Norovirus grown in lab
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For the past couple of years, a bug called a norovirus has torpedoed the fun for many an ocean-cruise passenger. Spreading rapidly throughout a ship, the virus causes extreme
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Washington University researchers are the first to grow a common cause of diarrhea, vomiting and other stomach problems in a lab, a move that a North Carolina expert said could speed along development of a vaccine, the university said Monday.
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A cutting-edge laboratory has opened in Alabama.  Its mission: to combat diseases ranging from asthma to malaria to stroke using data from NASA satellites.  Space scientists and public health officials are working together to train the doctors of tomorrow in this far-out approach to medicine.
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Scientists say initial studies show promising results for a vaccine which could combat a common type of bacteria.
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Almost three million people have been affected by norovirus so far this winter the latest figures suggest.
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Many everyday objects touched by dirty hands are harbouring and spreading the common cold virus, say scientists.
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A norovirus may have caused hundreds of people to become sick last week after eating at an Olive Garden restaurant, a health official said Monday.
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Scientists show how Salmonella food bacteria in space become more virulent in their weightless surroundings.
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ViroPharma completes preliminary enrollment in a study of one of its drug candidates.
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Next-generation sequencing uncovers disease-causing microbes.
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Three out of the seven specimens taken from patients of the Hong Kong Caritas Medical Center outbreak have tested positive for parainfluenza, the Center for Health Protection
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Residents of an apartment community for seniors in Fairfax County might be the latest victims of the highly contagious norovirus, which Virginia health officials say has struck the state with severity this year, shuttering nursing homes, closing hotels and striking dozens of inmates at the Richmond...
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Federal health authorities are investigating a norovirus outbreak linked to frozen raw oysters from South Korea that sickened eight people in Oregon.
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A strain of a common bug with properties linked to increased virulence has become predominant in several US hospitals, prompting researchers to suggest it may be responsible for the sharp increase in cases and severity of disease in parts of the United
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U.S. scientists say they have analyzed the genetic makeup of an entire community of bacteria that live inside an unusual marine worm.
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FRIDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- A laboratory-engineered virus can successfully slow the growth of two types of hard-to-treat pediatric tumors without harming healthy tissue, a new study shows.
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Fairleigh Dickinson University's Florham Park campus was recovering Monday from a suspected norovirus outbreak that has sickened at least 124 students, school officials said.