Sentences with phrase «invasive disease in»

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of invasive disease in infants, especially in low - income settings.

While generally harmless, it can cause an allergic reaction or chronic lung problems in some people and serious, invasive disease in vulnerable patients.

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In the Fresno experiment — the largest one of its kind in the US so far — the Debug Project is targeting the Aedes aegypti mosquito, an aggressive invasive species that can transmit nasty diseases like dengue, Zika, and chikungunyIn the Fresno experiment — the largest one of its kind in the US so far — the Debug Project is targeting the Aedes aegypti mosquito, an aggressive invasive species that can transmit nasty diseases like dengue, Zika, and chikungunyin the US so far — the Debug Project is targeting the Aedes aegypti mosquito, an aggressive invasive species that can transmit nasty diseases like dengue, Zika, and chikungunya.

AOECS has participated in several EU - funded research projects, looking into various aspects of coeliac disease such as the development of a less invasive diagnostic tool as well as evaluations of diagnosis guidelines for children.

It also suggests ways to defend Australian agriculture in the face of threats from invasive species and plant and animal diseases.

From the last study «The incidence of invasive early - onset GBS disease decreased by more than 80 % from 1.8 cases / 1000 live births in the early 1990s to 0.26 cases / 1000 live births in 2010; from 1994 to 2010 we estimate that over 70,000 cases of EOGBS invasive disease were prevented in the United States.»

According to infectious disease doctor and Lyme expert Benjamin Luft of Stony Brook University in New York, only certain strains of Northern Borrelia burgdorferi cause invasive Lyme disease, though it's accepted protocol to treat all Northern patients with antibiotics.

Dr Ford, from the University's Institute of Marine Sciences, said: «One of the main reasons why invasive species are successful is the escape from predators, parasites and disease in their native habitats.

This novel, less invasive way of detecting disease using light salient properties was employed for the first time in 1991 to identify a fingerprint for cancer in tissue by a team led by Robert Alfano, a Distinguished Professor of Science and Engineering at The City College of New York, and director of The Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL) of the City University of New York at City College.

Deep brain stimulation is used in Parkinson's disease to trigger brain cell activity and prevent the abnormal signalling that causes debilitating tremors, but placing the electrodes required is highly invasive.

Canadian entomologists have reported the first appearance of Aedes japonicus — an invasive, disease - carrying mosquito — in western Canada.

Even if this technique proves too invasive for routine use, it may inspire new, more precise drugs that affect only the neurons involved in a disease.

A team of researchers from Simon Fraser University and Culex Environmental, a Burnaby - based mosquito control company, are studying an invasive, disease - carrying mosquito, Aedes japonicus, after finding it for the first time in Western Canada.

The recent growth is driven, experts say, by aging populations and increased life expectancy in the developed world; combination products that couple a medical device with a drug, the device usually acting as a drug - delivery vehicle; miniaturization (via nanotechnology), making medical devices less invasive; and the use of molecular diagnostics to customize therapeutic regimens and to assess individual disease risk.

Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a serious disease of immune - compromised individuals and the most common invasive mold infection inInvasive aspergillosis (IA) is a serious disease of immune - compromised individuals and the most common invasive mold infection ininvasive mold infection in humans.

Synthetic incompatibility has applications in controlling or eradicating invasive species, crop pests and disease - carrying insects as well as preventing altered genes from escaping from genetically modified crops into other plant populations.

It also raises hope for using genetic engineering to control populations of invasive species or pests such as Asian carp in North America and disease - carrying mosquitoes throughout the world.

But cancer biologists and immunologists have begun to realize that the progression from diseased tissue to full - blown invasive cancer often requires cells that normally participate in healing cuts and scrapes to be diverted to the environs of the premalignant tissue, where they are hijacked to become co-conspirators that aid and abet carcinogenesis.

«This device represents our vision of having tiny devices that can be implanted in minimally invasive ways to modulate or stimulate the peripheral nervous system, which has been shown to be efficacious in treating a number of diseases.»

