Tag: Disease in the Developing World

January 18, 2019

A new antibiotic is being heralded as a breakthrough in the war against a superbugCredit: istock A new antibiotic developed ...

Combination therapy more effective in treating patients with leishmaniasis and HIV

The results of clinical trials conducted in Ethiopia by the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), in partnership with Médecins ...

Combination therapy treats leishmaniasis, HIV patients

A PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases press releaseCredit: DNDi/L. Otieno, 2019 Coinfection with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ...

Queen's University researchers develop new test to detect disease and infection

Credit: Queen's University Belfast Researchers at Queen's University Belfast have developed a highly innovative new enzyme biomarker test that has ...

Zika and Chikungunya viruses: Diagnostic pitfalls

DZIF scientists from the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin demonstrate the problems with the currently available diagnostics, particularly for Zika virus ...

Mosquito known to transmit malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for the first time

January 16, 2019

Public health concern is a possible emergence of malaria in new regions, Baylor researcher saysCredit: Robert Rogers/Baylor University A type ...

Summit highlights caribbean disaster preparedness and collaboration to strengthen resilience

January 15, 2019

Caribbean Strong: Building Resilience with Equity "Caribbean Strong: Building Resilience with Equity" will take place on February 27-March 1, 2019, ...

Gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 shown to limit impact of certain parasitic diseases

January 15, 2019

GW researchers successfully used CRISPR/Cas9 to limit the impact of schistosomiasis and liver fluke infection, affecting more than a quarter ...

Activated PMN exosomes are pathogenic entities that cause destruction in the COPD lung

January 11, 2019

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is the fourth-leading cause of death in the worldCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University ...

Experimental antibody 'cocktail' protects animals from three deadly Ebola viruses

Scientists from academia, industry, and government have developed a combination of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that protected animals from all three ...

Madariaga virus spreads to Haiti

A PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases press releaseCredit: Morris, et al. (2019) Madariaga virus (MADV), or South American eastern equine encephalitis ...

Turbocharger for the cell machinery

Credit: DCB, University of Bern. The classic molecular-biological narrative has a simple form: Gene-RNA-protein. This is what we learned in ...

Danish malaria vaccine passes test in humans

For many years, a team of researchers at the University of Copenhagen have been focussing on developing a vaccine that ...

Scientists develop universal Ebola treatment effective in single dose