‘Vulnerable’ countries experience lower COVID-19 infection and death rates than the norm
Credit: Authors During a pandemic like COVID-19, vulnerable countries are traditionally the focus of global attention and concern. However, new ...
Tag: Disease in the Developing World
Open door to treatment of renal fibrosis by showing that it is caused by telomere shortening
Renal fibrosis leads to kidney failure, which can only be treated by dialysis and whose incidence is increasing due to ...
Study of mosquito protein could lead to treatments against life-threatening viruses
Credit: Geoffrey Mueller, Ph.D. The mosquito protein AEG12 strongly inhibits the family of viruses that cause yellow fever, dengue, West ...
A CNIO team discovers how telomere involvement in tumor generation is regulated
The results show for the first time that telomeres respond to external signals that induce cell proliferation and that blocking ...
A containment laboratory 3 propels research on COVID-19 and other pathogens at INRS
Credit: Simon Desbiens The Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) inaugurates today its new Level 3 laboratory (CL3), which ...
Greater tobacco use linked to higher levels of inflammation in HIV-positive people
UMass Amherst study points to health benefits from reducing cigarette smokingCredit: UMass Amherst Inflammation in the body has been linked ...
Water temperature key to schistosomiasis risk and prevention strategies
Climate change will increase schistosomiasis risk in regions where surface water moves closer to 21.7 degrees centigradeCredit: Rachel Hartman About ...
New Lancet series shows mixed progress on maternal and child undernutrition in last decade
Series authors issue a call to action for fast-tracked funding to improve program coverage and quality service delivery which have ...
Monoclonal antibody “cocktail” blocks COVID-19 variants: Study
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center A monoclonal antibody "cocktail" developed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) to neutralize the COVID-19 ...
A world without cervical cancer: Preventive Medicine publishes special issue to further global efforts to eliminate deadly disease
More than 100 scientists provide guidance towards meeting WHO global strategy of eliminating cervical cancer by 2030Credit: Moffitt Cancer Center ...
Could catnip become the new DEET?
The common plant shows promise as a new natural insect repellentCredit: Gallio lab / Northwestern New collaborative research from Northwestern ...
Legal wildlife trade needs monitoring to reduce risk of a new pandemic
With three out of four newly emerging infectious human diseases originating in animals, there is an urgent need to monitor ...
Lethal house lures reduce incidence of malaria in children
Credit: Daniel Lesher, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A new type of housing modification can reduce malaria incidence among ...
Belowground biodiversity in motion
Global change alters microbial life in soils - and thereby its ecological functionsCredit: S. Piyaset - AdobeStock Soil microorganisms play ...
Models to predict dengue, zika and yellow fever outbreaks are developed by researchers
Scientists will monitor areas in which these diseases are endemic, such as São Paulo, the Amazon, the Pantanal and Panama, ...
MUSC researcher awarded $9.9 million for tuberculosis treatment and prevention
Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Susan Dorman, M.D., an infectious disease physician at the Medical University of South ...
Global Virus Network names USF Health the GVN Southeast US Regional Headquarters
The University of South Florida Health is the first regional headquarters named by Global Virus Network to support the coalition's ...
New therapeutic target for Huntington’s treatment
New perspective on the role of sRNAs in the diseaseCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Huntington's disease is caused by a mutation ...
Largest comprehensive Middle East GWAS reveals Arab genetic risk factors
QATAR GENOME RESEARCH CONSORTIUM investigators identify genetic associations with 45 clinically relevant traits in the Qatari populationCredit: Qatar Foundation Doha, ...
X-factor to help antibiotics regain their spark
Holding off the rise of superbugs could be achieved by 'resuscitating' old antibiotics.Credit: Institute for Molecular Bioscience, UQ Holding off ...