Neuroendoscopy is a minimally invasive neurosurgical procedure performed in select cases to correct hydrocephalus, remove tumors, treat vascular disease, and manage other disorders.

Vaccination with the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine - 7 [PCV7 — a vaccine that covers 7 strains (serotypes) of Streptococcus pneumoniae] is linked to overall decreases in the rate of serious infections caused by this bacterium, such as pneumonia and meningitis, referred to as invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD)-RSB-, but small increases in IPD caused by serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae not covered by the vaccine (referred to as non-vaccine type IPD), according to a study published in PLOS Medicine this week.

The study, titled: Effects of Vaccination on Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in South Africa, published in the latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), compares IPD incidence after the introduction of PCV (post-introduction: 2011 and 2012) to incidence prior to its introduction (2005 - 2008), focusing on high - risk groups.

The majority of resistant strains of pneumococcus are of types which are included in the vaccine, for this reason, vaccine introduction in South Africa, has led to a substantial decline in antibiotic resistant invasive pneumococcal disease,» said Dr Cheryl Cohen, co-author of the paper, Clinical Epidemiologist at the NICD and senior lecturer in the School of Public Health at Wits.

The drop in hormone use dates back to July 2002, when the Women's Health Initiative, a 15 - year study tracking the health of more than 160,000 women, abruptly ended its long - term study of estrogen - progestin hormone replacement therapy because women taking the drugs faced an elevated risk of invasive breast cancer and heart disease.

A minimally invasive procedure used to replace heart valves without open heart surgery appears to provide a durable remedy for people with a life - threatening form of heart disease in which the aortic valve opening narrows, diminishing blood flow.

Cancer cells are known to circulate throughout the body even in early stage invasive disease.

«These injectable 3D vaccines offer a minimally invasive and scalable way to deliver therapies that work by mimicking the body's own powerful immune - response in diseases that have previously been able to skirt immune detection.»

«Unlike in previous tests that require invasive procedures to produce a trigger, our studies show that the EN2 test immediately shows up and that levels of the protein correlate strongly with how far the disease has spread.

In their study, the researchers show that a probiotic strain of E. coli called Nissle 1917 utilizes microcins to inhibit the pathogen salmonella and an invasive form of E. coli (isolated from patients with inflammatory bowel disease).

Moreover, the gene expression responses in CD4 + T cells stimulated with WNV differed between individuals with previous asymptomatic infection and those who had neuro - invasive WNV disease.

In this study, they compare the immune responses in samples from 24 blood donors who had earlier asymptomatic infections (confirmed by laboratory tests) with those in blood samples from 16 individuals diagnosed with WNV infections that had caused neuro - invasive disease with neurologic symptoms including confusion, tremors, seizures, paralysis, and vision losIn this study, they compare the immune responses in samples from 24 blood donors who had earlier asymptomatic infections (confirmed by laboratory tests) with those in blood samples from 16 individuals diagnosed with WNV infections that had caused neuro - invasive disease with neurologic symptoms including confusion, tremors, seizures, paralysis, and vision losin samples from 24 blood donors who had earlier asymptomatic infections (confirmed by laboratory tests) with those in blood samples from 16 individuals diagnosed with WNV infections that had caused neuro - invasive disease with neurologic symptoms including confusion, tremors, seizures, paralysis, and vision losin blood samples from 16 individuals diagnosed with WNV infections that had caused neuro - invasive disease with neurologic symptoms including confusion, tremors, seizures, paralysis, and vision loss.

Spatial survival analysis has been widely applied in disease epidemiology but rarely applied to explore the spread of invasive alien species.

A Nature Genetics study from August 2008 found a link between Crohn's disease and a 20,000 base - pair deletion in a region upstream of a gene called IRGM, which is involved in fighting invasive bacteria.

Deakin University and UNSW Australia researchers have made a rare observation of rapid evolution in action in the wild, documenting the spread of a newly arisen genetic mutation in invasive starlings, which could shed light on mitochondrial disease in humans.

The major threats to its survival in the wild are habitat loss, invasive animals like pigs and rats, and diseases.

