Encephalitis, an acute inflammatory disorder of the brain, manifests with a variety of symptoms such as fever, altered mental status, and seizures that can range from mild and self-limiting to ...

In addition, a case of Psuedomonas pseudomallei infection, melioidosis, was detected; this may be attributed to the fact that melioidosis is a common tropical infection in our setting. [1] Also, we ...

A case published in JAMA Dermatology reports on a newborn with congenital toxoplasmosis who was safely and successfully treated with agents that caused Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in the mother. At ...

Providing valuable knowledge for the design of anti-malaria drugs, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) reconstructed the 3D structure of one of the proteins of ...

Antibodies to gliadin, a component of gluten, have frequently been reported in schizophrenia. Highly immunogenic B cell epitopes along its length are homologous to numerous proteins relevant to ...

Ordinary grasshoppers are “lonely” insects that live without forming a herd. However, grasshoppers, which are born as the “fauna fauna” during repeated generational changes, will behave in a colony ...

Contractile injection systems (CISs) are widely distributed in bacteria and archaea that can form a nanomachine resembling the contractile tails of bacteriophage (T4, P2, etc.) to translocate proteins ...

Noroviruses were found in the air at six of the eight facilities studied. Viruses were detected in 54% of the rooms housing patients with gastroenteritis. A new study conducted by scientists finds ...

Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent responsible for cholera. It is a bean-shaped bacterium with a long tail that it uses for self-propulsion. The bacteria are transmitted between humans through the ...

According to many studies pertaining to dental health a common concern is fluoride which is not stopping cavities and is causing discoloured teeth. According to many studies pertaining to dental ...