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CDC releases new Ebola guidance for laboratorians
Infection Control Today
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released interim guidance for laboratorians and other health care personnel collecting or handling specimens in the U.S. on appropriate specimen collection, transport and testing of specimens from patients who are suspected to be infected with Ebola virus. Potentially infectious diagnostic specimens are routinely handled and tested in U.S. laboratories in a safe manner.
Health insurers are reluctant to reimburse for genetic tests, thus angering many patients and causing medical laboratories to go unpaid
DARK Daily
Concerned about the increased cost of genetic tests, health insurers are becoming reluctant to pay for many types of molecular diagnostics and gene tests. As they do, however, they face angry patients — many of whom see a genetic test as their last resort for a diagnosis and selection of a therapy that might just work for them.
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Scientists: Cancer should be classified by genetic and molecular type
Medical News Today
A research network in the U.S. proposes that cancer should be classified according to genetic and molecular features rather than by the type of tissue in which the tumor arises. While more work is needed to confirm and build on findings that look set to rewrite oncology textbooks, the scientists say such a system would be better for patients because it would help tailor treatment to their individual needs.
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Debilitating case of mosquito-borne chikungunya reported in US
CNN
Chikungunya — a tropical disease with a funny name that packs a wallop like having your bones crushed — has finally taken up residence in the U.S.
Ever since the first transmission of chikungunya was reported in the Americas in 2013, health officials have been bracing for the arrival of the debilitating, mosquito-borne virus in the U.S.
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'Normal' bacteria vital for keeping intestinal lining intact
HealthCanal
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that bacteria that aid in digestion help keep the intestinal lining intact. The findings, reported online in the journal Immunity, could yield new therapies for inflammatory bowel disease and a wide range of other disorders.
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HIV infection linked to reduced risk of MS
Medical News Today
A new study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry suggests that individuals infected with HIV may be at much lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis.
The research team, including professor Julian Gold of The Albion Centre at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney, says if their findings are confirmed, this could hold important implications for the treatment of multiple sclerosis — a disabling disease of the central nervous system.
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The typhoid fever pathogen uses a cloaking mechanism to evade neutrophil neutralization
Public Library of Science via Medical Xpress
Typhoid fever is caused by systemic infection with salmonella enterica Typhi. In contrast, infection with the closely related bacterium salmonella enterica typhimurium is usually limited to the gut and causes less serious diarrheal disease. Research published Aug. 7 in PLOS Pathogens comparing the two pathogens reveals how salmonella enterica typhimurium avoids recognition and elimination by patrolling immune cells called neutrophils, allowing it to disseminate throughout the patient's body.
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