Immunology
Pathogens from the sea
A marine pathogenic bacterium forms specialized cells for disseminationCredit: MPI f. terrestrial Microbiology/ Ringaard Vibrio parahaemolyticus can be found in...
Antibiotics with novel mechanism of action discovered
Credit: Matthias Urfer, UZH The rapid emergence of antimicrobial resistance is a matter of global concern. According to the World...
Bacterial lifestyle alters the evolution of antibiotic resistance
Credit: Vaughn Cooper, Ph.D. PITTSBURGH, Oct. 23, 2019 - How bacteria live -- whether as independent cells or in a...
NIH contract to CWRU, UH to accelerate TB vaccine development
$30 million contract will establish TB immunology research centers across the countryCredit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND (October 23, 2019)--Tuberculosis...
Ending HIV will require optimizing treatment and prevention tools, say NIH experts
Commentary emphasizes need to optimally implement current tools and develop new interventionsCredit: NIAID WHAT: Optimal implementation of existing HIV prevention...
Fighting the herpes virus
Credit: Felix Petermann, MDC New insights into preventing herpes infections have been published in Nature Communications. Researchers from the Berlin...
Tuberculous infection is not life-long in most people
Penn-led study suggested majority will not develop disease even if test shows positive resultsCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A new...
Informal sharing of breast milk gains popularity among women, despite safety risks
Research focuses on reasons women turn to other mothers for breast milk instead of milk banksCredit: Sood/Milanaik NEW ORLEANS -...
Los Alamos AI model wins flu forecasting challenge
'Dante' beat 23 others in predicting the timing, peak, and short-term intensity of the unfolding 2018-2019 flu season. Enhanced version...
Immune reaction causes malaria organ damage
Immune cells can be the body's defenders and foes at the same timeCredit: MPIIB/ Volker Brinkmann Malaria is one of...
Candidate Ebola vaccine still effective when highly diluted, macaque study finds
Scientists hope findings mean vaccine supplies could stretch fartherCredit: NIAID WHAT: A single dose of a highly diluted VSV-Ebola virus...
Scientists work toward a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test for Lyme disease
Credit: NIAID WHAT: A study published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology describes a new rapid assay for Lyme disease...
NIH scientists develop test for uncommon brain diseases
Samples of cerebrospinal fluid used to detect tauopathiesCredit: NIAID WHAT: National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have developed an ultrasensitive...
Weak immune system linked to serious bacterial infection in children
Credit: Murdoch Children's Research Institute A new study has found a bacterial infection that can lead to pneumonia or meningitis...
Drug reverses signs of liver disease in people living with HIV
Tesamorelin prevented progression to liver fibrosis in NIH studyCredit: Dr. David Kleiner, NCI Researchers at the National Institutes of Health...
ERC Synergy Grant for research at the interface of viral infection and cellular regulation
Credit: ERC The interdisciplinary team wants to investigate the molecular mechanisms of viral infection, which will contribute to fundamental knowledge...
Key uncertainties identified for models of mosquito distribution in the US
Understanding model limitations could improve strategies to deal with mosquito-borne diseasesCredit: CDC/ Prof. Frank Hadley Collins. A computational analysis has...
Researchers discover how chlamydia takes up new DNA from host
Credit: Hefty Lab LAWRENCE -- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chlamydia trachomatis is the most commonly...
Researchers decode the immune response to Ebola vaccine
Credit: Cologne University Hospital/Dorothea Hensen Following the dramatic Ebola epidemic in West Africa from 2013 to 2016, viral infections have...
Gut immunity more developed before birth than previously thought
Findings could help develop new maternal vaccines and reveal the baby's risk of autoimmune diseasesCredit: Cell Press/Konnikova Lab Most biology...