Tulane University launches new coronavirus research program to develop vaccine
Tulane National Primate Research Center working to develop a nonhuman primate model to study the disease's clinical progression, how it ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
Risk of coronavirus importation in Africa
Credit: Vittoria Colizza and colleagues The COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread in China and cases have been reported in more ...
Study points to better medical diagnosis through levitating human blood
Floating human plasma helps researchers detect diseases like opioid addictionCredit: UBCO New research from the UBC's Okanagan campus, Harvard Medical ...
Different tick, same repellents: Study shows how to avoid Asian longhorned tick
New CDC research shows DEET and other EPA-approved repellents are effective against the invasive speciesCredit: James Gathany, CDC Public Health ...
Breakthrough in coronavirus research results in new map to support vaccine design
Credit: Vivian Abagiu/Univ. of Texas at Austin Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the National Institutes of ...
Why Zika virus caused most harmful brain damage to Brazilian newborns
Findings help explain why microcephaly cases less common in other Zika outbreaksCredit: Kevin Noguchi Due to Zika virus, more than ...
Tulane math professor leads effort to map spread of coronavirus
James 'Mac' Hyman's goal is to help the public health community better understand and predict the spread of the coronavirus.Credit: ...
NIH study supports new approach for treating cerebral malaria
Findings suggest drugs targeting immune cells may help treat deadly disease mainly affecting childrenCredit: Image courtesy of McGavern Lab/National Institute ...
Researchers show how Ebola virus hijacks host lipids
The VP40 protein, encoded by one of Ebola's seven genes, has a region that is crucial for binding to the ...
Off-grid sanitation systems show promise, despite toilet paper
Systems approaching viability in field tests of Duke-led Gates Foundation 'reinvent the toilet' projectCredit: Brian Hawkins, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. ...
Atomic structures mapped in measles, mumps, flu and RSV
Discovery could give insight into coronavirus, which has similar features and functionsCredit: Northwestern University First study to map atomic structure ...
New pathogenic mechanism for influenza NS1 protein found
Influenza NS1 can bind with the cell's RIG-I protein, blocking the innate immune responseCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Influenza is ...
Double success for University drug resistance research
Experts involved in two international papersCredit: Swansea University Swansea University research into the threat posed by antifungal drug resistance has ...
Tourists pose continued risks for disease transmission to endangered mountain gorillas
Researchers at Ohio University, Ugandan scientists caution that humans place gorillas at risk of disease transmissionCredit: Nancy J. Stevens ATHENS, ...
Remdesivir prevents MERS coronavirus disease in monkeys
Results support testing antiviral against 2019 novel coronavirusCredit: NIAID-Frederick The experimental antiviral remdesivir successfully prevented disease in rhesus macaques infected ...
Antibiotics discovered that kill bacteria in a new way: McMaster
A promising clinical candidate in the fight against antimicrobial resistanceCredit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (February 12, 2020) - A new ...
Huge bacteria-eating viruses close gap between life and non-life
Large bacteriophages carry bacterial genes, including CRISPR and ribosomal proteinsCredit: UC Berkeley image courtesy of Jill Banfield lab Scientists have ...
Recent advances in addressing tuberculosis give hope for future
NIH officials describe 'banner year'Credit: NIAID WHAT: In September 2018, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part ...
New research shows how the malaria parasite grows and multiplies
Credit: The University of Nottingham Scientists have made a major breakthrough in understanding how the parasite that causes malaria is ...
Blue Water Vaccines to develop strep pneumo vaccine from St. Jude Children’s research
Blue Water Vaccines licenses patent rights to streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine developed at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; fully attenuated vaccine ...