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M2 PRESSWIRE-12 July 2007-YALE UNIVERSITY: Brain Virus Has Bystander Effects; brain virus Colors show calcium levels in brain cells in experiments with cytomegalovirus infection(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12072007 New Haven, Conn. — A common brain virus that is usually harmless in adults but can be devastating in early development causes deterioration of infected cells and also affects nearby non-infected brain cells, which may explain why it is so destructive, a Yale School of Medicine researcher reports in the Journal of Virology.

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The UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO has received a four-year, $1.6 MILLION grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund research into several diseases, including West Nile Virus, Chagas disease and Giardia infection. The grant, awarded to the Minority Biomedical Research Support/Support of Continuous Research Excellence program, will fund 11 faculty research projects.

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