Word: viralization
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...Charles Weingarten, chief of medicine at University Health Services, says cold season has arrived right on schedule. "There's a usual bump in incidents of people with viral respiratory infections in late September, when students are getting adjusted to school," he says...
...only other anti-HIV drugs approved in the U.S. -- DDI and DDC -- are variations on the AZT theme. Researchers have begun examining other types, however. One variety targets the gene that codes for another enzyme, protease, that is crucial to the manufacturing of viral proteins. The research looks promising, but a breakthrough is not expected anytime soon...
...colleagues are trying to develop a vaccine that helps people who are already infected. By injecting a slightly modified form of the virus' protein coat, the Army researchers hope to kick-start the patients' immune systems into mounting an effective counterattack. Redfield thinks that his version of the viral coat may share enough characteristics with all the known mutant strains of HIV to overcome the variability problem. Said Redfield, a rare, unabashed optimist at the Amsterdam meeting: "I believe HIV is very simple, very straightforward, and it's going to be solved...
...swallow than the oysters. According to a report in the journal Epidemiology, chasing oysters with a glass of wine or a cocktail can reduce the risk by a whopping 90% no matter how many oysters are downed. It's the first time anyone has shown alcohol can prevent viral illness...
...whole story. Children of parents with schizophrenia raised by adoptive parents who don't have the illness have a somewhat reduced risk. In addition, if one identical twin has the disorder, the odds are just 50% that the other will. Clearly, environmental factors -- stress and possibly even a viral infection during infancy or gestation -- also may play a role in triggering the disease...