MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'helper'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:56:37 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3104978&cid=t_302667_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F18%2Foverproduction-of-th1-and-th17-cytokines-may-be-the-clue-to-why-some-h1n1-patients-get-very-ill%2F The present H1N1 influenza virus (nvH1N1, nv=new variant) behaves very differently from other influenza strains. The majority of nvH1N1 infections are mild and self-limiting in nature, but a small percentage of the patients require hospitalization and sometimes emergency care. Unlike the seasonal flu virus, the people who seem to suffer serious complications from this [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3104978 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:15:30 +0100 3104978 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2962872&cid=t_302667_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2009%2F11%2Ffelid-immunodeficiency-viruses.html Lentiviruses are widespread pathogens of primates, ungulates and felids. While the ungulate lentiviruses induce a disease state typical of a chronic inflammatory condition, the felid and primate lentiviruses induce an immunodeficiency characterised by a progressive depletion of CD4+ T helper cells. FIV infection of the domestic cat may lead to a spectrum of diseases, ranging from a rapid, acute-onset immunodeficiency to a chronic wasting disease with concomitant neuropathology and persistent recurring opportunistic infections. Here, we examine the host and viral determinants of FIV cell tropism and pathogenicity. The virus targets activated CD4+ T cells selectively by interactions with its primary receptor, CD134 and co-receptor, CXCR4.from Lentiviruses and Macrophages: Molecular and Cellu... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2962872 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:10:00 +0100 2962872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1546730&cid=t_302667_132_f&fid=35004&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bioinformaticszen.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fbioinformatics-helper-scripts%2F One of the differences between researching a scientific problem using a computer, and developing software, is the approach to writing code. If you’re producing a bioinformatics application there is more emphasis on generating high quality, flexible code, as this makes future maintenance easier. On the other hand if you’re trying to find the answer to a biological question using a series of scripts, then the focus is on the results, rather than the standard of code. During my work, the number of scripts I have tends to grow quickly, and this leads to problems with maintaining dependencies across scripts. Examples of this can be database connection parameters, or the file system location of a library I’m calling. This is because the fastest way to get this information into a script, is... Bioinformatics Zen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1546730 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:00:41 +0100 1546730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1213281&cid=t_302667_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fto-be-or-not-to-be-that-is-probably.html We sit at the table to attempt homework. The table lies in a wasteland, a sea of scrumbled papers, snapped pencils, broken nibs and chewed erasers. At approximately three minute intervals one of them leaps off the chair, dives down the corridor and escapes out into the garden on a cat retrieving mission. He is oblivious to the rain, barefoot and determined. The hallway is covered with human and pet prints, of the kitty litter variety that harden to cement in minutes. The cat is also resolute, anything to remain outside in the rain so as to avoid the nightmare of homework time. I’m tempted to join him, the cat that is to say.“You can be?” asks the little one.“I can? What can I be?”“You can be my Hamburger Helper.”“?”“HAMBURBER HELPER!” he bellows for my benefit.“Wha... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1213281 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:26:00 +0100 1213281