Tag: Disease in the Developing World

Credit: Feldmeier, et al. (2018) Tungiasis, a tropical disease associated with poverty, is caused by the penetration of female sand ...

New Haven, Conn. -- When the Zika virus arrived in the Americas in early 2015, it struck hard, infecting 73% ...

Credit: Choi, et al. (CC BY 4.0, 2018) Infections by the mosquito-borne Mayaro virus (MAYV) have largely been restricted to ...

Credit: Nita Bharti, Penn State A massive release of passive-surveillance satellite data of nighttime lights could help researchers in fields ...

Credit: Children's National Health System A therapy derived from the eggs of parasitic worms helps to protect against one of ...

Vitamin D has been found to speed up the clearance of tuberculosis (TB) bacteria from the lungs of people with ...

Tackling the obesity crisis by shrinking fish and chips A smaller portion of fish and chips has been embraced by ...

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a new way to prevent and treat Chlamydia, the most common sexually ...

Nucleosides: essential biomolecules for lifeCredit: University of Barcelona A research team has described the first case of a patient affected ...

UC Riverside-led research could help develop novel therapeutic strategies to combat malariaCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- An ...

Penn study of the chimpanzee precursor of HIV-1 could lead to a better AIDS vaccineCredit: Ian C. Gilby PHILADELPHIA - ...

Discovery by Rutgers and other scientists could enhance targeted drug deliveryCredit: RCSB PDB: 2xvr Scientists have revealed the structure of ...

A new online training program developed by researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina helps keep health care workers ...

Signaling through interleukin-10 (IL-10) receptors on gut immune cells plays a critical role in protecting the gut lining and microbiota ...