWiV #283 at www.twiv.tv. (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - May 4, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology BSL-4 ebola virus ebolavirus emerging infection filovirus Guinea marburg virus NEIDL outbreak Reston virus viral Zaire virus Source Type: blogs
A Five-Dimensional View of Pain | Pain Research Forum
Leaders of a major effort to systematically classify all common chronic pain conditions expect to have the first stage completed by mid-July 2014. The Pain Taxonomy, a project of the ACTTION public-private partnership, and the American Pain Society is one of two independent initiatives launched last spring to fill a widely perceived need for an updated evidence-based approach to improve diagnosis, treatment, and research of chronic pain (seePRF related news story). Key issues and decisions of the initial consensus meeting held in May 2013 are summed up in the March 2014 issue of The Journal of Pain. The paper also des...
Source: Psychology of Pain - April 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs
Bacterial Membranes review
Excerpt from a book review of Bacterial Membranes: Structural and Molecular Biology"I found this excellently written and carefully edited collection invaluable. I highly recommend this book to anyone especially advanced students and experienced scientists ... The book will not become out-of-date quickly ... Editors and authors have combined effort and diligence to describe the current state of research of a complex issue coherently and for a wide readership." from Erhard Bremer (Marburg) writing in BioSpektrum (2014) 20: 243. read more ...Bacterial Membranes: Structural and Molecular BiologyEdited by: Han Remaut and R&eacu...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - April 4, 2014 Category: Microbiology Source Type: blogs
Influenza A viruses in bats
It is well known that aquatic birds are a major reservoir of influenza A viruses, and that pandemic human influenza virus strains of the past century derive viral genes from this pool. The recent discovery of two new influenza A viruses in bats suggests that this species may constitute another reservoir with even greater genetic diversity.
A new influenza virus had previously been isolated from little yellow-shouldered bats (Sturnira lilium) in Guatemala. Three of 316 rectal swabs were positive when tested by a pan-influenza polymerase chain reaction assay. Viral sequences were also detected in liver, intestine, lung, an...
Source: virology blog - November 13, 2013 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information Artibeus planirostris bat genetic diversity influenza virus pandemic Sturnira lilium viral zoonosis Source Type: blogs
Deadly MERS Virus Discovered in Egyptian Tomb Bat in Saudi Arabia
The deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus has been discovered in an Egyptian Tomb Bat in Saudi Arabia. Experts have been trying to track the source of the mysterious MERS outbreak since it was first discovered in September 2012. 70 of the nearly 100 cases have been in Saudi Arabia. The novel coronavirus has killed 47 people so far.
Over a six-week period during field expeditions in October 2012 and April 2013, the researchers collected more than 1,000 samples from seven bat species in regions where cases of MERS were identified. Analysis was performed using polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing. One ...
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - August 22, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: bats mers Source Type: blogs
Organizing principles: Classifying pain for healthcare, research | Pain Research Forum
Where does it hurt? How bad does it hurt? Why does it hurt? The many inconsistent and inadequate ways of sorting chronic pain by anatomy, severity, and associated medical conditions are impeding the health and well-being of patients, optimal medical care, and treatment advances, say pain experts who are calling for a change. This spring, two major efforts are taking shape to fill a widely perceived need for standardized worldwide diagnostic criteria to classify all chronic pain conditions (Finnerup et al., 2013; IOM, 2011; Rief et al., 2012; Rief et al., 2010; von Hehn et al., 2012)....
Source: Psychology of Pain - May 17, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs
Two-Component Systems in Bacteria review
Excerpt from a book review of Two-Component Systems in Bacteria:"The literature on this area of research is remarkable and confusing for the non-specialist. This volume edited by Roy Gross and Dagmar Beier is a clear landmark. A top-class science, international team of authors presents in 18 chapters the latest developments in the field of two-component regulatory systems, from genetics through the biochemistry and cell biology to structural biology. I have read with great profit the excellently written and carefully edited contributions. I recommend this book to every student and senior scientist who is inte...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - April 12, 2013 Category: Microbiology Tags: Microbiology Book Reviews Bacteriology Book Reviews Molecular Biology Book Reviews Environmental Microbiology Book Reviews Bacterial Regulation Publications Source Type: blogs
