Tag: Disease in the Developing World

Credit: Christian Heuss Children's immune system composition and vaccine responsiveness is determined by a myriad of factors, such as age, ...

Credit: Daniel Hallen for The University of Saskatchewan. In the first comprehensive study mapping global patterns of stillbirth rates, University ...

Activating a mosquito's immune system can prevent it from transmitting the parasites that cause canine heartworm and human lymphatic filariasis, ...

Enough energy to power all households in the USA and Mexico; enough nutrients to meet ~13% of world fertilizer needs; ...

MU researchers improve animal welfare by discovering genetic mutations that cause diseaseCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - Humans and ...

Credit: WSU Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are prevalent in people, wildlife and the water in northeastern Tanzania, but it's not antibiotic use ...

Credit: NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Infectious disease scientists identified strains of group A streptococcus that ...

Credit: David Drew The consumption of sugar is a fundamental source of fuel in most living organisms. In the malaria ...

Antibiotics do not affect the speed at which pathogens share resistance genesCredit: Allison Lopatkin, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical ...

NIH trial will test NIAID-developed antibodyCredit: NIAID A Phase 1 clinical trial testing the safety and effectiveness of a monoclonal ...

Brazilian publication unravels the effects of Zika on astrocytes, one of the most damaged cells during the virus infectionCredit: Taken ...

Credit: Brian Bird/UC Davis One Health Institute Scientists have detected Marburg virus in fruit bats in Sierra Leone, marking the ...

Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith, P.E. Rollin, USCDCP West Nile virus (WNV) inhibits autophagy -- an essential system that digests or removes ...

Combined chemical and bioanalytical methods are able to efficiently characterize chemical mixturesCredit: Bodo Tiedemann Chemicals have improved our quality of ...

Credit: University of Leeds A skin cream used to treat warts and skin cancer could help protect people against viral ...

A group of experts led by ISGlobal defines a clear pathway for evaluating and implementing ivermectin as a complementary vector ...

Credit: Lancaster University Lancaster University is to host a conference in honour of the 70th birthday of Distinguished Professor Peter ...

Research funded by PETA Science Group breaks new ground with animal-free antibodiesCredit: PETA India London - A project taking the ...

Credit: Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization official photo (CC BY 4.0) Taenia solium--also called pork tapeworm--is a parasite ...

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Jan. 16, 2020 - Twice as many people as previously believed are dying of sepsis worldwide, according ...