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Membrane-bound virus clusters provide promising target for the treatment of gastroenteritis, other diseases Researchers have found that a group of viruses that cause severe stomach illness—including the one famous for widespread outbreaks on cruise ships— get transmitted to humans through membrane-cloaked “virus clusters” that exacerbate the spread...
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Researchers are reporting new evidence that surgery to prevent abnormal acid reflux appears promising for slowing the progress of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), an incurable disease that causes scarring of the lungs and often results in death from respiratory failure.
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Membrane-bound virus clusters provide promising target for the treatment of gastroenteritis, other diseases Researchers have found that a group of viruses that cause severe stomach illness—including the one famous for widespread outbreaks on cruise ships— get transmitted to humans through membrane-cloaked “virus clusters” that exacerbate the spread...
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What Preliminary findings from a large clinical trial, the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial ( SPRINT ) Memory and Cognition IN Decreased Hypertension (SPRINT MIND) study will be presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Chicago on July 25. The findings suggest that intensive lowering of blood pressure may reduce...
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NHLBI in the Press
Researchers are reporting that combining the antibiotic azithromycin with a widely-used antibiotic treatment used for cystic fibrosis (CF) helps reduce the risk of lung damage in children with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, one of the most common infections in children with CF
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NHLBI in the Press
hree in four African American men and women are likely to develop high blood pressure by the age of 55, according to an NHLBI-funded study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
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NHLBI in the Press
cells die old and have a very long memory. These long-lived immune cells called memory B cells “remember” past infections by producing antibodies specific to a particular pathogen.
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NHLBI in the Press
A study partly funded by NHLBI found that the Zika virus might pose a greater risk of miscarriages and stillbirths than experts initially realized, and affect women who do not know they are infected.
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NHLBI in the Press
Fibrosis is characterized by dysfunctional repair responses to tissue injury and occurs in a number of organs. Lung fibrosis is a potentially fatal respiratory disorder that affects millions of people worldwide, but effective therapeutic interventions have yet to be identified.
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NHLBI in the Press
Low levels of vitamin D are associated with an increased risk of a type of rare lung disease, researchers are reporting.
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NHLBI in the Press
Researchers have used gene-editing technology to more accurately predict how a specific gene impacts an individual’s risk for heart disease.