Category: Disease
Nanoimpeller.
Researchers have designed a nanomachine that releases anticancer drugs directly into cancer cells.
Post date: Tuesday, April 1st, 2008.
CD8 cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
Scientists have engineered immune cells that attack and kill HIV.
Post date: Friday, March 7th, 2008.
Dryvax.
Last 12 million doses of the oldest smallpox vaccine to be destroyed.
Post date: Saturday, March 1st, 2008.
Paris Syndrome.
Post date: Tuesday, October 24th, 2006.
Embolotherapy.
Technique of using bubbles to block oxygen flow to tumors. (via)
Post date: Monday, July 24th, 2006.
PARL.
Protein identified that is responsible for regulating cell death.
Post date: Thursday, July 13th, 2006.
Dz13.
Experimental drug that targets disease-causing genes and destroys them. (via)
Post date: Monday, July 10th, 2006.
CB-Hep.1
Antibody engineered from a genetically modified tobacco plant is being used in the production of a hepatitis vaccine. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
Human-to-human transmission.
World Health Organization confirms that a person in Indonesia has transmitted bird flu to another person.
Post date: Monday, June 26th, 2006.
TAX1BP2.
Scientists discover a protein that when disrupted triggers the onset of leukemia. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2006.
Cannabigerol.
Post date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2006.
Selective laser nano-thermolysis.
Scientists use gold nanoparticles to selectively target and destroy leukemia cells in bone marrow. (via)
Post date: Monday, June 19th, 2006.
Myalgic encephalomyelitis.
Disease listed as the official cause of death for the first time is also known as chronic fatigue syndrome. (via)
Post date: Monday, June 19th, 2006.
H-NS.
Protein discovered in bacteria that allow them to have their own immune system.
Post date: Friday, June 9th, 2006.
Intermittent Explosive Disorder.
Clinical term for the mental disorder suffered by 16 million Americans that is known as road rage. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 6th, 2006.
Beta-amyloid injections.
Researchers develop a vaccine of white blood cells sensitized to Alzheimer’s proteins that reverses memory loss in mice.
Post date: Monday, June 5th, 2006.
Platensimycin.
Compound discovered that kills antibiotic-resistant bacteria. (via)
Post date: Thursday, May 18th, 2006.
Morgellons disease.
Mysterious disease in which different-colored fibers pop out of the afflicted person’s skin.
Post date: Friday, May 12th, 2006.
Activin Receptor Type IA.
Gene discovered that can mutate and cause muscles and soft tissue to metamorphosize into bone. (via)
Post date: Sunday, April 23rd, 2006.
Vivitrol.
Injectable drug designed to treat alcoholism approved by the FDA.
Post date: Wednesday, April 19th, 2006.
Fusarium.
Mysterious eye fungus that causes blindness is spreading across the U.S. and seems to target soft contact lens wearers.
Post date: Thursday, April 6th, 2006.
Chronic granulomatous disease.
Incurable illness has been eradicated in two afflicted patients using gene therapy treatment. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, April 4th, 2006.
Furanones.
Compounds that block cholera microbes from switching on their virulence factors and inhibit further development of the disease. (via)
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
AF267B.
Compound in lab tests has successfully blocked Alzheimer’s disease.
Post date: Monday, March 6th, 2006.
Macromolecular weight.
Technique of making cancer drugs heavier allows them to impact deeper into tumors.
Post date: Friday, March 3rd, 2006.
Mikulicz’s syndrome.
Shakespeare apparently died from a rare eye cancer. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, March 1st, 2006.
Trypanosoma cruzi.
Tropical parasite responsible for Chagas disease, a disease that shuts down the retina and causes night blindness.
Post date: Tuesday, February 28th, 2006.
Chikungunya.
Incurable disease on a French-controlled island off the coast of Africa has infected 1/5 of the population and is responsible for 77 deaths this week. (via)
Post date: Saturday, February 25th, 2006.
Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
World Health Organization says that polio virus has been eradicated from Egypt and Niger. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, February 21st, 2006.
Electronic olfactory system.
Scientists are developing a smelling device that would detect diseases from human breath.
Post date: Monday, February 20th, 2006.
Z-DNA.
Post date: Monday, February 13th, 2006.
Final act.
Terminally-ill director will lay in state as an art exhibit so that he can experience his own funeral while still alive.
Post date: Wednesday, February 8th, 2006.
Focal adhesion kinase.
Scientists have identified a protective ‘force field’ cancer gene which, when compromised, causes malignant tumors to die. (via)
Post date: Saturday, February 4th, 2006.
Next stop: sainthood.
Catholic nun inexplicably cured of Parkinson’s disease after praying to John Paul II.
Post date: Monday, January 30th, 2006.
H5N1 Vaccine.
Researchers say they have created a bird flu vaccine that is 100% effective in tests so far. (via)
Post date: Friday, January 27th, 2006.
Electron tomography.
Scientists discover how the influenza virus organizes and replicates.
Post date: Thursday, January 26th, 2006.
Lactococcus lactis.
Scientists have modified yogurt bacteria to release a drug that blocks the HIV virus.
Post date: Tuesday, January 17th, 2006.
F1-V fusion antigen.
Researchers have modified tobacco plants to produce a vaccine strong enough to combat plague. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, January 17th, 2006.
Dicaffeoyl quinic acid.
Sunflowers produce a substance that prevents HIV from reproducing in cell cultures. (via)
Post date: Monday, January 16th, 2006.
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