This web site is updated weekly so that we may bring you the latest health news in a timely fashion. You may want to bookmark this site for future reference. . To Infections Researchers have found heparan sulfate, the natural heparin-like molecule that prevents blood from clotting, plays a part in promoting infection. Dr. Pyong Woo Park, assistant professor if infectious diseases at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston said the finding could open the door to developing ways to treat deadly infectious pneumonia.
Bacterial pneumonia is a serious complication of patients with cystic fibrosis and other disorders.
The results were reported in the British journal Nature. Copyright 2001 by United Press International. All rights reserved. All rights reserved.