Immunology
New insight on potent HIV antibody could improve vaccine design
Early mutation in neutralizing antibody gives it flexibility to adapt to virus's changes DURHAM, N.C. - In the quest to...
Bat influenza viruses could infect humans
Bats don't only carry the deadly Ebola virus, but are also a reservoir for a new type of influenza virus....
Seeing the unseeable
Using crystals to unpick how viruses work Researchers at Cardiff University have used x-ray crystallography and computer simulation to get...
Researchers find genetic clues to high rates of asthma in those of African ancestry
CU Anschutz scientists discover areas of chromosomes associated with asthma, a complex disease with striking disparities across racial/ethnic groups AURORA,...
Viruses that linger in the gut could trigger type 1 diabetes
Researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the...
Preventing 'cell wall remodeling' may hold key to defeating intransigent super bugs
CWRU receives $3.34 million NIH grant to better understand how bacteria resist antibioticsCredit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine...
Epidemiological model lends insight to chlamydia outbreak in Japan
Credit: Toshikazu Kuniya, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics. Mathematical models that quantify the dynamics of infectious diseases are crucial predictive...
A lack of antibody diversity may make the elderly more susceptible to the flu
Credit: Henry et al./Cell Host & Microbe The influenza vaccine may be less effective in the elderly because their B...
A shared past for East Africa's hunter-gatherers
A genomic analysis suggests African hunting and gathering groups diverged from a common ancestry, and underscores the role of infectious...
Antibiotic resistances spread faster than so far thought
Credit: © Helmholtz Zentrum München By studying fish raised in aquaculture, researchers from the Helmholtz Zentrum München, the University of...
Spending bill recognizes crucial global health goals
The 2019 spending bill passed by the House and Senate Thursday that the President has announced he will sign, reflects...
Researchers find trigger that turns strep infections into flesh-eating disease
Discovery may also help scientists develop childbed fever vaccineCredit: NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) HOUSTON-(Feb. 18,...
Tuberculosis: Commandeering a bacterial 'suicide' mechanism
Credit: Antonio Peixoto, Claude Gutierrez, and Olivier Neyrolles | IPBS | CNRS/UPS The bacteria responsible for tuberculosis can be killed...
Suicide system in tuberculosis bacteria might hold key to treatment
Credit: EMBL Hamburg Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide. In 2017, 10 million people...
Physicists pinpoint a simple mechanism that makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics
Credit: JD Howell, McMaster University Physicists at McMaster University have for the first time identified a simple mechanism used by...
UBC researchers develop diagnostic tool for detecting cryptosporidium
Cost-effective biosensor provides immediate and accurate resultsCredit: UBC Okanagan A handheld 'tricorder' that can test for biological contamination in real-time...
More scrutiny needed for less-deadly foodborne bacteria
Credit: Penn State Employing advanced genetic-tracing techniques and sharing the data produced in real time could limit the spread of...
VUMC researchers, supercomputing effort reveal antibody secrets
Pushing forward the frontier of vaccine scienceCredit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Using sophisticated gene sequencing and computing techniques, researchers at...
Decoding the human immune system
For the first time ever, researchers are comprehensively sequencing the human immune system, which is billions of times larger than...
Drug-resistant TB cured with new approaches in post-war DRC
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 13, 2019 - A high proportion of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) cases can be cured in conflict-affected communities with...