Immunology
Novel brain map tracks early brain atrophy from HIV infection
Credit: Xiong Jiang/Georgetown WASHINGTON -- A new map of brain tissue in people with HIV shows atrophy in several areas...
1 billion people will be newly exposed to diseases like dengue fever as world temperatures rise
WASHINGTON -- As many as a billion people could be newly exposed to disease-carrying mosquitoes by the end of the...
How mosquitoes smell human sweat (and new ways to stop them)
Credit: Alex Wild Female mosquitoes are known to rely on an array of sensory information to find people to bite,...
The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Low levels of public trust during violent conflict may have thwarted attempts to control Ebola
A quarter of people surveyed during active 2018 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo believed the virus was...
Dramatic housing transformation in sub-Saharan Africa revealed for first time
Improved housing estimated to have doubled between 2000 and 2015 but nearly 50 percent of the urban population still living...
New angle of attack drives cellular HIV-reservoirs to self-destruction
While current therapies for HIV can successfully manage active infection, the virus can survive in tissue reservoirs, including macrophage cells,...
Can you 'catch' cancer?
Parasitic worms cause cancer -- and could help cure it Billions worldwide are infected with tropical worms. Unsurprisingly, most of...
New computational tool could change how we study pathogens
Credit: Beerli TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A sophisticated new analysis tool developed by Florida State University scientists may signal a new...
Inflammatory monocytes play contradictory roles in fungal infections
Credit: Heung 2019 Immune cells called inflammatory monocytes are often one of the first responders to infections, but they actually...
Pathogenic, drug-resistant bacteria found in wastewater treatment plants
Credit: Theo Gouliouris March 21, 2019 - Infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria are a global public health threat causing serious...
Knowledge of female genital schistosomiasis lacking in Ghana, study finds
Credit: Emmanuel Arthur, 2019 (CC BY 4.0) Urogenital schistosomiasis (US), a chronic parasitic disease, is endemic in Ghana and policymakers...
Bacteria in urine doesn't always indicate infection
Testing, antibiotic treatment often unnecessary, say IDSA guidelines ARLINGTON, Va. - Doctors should think carefully before testing patients for a...
Analyzing a Facebook-fueled anti-vaccination attack: 'It's not all about autism'
Credit: Image appears with compliments from Elsevier PITTSBURGH, March 21, 2019 - Social media has given those espousing anti-vaccination sentiments...
The Lancet: Experts set out targets to eliminate tuberculosis within a generation
Tuberculosis can be treated, prevented and cured, yet it kills 1.6 million people a year, more people than any other...
UIC researchers find hidden proteins in bacteria
Science overturns longstanding assumption Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a way to identify the beginning...
Tracing the genetic origins of insecticide resistance in malaria-transmitting mosquitoes
Researchers have identified a single genetic alteration in a malaria-transmitting mosquito species that confers resistance to a widely-used insecticide, according...
New potential approach to treat atopic dermatitis
Credit: (Image: Dermatologische Klinik, USZ) The skin of humans and animals is densely populated by fungi. It is suspected that...
Dormant viruses activate during spaceflight — NASA investigates
The stress of spaceflight gives viruses a holiday from immune surveillance, putting future deep-space missions in jeopardy Herpes viruses reactivate...
Vaccine study confirms sensitivity of cholera test
Credit: Conor Ashleigh, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, (CC BY 2.0, 2012) Recently, the sensitivity of fecal microbiological cultures...
Antiviral therapy improves survival rates for kidney transplant recipients with hepatitis B or C
Large-scale study confirms antiviral therapy should be systematically offered to hepatitis B- and C-infected kidney transplant recipients, reported in the...