Study gauges efficacy of drugs against pork tapeworm
Credit: Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization official photo (CC BY 4.0) Taenia solium--also called pork tapeworm--is a parasite ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
Sepsis associated with 1 in 5 deaths globally, double previous estimate
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Jan. 16, 2020 - Twice as many people as previously believed are dying of sepsis worldwide, according ...
Researchers develop first diagnostic test for novel coronavirus in China
A joint press release by Charité and the DZIFCredit: Photo: Dr. Fred Murphy & Sylvia Whitfield/CDC Researchers from the German ...
Molecular understanding of drug interactions suggests pathway to better malaria treatments
The work also has implications for speeding drug developmentCredit: University of Houston The process of crystallization is central to drug ...
Cat parasite reduces general anxiety in infected mice, not just fear of feline predators
Credit: Pierre-Mehdi Hammoudi and Damien Jacot The cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii is known to cause infected rodents to lose their ...
Decoy molecule neutralizes a range of viruses
The molecule points the way toward treating viruses that cross from animals to humansCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science A host ...
Researchers discover new strategy in the fight against antibiotic resistance
Credit: KU Leuven - MICA Lab Bioscience engineers from KU Leuven in Belgium have developed a new antibacterial strategy that ...
Israeli docs strike big blow to superbugs
Hebrew University team brings hope to patients with life-threatening, drug-resistant infectionsCredit: Nathalie Balaban and Jiafeng Liu Every year in the ...
Taking one for the team: How bacteria self-destruct to fight viral infections
And how scientists might leverage bacterial immune systems to improve phage therapy against multidrug-resistant bacteriaCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences ...
Less severe cases of diarrheal illness can still lead to child mortality, research shows
Landmark GEMS research could help set path to reduce child mortality linked to diarrheal illnessCredit: University of Maryland School of ...
IVI to lead critical standard reagents availability for oral cholera vaccine manufacturing
This will ensure uniform efficacy and help meet global demandCredit: International Vaccine Institute January 9, 2020 - SEOUL, South Korea ...
New study reveals the origin of complex malaria infections
Single cell sequencing could lead to new intervention strategiesCredit: Texas Biomedical Research Institute San Antonio, Texas (January 8, 2020) - ...
Hundreds of novel viruses discovered in insects
Joint press release by Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)Credit: Photo: Paraskevopoulou/Charité New viruses ...
Researchers develop universal flu vaccine that protects against 6 influenza viruses in mice
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A novel nanoparticle vaccine that combines two major influenza proteins is effective in providing broad, long-lasting ...
False negatives: Delayed Zika effects in babies who appeared normal at birth
Credit: Children's National Hospital Colombian infants exposed to Zika virus in the womb showed neurodevelopmental delays as toddlers, despite having ...
Researchers identify key structure of C. difficle bacteria that could lead to future treatments
Mapping of new cell binding component on bacteria could lead to new structure-based drug-designCredit: PNAS Researchers from the University of ...
Delivering TB vaccine intravenously dramatically improves potency, study shows
Credit: JoAnne Flynn, Ph.D., Alexander White, Pauline Maiello, and Mario Roederer, Ph.D. PITTSBURGH, Jan. 1, 2020 - Worldwide, more people ...
Changed route of immunization dramatically improves efficacy of TB vaccine
NIAID scientists report results from animal studyCredit: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Tuberculosis (TB), an ancient disease, is the ...
Fewer than half of California pharmacies provide correct drug disposal info
Just 11% said their pharmacy offered a drug take-back programCredit: Children's National Hospital The callers pretended to be well-meaning parents ...
Women with single dose of HPV vaccine gain similar protection as multiple doses
Credit: Photo by Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth A new study revealed that one dose of the HPV vaccine may prevent infection from ...