Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

January 27, 2020

Device could be used to find threats to ecosystemsCredit: Jianye Sui Imagine a device that could swiftly analyze microbes in ...

UMD-led study named Science’s most impactful paper of 2019

January 24, 2020

American Association for the Advancement of Science awards Newcomb Cleveland prize to study of transgenic fungus designed to control malaria-carrying ...

With a protein ‘delivery,’ parasite can suppress its host’s immune response

January 24, 2020

The parasite Toxoplasma gondii need not infect a host immune cell to alter its behavior, according to a new study ...

Marburg virus found in Sierra Leone bats

January 24, 2020

Credit: Brian Bird/UC Davis One Health Institute Scientists have detected Marburg virus in fruit bats in Sierra Leone, marking the ...

NIAID officials discuss novel Coronavirus that recently emerged in China

January 23, 2020

Research underway to address latest viral threatCredit: NIAID The new cluster of viral pneumonia cases originating in Wuhan, China, marks ...

West Nile virus triggers brain inflammation by inhibiting protein degradation

January 23, 2020

Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith, P.E. Rollin, USCDCP West Nile virus (WNV) inhibits autophagy -- an essential system that digests or removes ...

Stressed-out dust is sharing antibiotic resistance genes

January 23, 2020

First study to show indoor dust bacteria have transferrable antibiotic resistance genesCredit: Northwestern University Bacteria can swap their genes with ...

Controlled-release opioid may be leading to heart infections in persons who inject drugs

Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry LONDON, ON - A new study from ICES, Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University ...

NIH-supported scientists reverse HIV and SIV latency in two animal models

Findings represent progress toward an HIV cureCredit: NIAID In a range of experiments, scientists have reactivated resting immune cells that ...

Mosquito-borne diseases could be prevented by skin cream

Credit: University of Leeds A skin cream used to treat warts and skin cancer could help protect people against viral ...

Novel coronavirus: ECDC updates risk assessment for Europe

Further global spread likely along with moderate likelihood of imported cases being detected in EU/EEA countriesCredit: ECDC The novel coronavirus ...

Most rehabilitating sea turtles with infectious tumors don’t survive

Study examines survival rates of green sea turtles with different fibropapillomatosis tumor scores in rehabilitation facilitiesCredit: The Turtle Hospital Caused ...

A roadmap for adding ivermectin to the malaria toolbox

A group of experts led by ISGlobal defines a clear pathway for evaluating and implementing ivermectin as a complementary vector ...

Statistics conference to mark eminent statistician’s 70th birthday

Credit: Lancaster University Lancaster University is to host a conference in honour of the 70th birthday of Distinguished Professor Peter ...

Mason researchers Narayanan and Veneziano receive funding to build better vaccines

Credit: George Mason University George Mason University's Aarthi Narayanan, Associate Professor, College of Science and the National Center for Biodefense ...

New species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in infected wound

Credit: Photo by University of Gothenburg A hitherto unknown antibiotic-resistant bacteria species, in the same family as E. coli and ...

Zika inhibits the proliferation of prostate cancer cells