The ability to see a device's location is crucial for many applications in healthcare, as we move forwards with minimally invasive approaches to treating disease.»

Among mechanically ventilated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and metabolic alkalosis, administration of the respiratory stimulant acetazolamide did not significantly reduce the duration of invasive mechanical ventilation, according to a study in the February 2 issue of JAMA.

In this paper, Fox led a team that first conducted a large - scale literature search to identify all neurological and psychiatric diseases where improvement had been seen with both invasive and noninvasive brain stimulation.

«Additional recordings with FO electrodes in patients with Alzheimer's disease will help us develop better tools based on computerized analysis of EEG signals and possibly functional neuroimaging studies to ascertain how common silent seizures are in Alzheimer's disease without the need for the minimally invasive electrodes we used in these patients.»

In 2010 in a paper published inScience Translational Medicine, Lo's group showed that enough such fragments of fetal DNA are there to reconstruct the fetus's whole genome, and that it should be possible to use this DNA to test the unborn child for genetic diseases without exposing it to the risk of an invasive procedurIn 2010 in a paper published inScience Translational Medicine, Lo's group showed that enough such fragments of fetal DNA are there to reconstruct the fetus's whole genome, and that it should be possible to use this DNA to test the unborn child for genetic diseases without exposing it to the risk of an invasive procedurin a paper published inScience Translational Medicine, Lo's group showed that enough such fragments of fetal DNA are there to reconstruct the fetus's whole genome, and that it should be possible to use this DNA to test the unborn child for genetic diseases without exposing it to the risk of an invasive procedure.

Congress designated January as Cervical Health Awareness Month, and the American Cancer Society estimated that nearly 13,000 American women would be diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer in 2016, with more than 4,000 women dying from the disease.

We don't yet know whether the gene - spreading approach known as gene drive, intended to wipe out invasive pests or reduce the spread of insect - borne disease, will work in the wild.

The findings, published in the journal Blood Cancer, may change the way this disease is diagnosed which is now through invasive bone marrow biopsies.

He looked to other, less invasive approaches that could be used and soon focussed on PET, which allows researchers to safely and non-invasively study the living human brain and track and record its function in health and disease.

Environmental changes cause stress to our biodiversity, increasing the chances of disease outbreaks, extinctions, waves of invasive species and other environmental problems that can occur in stressed ecosystems.

We concluded that an expanded Revive & Restore, in partnership with biotech organizations, will be able to offer services that include Genetic Insight (DNA sequencing and analysis), Biobanking (tissue collection and cell culturing), Advanced Reproductive Services (cloning and germ - line transmission), and Genome Engineering (CRISPR, gene - drive, etc.) Applications include restoring genetic diversity, augmenting adaptation to climate change, conferring resistance to disease, and extirpating harmful invasive species.

In fact, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that an estimated 215,990 U.S. women were diagnosed with new cases of invasive breast cancer and tens of thousands of women died of the disease last yearDisease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that an estimated 215,990 U.S. women were diagnosed with new cases of invasive breast cancer and tens of thousands of women died of the disease last yeardisease last year alone.

For patients, this translates into a comprehensive evaluation culminating in an integrated care plan including medical therapies with minimally - invasive «endovascular» procedures or traditional open surgery when indicated, for the broad spectrum of vascular diseases.

5/21/2008 Patients Find Relief from Liver Disease with Minimally Invasive Surgery at Moores UC San Diego Cancer Center At 66, Donald Fuhrman, a retired real estate broker and investor, looked like many men his age: enjoying world travel and in good health with just slightly high cholesterol.

How about: 1) Heath Hens back and all birds genetically treatable; 2) Passenger Pigeons back; 3) Great Auks back; 4) Black - footed Ferrets disease - free; 5) Northern White Rhinos back; 6) Genetic - rescue tools in wide and responsible use; 7) Asian elephants liberated from lethal herpes; 8) Woolly Mammoths back; 9) Islands liberated from invasive rodents; 10) Lyme disease rare; 11) Hawaiian birds liberated from malaria; 12) A debate tool in use by the general public to work through controversy about new technologies.