Bipolar disorder patients die prematurely from a wide range of causes, from heart disease to the flu, a Swedish population study showed. But that grim trend might be eased by increased access to primary care providers, Casey Crump, MD, PhD, of Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., and colleagues reported online in JAMA Psychiatry.
LCMV is a viral infection in mice, but it can also be carried by other rodents such as. hamsters, gerbils and guinea pigs. Infected rodents can pass the disease to humans.
By choosing the clone-13 chronic LCMV model, reaching viral clearance and detailing the antiviral mechanisms triggered by IL-7, this preclinical study sheds new light on the ways IL-7 activity participates in the effective treatment of chronic viral diseases.