Malaria-infected cells stiffen, block blood flow
Science Daily Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:30 PM PST
Researchers have completed the first modeling, followed by experiments, of how red blood cells are infected by a malarial parasite that attacks the brain. The researchers report that infected cells stiffen by as much as 50 times more than healthy cells. Infected cells also tend to stick along blood vessel walls, impeding the flow of blood to critical organs. |
Encephalitis claims two more lives in UP, toll at 541
Press Trust of India Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:55 PM PST
Gorakhpur (UP), Dec 28 (PTI) Two people succumbed to encephalitis at a hospital here, taking the toll in the deadly brain fever in eastern Uttar Pradesh to 541 this year. |
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