Two complete genome sequence for coronavirus in Brazil were published
With FAPESP's support, researchers at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, Adolfo Lutz Institute and Oxford University in the ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
Directed species loss from species-rich forests strongly decreases productivity
Credit: Yuanyuan Huang The forest biodiversity experiment BEF-China began in 2009 with the collaboration among institutions in China, Germany and ...
AJR: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) imaging features overlap with SARS and MERS
COVID-19's imaging features are variable and nonspecific, but the imaging findings reported thus far do show "significant overlap" with those ...
COVID-19 a reminder of the challenge of emerging infectious diseases
Credit: NIAID-RML WHAT: The emergence and rapid increase in cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a respiratory illness caused by ...
New JACEP Open analyses explore coronavirus risk factors and public health concerns
Credit: ACEP WASHINGTON, D.C.--Emergency physician-led teams are on the frontlines of coronavirus treatment, prevention and response. JACEP Open, a new ...
Marshall University scientists receive NIH grant for new anti-MRSA antibiotic study
Credit: Marshall University HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Timothy Long, Ph.D., an associate professor at the Marshall University School of Pharmacy, along ...
New immunotherapeutic strategy shows promise in eradicating infectious biofilms
Communities of bacteria known as biofilms are notorious for forming on implanted medical devices and tissues in the body, where ...
SNIPRs take aim at disease-related mutations
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University A typo appearing in the draft of a novel is no great ...
Existing drugs may offer a first-line treatment for coronavirus outbreak
Broad-spectrum antiviral agents could be a possible quick response to the potential COVID-19 pandemicCredit: https://drugvirus.info/ The number of people infected ...
New book on tracking, monitoring disease outbreaks, including COVID-19
Credit: Virginia Tech A Virginia Tech statistician has co-authored a timely new book that touches on the recent novel coronavirus ...
NIH announces $1 million prize competition to target global disease diagnostics
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to offer supplementary support for designs that can be developed into products on a rapid ...
McMaster researchers uncover hidden antibiotic potential of cannabis
May serve as a lead for new drug developmentCredit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (February 26, 2020) - McMaster University researchers ...
HKUST scientists shed light on COVID-19 vaccine development
Credit: HKUST A team of scientists at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has recently made an ...
Mortality decreased with further treatment for opioid use disorder after detox
Credit: Boston Medical Center Boston - A new study shows that people with opioid use disorder who enter inpatient medically ...
NIH clinical trial of remdesivir to treat COVID-19 begins
Study enrolling hospitalized adults with COVID-19 in NebraskaCredit: NIAID RML A randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety and ...
Lab-free infection test could eliminate guesswork for doctors
Credit: University of Southampton A new infection test, made up of sheets of paper patterned by lasers, has been developed ...
The discovery of ancient Salmonella
Oldest reconstructed bacterial genomes link agriculture and herding with emergence of new diseaseCredit: Annette Günzel Using Salmonella enterica genomes recovered ...
When coronavirus is not alone
Team of complexity scientists present 'meme' model for multiple diseasesCredit: Joshua Brown/UVM Interacting contagious diseases like influenza and pneumonia follow ...
Columbia University researchers awarded $2M to identify antiviral drugs for coronavirus
Credit: Columbia Unversity Irving Medical Center Four research teams at Columbia University will share a $2.1 million grant to mount ...
Pill-sized ‘heater’ could increase accessibility in diagnosing infectious disease
Device developed at University of Toronto Engineering regulates the temperature of biological samples through different stages of diagnostic testingCredit: Qin ...