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Scientists Identify Molecular Blueprint for Lyme Disease
TUESDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have determined the genetic structures of 13 strains of the bacteria that cause Lyme disease, an achievement that could speed efforts to diagnose, prevent and treat the disease.
The occurrence of Lyme disease -- which can harm the nervous system, heart, skin and joints -- has grown dramatically over the past 10 years in the United States and Europe. The disease is transmitted through the bite of an infected tick.
"A driving force for doing this project was the observation that certain forms of the bacteria can be more invasive than others. We wanted to find out why and how to identify this properly," Dr. Steven E. Schutzer, of the University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ), said in a UMDNJ news release.
Even though the cause of Lyme disease has been known for 27 years, there still is no vaccine for humans.
"The field has been bogged down with an incomplete blueprint of the bacteria. With this new blueprint, we can now build new tests and treatments," co-author Dr. Benjamin Luft, of Stony Brook University-New York, said in the news release.
The study, which was funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, appears online ahead of print in the Journal of Bacteriology.
More information
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more about Lyme disease.
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Scienziati individuano Blueprint molecolare della malattia di Lyme
MARTEDI, Oct. 12 (notizie di HealthDay) - Gli scienziati hanno determinato la struttura genetica di 13 ceppi di batteri che causano la malattia di Lyme, un risultato che potrebbe accelerare gli sforzi per diagnosticare, prevenire e curare la malattia.
L'insorgenza della malattia di Lyme - che può danneggiare il sistema nervoso, il cuore, la pelle e le articolazioni - è cresciuta notevolmente negli ultimi 10 anni negli Stati Uniti e in Europa. La malattia è trasmessa attraverso il morso di una zecca infetta.
"Una forza motrice per fare questo progetto è stata l'osservazione che alcune forme di batteri possono essere più invasivi di altri. Abbiamo voluto scoprire perché e come identificare correttamente questo," il Dott. Steven E. Schutzer, dell 'Università di Medicina e Odontoiatria del New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ),lo ha dichiarato in un comunicato stampa UMDNJ.
Anche se la causa della malattia di Lyme è nota da 27 anni, non esiste ancora un vaccino per l'uomo.
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Conferenza sulla borelliosi di lime tra gli altri anche Garth Nicholson
Making a difference in the diagnosis and appropriate
treatment of Lyme and its associated diseases.
The Westin Jersey City Newport
October 15-17 2010
Professor Garth L. Nicolson is the President, Chief Scientific Officer and Research Professor at the Institute for Molecular Medicine in Huntington Beach, California. Born in 1943 in Los Angeles, Dr. Nicolson received his B.S. in Chemistry from University of California at Los Angeles in 1965 and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from the University of California at San Diego in 1970. He is currently Professor of Integrative Medicine at Capitol University of Integrative Medicine and a Conjoint Professor at the University of Newcastle (Australia). He was formally the David Bruton Jr. Chair in Cancer Research and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Tumor Biology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and he was Professor of Internal Medicine and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
He was also Professor of Comparative Pathology at Texas A & M University. Professor Nicolson has published approximately 600 medical and scientific papers (including 3 Current Contents Citation Classics), edited 15 books, served on the Editorial Boards of 30 medical and scientific journals. Professor Nicolson has won many awards, such as the Burroughs Wellcome Medal of the Royal Society of Medicine (United Kingdom), Stephen Paget Award of the Metastasis Research Society, the U. S. National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award, and the
Innovative Medicine Award of Canada. He is also a Colonel (Honorary) of the U. S. Army Special Forces and a U. S. Navy SEAL (Honorary) for his work on Armed Forces and veterans illnesses..
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