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Viral Infection Might Trigger High Blood Pressure
Posted 3+ months ago by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, May 15 – A hidden viral infection that most adults harbor could be a cause of high blood pressure, animal studies indicate.
Mice infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV) were more likely to develop not only high blood pressure but also the hardening of the arteries called atherosclerosis, according to a report in the May 15 issue of PLoS Pathogens by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston.
"This could be of immense importance," said lead researcher Dr. Clyde Crumpacker, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an investigator in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess. "The implication for the human population is that antiviral therapy or a vaccine could be an intervention for high blood pressure." Read more...
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Trial Vaccine May Protect Against Serious Viral Infection
Posted 3+ months ago by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, March 18 – Women who were given an experimental vaccine for a viral infection that can cause serious problems in babies, known as cytomegalovirus, reduced their risk of infection by 50 percent for as long as three and half years after vaccination, according to new research.
"In many ways, this was a surprising result," said the lead author of the study, Dr. Robert Pass, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. "Many people in the field felt it would be very difficult to prevent infection in mothers. We thought the best we could hope for was a vaccine for women that would prevent infection in a baby."
Results of the study are published in the March 19 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Read more...
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