The scientists identified several, including the investigational cancer drug BEZ235, which blocked a key metabolic pathway in flu -
infected human lung epithelial cells.
Not exact matches
Virologist Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin and University of Tokyo and his colleagues tested strains of H5N1 isolated from respiratory tissue in the noses, throats and
lungs of
infected humans.
«We compared the ability of RSV and parainfluenza virus (PIV3)-- another common virus in children that causes much less severe airway disease — to
infect and cause inflammatory responses in a cell culture model of
human epithelial cells, which compose the lining of the
lung airway.
He found that red ginseng extract improves the survival of
human lung epithelial cells
infected with influenza virus.
After nestling inside the
human lung, they can cause a severe infection that, if not treated with antibiotics, kills 90 % of those it
infects.
In a letter published in the cancer journal Annals of Oncology, researchers led by Professor Jean - Philippe Spano, head of the medical oncology department at Pitie - Salpetriere Hospital AP - HP in Paris, France, report that while treating an HIV -
infected lung cancer patient with the cancer drug nivolumab, they observed a «drastic and persistent decrease» in the reservoirs of cells in the body where the
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is able to hide away from attack by anti-retroviral therapy.
According to Earl Brown, professor of medicine at the University of Ottawa, the more limited ability of the avian flu virus to
infect cells in the
human airway thus also appears to be associated with infection of the deep areas of the
lung where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged.
A study from Dr. Dusty Miller's laboratory indicates that Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV)
infects both sheep and
human cells cultured outside the body and does so by attaching to a receptor on the surface of
lung cells.
Potential impact on
humans: Hookworms can
infect humans through the skin, causing itchy lesions and even
lung disease.