Immunology
Male birth control for the malaria parasite
Credit: Kevin J. Hart, Penn State Disrupting two genes involved in the preservation of RNA molecules inhibits the ability of...
An unexpected mode of action for an antibody
Visualizing how some patients successfully fought off deadly coronaviruses could pave the way to combat these respiratory infectionsCredit: Jon Klein...
NIH-supported scientists develop tool to measure success of HIV cure strategies
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a new assay to accurately and easily...
Fexinidazole, the first all-oral treatment for sleeping sickness, approved in DRC
PARIS and GENEVA - January 30, 2019 - Marketing authorization of fexinidazole for the treatment of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense human...
NIH scientists explore tick salivary glands as tool to study virus transmission, infection
Credit: NIAID WHAT: The salivary glands of some tick species could become important research tools for studying how viruses are...
New research framework may help better understand, predict infectious disease risks
Credit: USF Health Tampa, FL (Jan. 29, 2019) - The 2014-16 Ebola virus epidemic that ravaged Western Africa, killing thousands,...
The Lancet: Major progress against hepatitis C by 2030 is possible, but will need vast improvements in screening, prevention and treatment
First global estimates to determine the impact of improved prevention, diagnosis and treatment, and examine how achievable the WHO elimination...
NIAID-sponsored clinical trial of Ebola vaccines begins at Cincinnati Children's
Study in healthy adults tests body's immune responseCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI--A Phase 1 clinical trial of investigational vaccines intended to...
Zika vaccines should induce responses by CD4+ T cells
Immune cells called CD4+ T cells could be important mediators of protection against the Zika virus, according to a study...
Anti-flu antibodies can inhibit two different viral proteins, NIH study reveals
Credit: Kosik et al., 2019 Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have discovered that antibodies that may form the...
Researchers create algorithm to predict PEDV outbreaks
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an algorithm that could give pig farms advance notice of porcine epidemic...
PopPUNK advances speed of bacterial pathogen surveillance
Credit: Lees et al. 2019 Jan 24, 2019 -- Differences in genetic diversity among bacterial pathogens correlate with clinically important...
Scientists discover Ebola virus in West African bat
The government of Liberia, in partnership with the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at the Columbia University Mailman School...
Infectious disease researchers unveil the secret life of flesh-eating bacteria
Scientists employ tool used for equine strep throat to identify new group A strep genesCredit: Houston Methodist HOUSTON-(Jan. 22, 2019)...
Urine testing of people with HIV for tuberculosis can save lives and be cost-effective
Mass. General-led study supports urine-based tuberculosis screening in two African countries Screening all hospitalized patients with HIV for tuberculosis (TB)...
Outbreak of paralyzing disease linked to non-polio enterovirus through TGen-led study
EV-D68 is confirmed among AFM patients at Phoenix-area hospital PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Jan. 22, 2019 -- The Translational Genomics Research...
Children who had a dengue infection could be protected from symptomatic Zika
ANN ARBOR--A prior dengue virus infection could protect children from symptomatic Zika virus infection, according to a study by an...
Dengue virus immunity may protect children from Zika symptoms
Credit: AFMC Public Affairs, US Air Force Previous infection with dengue virus may protect children from symptomatic Zika, according to...
New skin test detects prion infection before symptoms appear
Proof-of-concept study demonstrates test's preclinical utilityCredit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Prions can infect both humans and animals,...
Courage to aim for less cleanliness?
More living organisms on our bodies and in our homes could help in combating diseases -- if we let them...