Rashmi's blog on microbiology
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
New safer polio strains for use in production of vaccines
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Poliovirus causes a debilitating and sometimes fatal paralytic disease, poliomyelitis, especially in infants and young children. There i...
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Antihistamines for treatment of Hepatitis C virus
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Common over the counter antihistamine chlorcyclizine can treat Hepatitis C virus infection, a new study reports. Hepatitis C causes chronic...
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Imperfect vaccines may increase transmission of highly virulent pathogens
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Vaccines that let the host live but do not prevent transmission of the pathogen are called leaky or imperfect vaccines. In the early 2000s...
Thursday, March 5, 2015
A new biomarker for assessing resistance to therapy in rheumatoid arthritis
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According to a recently published study, low expression of CD39 on regulatory T cells (Tregs) could be used as a biomarker for resistanc...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
How do vaccines interact with human cells?
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In a recently published study, scientists have identified various transcriptional programs induced in human antigen presenting cells (AP...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
LL37 identified as an auto antigen in Psoriasis
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According a new study published in nature communications, anti-microbial peptide (AMP) LL37 acts as an auto antigen in psoriasis. The stud...
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Link between placental microbiome and pre-term birth
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According to a recently published study in Science translation medicine , the placental microbiome might be associated with pre-term birth...
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