Immunology
Identification of protective antibodies may be key to effective malaria vaccine
An Oxford-led study has identified the antibodies that may hold the key to creating the first effective vaccine against malaria...
New insight could improve maternal vaccines that also protect newborns
Understanding how a mother's antibodies are passed to the fetus is key to vaccine design DURHAM, N.C. - A team...
Superfast gene sequencing helps diagnose critically ill patients
'Metagenomic' test for neurological infections has real clinical benefit, says new study In an analysis of the real-world impact of...
UC researcher examines impact opioids and HIV have on each other
Credit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI--A University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine researcher is trying to determine how opioids...
New vulnerability found in major human viruses
Structural feature may lead to antivirals for the common cold, polio, and other pathogensCredit: James Geraets Discovery of a new...
USPSTF recommendation on screening for HIV infection
Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for HIV infection in adolescents and adults ages 15...
USPSTF recommends PrEP to prevent HIV infection in people at high risk
Bottom Line: In a new recommendation, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends clinicians offer preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with...
Sun-exposed oyster mushrooms help patients fight tuberculosis
Bread containing the low-cost mushrooms increased vitamin D levels and boosted immune response of TB patients Baltimore (June 9, 2019)...
Are American Zika strains more virulent than Pacific and Asian strains?
Credit: Shigeru Tajima, CC BY 4.0 Over recent years, Zika virus (ZIKV) has spread eastward from Africa and Asia, leading...
Proteasome inhibitors show promise for drug-resistant malaria
Credit: Stokes, et al. (2019) Proteasome inhibitors have significant promise as components of novel combination therapies to treat multidrug-resistant malaria,...
Is sex primarily a strategy against transmissible cancer?
Credit: One of the greatest enigmas of evolutionary biology is that while sex is the dominant mode of reproduction among...
Smart phone health testing devices will transform healthcare
Bodily fluids from saliva to sweat may soon be tested using smartphonesCredit: Gabriel Cunnett Bodily fluids from saliva to sweat...
A new way to block malaria transmission by targeting young contagious parasite forms
In the new research titled "Naturally acquired immunity against immature Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes", published today in Science Translational Medicine, scientists...
Study reveals potential new disease threats for wild snow leopards
Credit: Pixabay The first study to investigate disease threats to wild snow leopards has detected that exposure to infections may...
Mosquito control program reduces dengue, costs in Sri Lanka
Intervention focused on removing mosquito breeding sites found to be both effective and cost-saving A public health, police, and military...
To fight TB infection, early protection is crucial
New approach may aid development of more effective vaccineCredit: Javier Rangel-Moreno and Shabaana Khader In the first days after the...
Immune cells play unexpected role in early tuberculosis infection
Discovery may provide a new target for TB drugs, vaccines, NIH-supported research suggestsCredit: NIAID A class of immune cells called...
Researchers synthesize antimalaria molecules found in a fungus from Nunavut
Québec City, June 5, 2019-The solution to the problem of increasing drug resistance among malaria-causing parasites could come from the...
Visible public health leadership needed to boost vaccine coverage
Public health expert Professor John Ashton is calling for local directors of public health to provide visible leadership to address...
Gene-edited chicken cells resist bird flu virus in the lab
Scientists have used gene-editing techniques to stop the bird flu virus from spreading in chicken cells grown in the lab....