Researchers validate rapid tests to detect dengue, Zika, yellow fever and other viruses
The method identifies and distinguishes between flaviviruses that cause many diseases in humans and animals in Brazil.Credit: Mariana Sequetin Cunha ...
Tag: Disease in the Developing World
COVID-19: How South Korea prevailed while the US failed
Credit: Florida Atlantic University COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death in the United States. The U.S. accounts ...
Biomedical scientists piece together how medication paralyzes parasitic worms
Credit: Richard Martin AMES, Iowa - For years, many scientists and medical professionals likely misunderstood how a commonly prescribed medication ...
3D printing steps up to the frontlines in the battle against Covid-19
The versatility of 3D printing has enabled on demand solutions for needs ranging from personal protection equipment to medical devices ...
Wits University begins its second Covid-19 vaccine trial in South Africa
Wits University is the lead institution in South Africa for a second Covid-19 vaccine trial and will begin screening participants ...
Poor hygiene is significant risk for antimicrobial-resistant bacteria colonization
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - Scientists have found clear indicators for how the interaction of poor hygiene and antibiotic use ...
Program achieves 85% reduction in malaria cases, but does not eliminate the disease
A study in the Mozambican district of Magude provides valuable lessons for global efforts aimed at eliminating the diseaseCredit: ISGlobal ...
Study provides insights into how Zika virus suppresses the host immune system
UC Riverside-led research advances vaccine and drug development against the virusCredit: Song lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif -- A research ...
Short-term use of HIV-prevention medication protects at-risk men on vacation
Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, August 13, 2020 - Men at particular risk for HIV are very likely to consistently ...
Rapid Reviews: COVID-19 looks at neurological side effects of COVID-19, vaccines, and more
The new open access journal also looks at antidepressants and risk of death or intubation with COVID-19 and seroprevalence between ...
Analysis of Ugandan cervical carcinomas, an aid for understudied sub-Saharan women
This is the first comprehensive genomic study of cervical cancers in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on tumors from 212 ...
Gene therapy targets inner retina to combat blindness
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 10, 2020--Gene therapy to the inner retina prevented blindness in ...
IVI welcomes Finland as 36th member state with flag-raising ceremony
Credit: IVI August 10, 2020 - SEOUL, South Korea - The flag of Finland was raised at the International Vaccine ...
Iron study combats anaemia with cutting-edge computer simulation
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia A new iron intervention study has determined which of the world's low-and-middle income ...
COVID-19: Lower incidence at high altitudes?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 3, 2020--Despite recent reports of lower COVID-19 incidence among high-altitude ...
Researchers uncovered the Zika virus mutation responsible for quick spread, birth defects
Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas ...
NIH researchers discover new set of channels connecting malaria parasite and blood cells
Discovery provides new target for anti-malaria treatmentsCredit: National Institutes of Health WHAT: Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and ...
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. to publish Applied Biosafety
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 29, 2020--ABSA International has awarded the contract to publish their ...
Benefits of running first-in-human and vaccine studies in Australia – Novotech webinar
The leading Asia-Pacific biotech specialist CRO Novotech is collaborating with biotech and pharma news platform Endpoints News for a webinar about ...
The big gulp: Inside-out protection of parasitic worms against host defenses
Credit: Jayhun Lee, Newmark Lab, Morgridge Institute for Research MADISON -- A team of developmental biologists at the Morgridge Institute ...