Sentences with phrase «infection of a new host»

Cysts can be shed with the feces to continue E. histolytica «s lifecycle through the infection of a new host.

Not exact matches

The discovery of the master gene that sends them into action promises a host of new treatments for infections, cancer and other diseases.

Although doctors officially have recorded only seven cases of new human infections in North America, a new study found that five of 13 kissing bugs collected from California and Arizona had bitten a human host — and many of the bugs they collected were infected with Chagas.

Nonetheless, if a small number of inactive chlamydia cells passed from groom to bride, the infection could have became active in its new host.

«Metabolomics provides new opportunities and a powerful approach to investigate potential viral, host, pathogenic and immunological determinants of dengue infection and pathogenesis,» explains Dr. Barry Beaty, from the Colorado State University.

The effort to identify new ways of fighting infections has taken a step forward now that scientists have identified a key protein involved in the host's response to strep infections.

In the future, these findings may form the basis for the development of new methods for treating viral infections, as the majority of all virus faces a similar challenge, namely to have to selectively replicate its own genetic material in competition with the genetic material of the host cell.

«This improved understanding of the host response to HCV infection, and the HCV entry process, will provide new direction for the development of therapeutic treatments to either heighten this natural response, or generate mimics to target the virus specifically.»

The results of this original study are highly relevant to other human diseases that dependent on genome instability, such as fungal infection or cancer, and open new venues for anti-leishmanial drug discovery using host - directed strategies that target the parasite's metabolic dependence on the host cell, thus preventing the adaptive evolution of drug resistant parasites.

A new study from the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Wash., for example, finds that during Salmonella infection the pathogen may use fucose to fortify itself and find its way through a host's body

IDMIT will contribute 1) To the development and validation of assays based on flow cytometry and mass cytometry for the evaluation of immune responses in humans and animal models; these tools will be particularly relevant for the identification of signatures of vaccine efficacy; 2) To the animal model platform, in particularly by providing access to NHP models and to new technologies for in vivo imaging infections and host responses; 3) To networking activities, in particular by organising a workshop on in vivo imaging.

Genomic data about individuals and groups might be consulted during disease outbreaks, in planning for public health programs, or in developing new or assessing existing public health policies; for instance, where are the hotspots for infection (and are these associated with specific pathogen or host genomics), where should vaccines be deployed most urgently, which therapies should be offered to which genomic populations, and where should treatment programs, isolation policies or public health control programs be implemented to halt the spread of infections?

The scientific work at the HZI Department of Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology includes the elucidation of mechanisms of host responses to infection and vaccination, discovering new mucosal adjuvants, and developing and validating vaccines against specific infectious diseases.

New research from La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology lays the groundwork to parse how the virus interacts with its host and causes disease by pinpointing CD8 + T cells, a subset of T cells more commonly known as cytotoxic or killer T cells, as important gatekeepers that control Zika infection or limit the severity of disease.

PET / SPECT imaging modalities provide a new opportunity to study in real - time the pathophysiology of pathogen infection, resulting from pathogen replication, dissemination, and the host response to infection.

Developing a focus on the sick child, which has provided a new understanding of how different bacterial, parasitic and viral infections interact with host factors such as nutrition and genetic factors.

To better understand UTIs and potentially offer new therapeutic strategies, a team of researchers analyzed 43 strains of E. coli sampled from 14 women with recurrent UTIs, and found that infection depends on both individual host susceptibility and how the bacteria express their genes.

In the span of only a few days, I received Mondo's first board game, a clever riff on John Carpenter's «The Thing» called Infection at Outpost 31, saw a Facebook ad for a screening of the 35 - year - old film hosted by the Chicago Film Critics Association, and read about a new Arrow Blu - ray release of the film coming in November.

Plague Inc: Evolved will have a host of new features including cooperative and competitive gameplay modes, 3D graphics, a database of new stats and graphs to assist in your next infection, and custom content creator for custom scenarios.

With more CD4 + cells at the scene of the infection, there are more cells for HIV to target, increasing its chance of successfully infecting a new host.