Rotavirus cell invasion triggers a cacophony of calcium signals
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine To successfully set off disease, rotavirus, a virus that causes severe diarrhea and vomiting in ...
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Bacteria-killing gel heals itself while healing you
McMaster researchers aggregate trillions of phages into new formCredit: JD Howell, McMaster University HAMILTON, ON July 25, 2019 - McMaster ...
MERS-CoV vaccine is safe and induces strong immunity in Army-led first-in-human trial
SILVER SPRING, MD - A Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV) vaccine candidate was shown to be safe, well-tolerated, ...
Mouse, not just tick: New genome heralds change in Lyme disease fight
UCI-led study points toward new ways to prevent disease transmission Irvine, Calif., July 24, 2019 -- As Lyme disease increases, ...
PSU biology prof gets $1.25M grant to study effect of Western diet on immune system
A Portland State University biology professor will continue her research into the effect of the Western diet on the immune ...
Surprising insight into Legionnaires’ disease
Frankfurt researchers have explained the mechanism of regulator SidJ in detail -- accelerated publication in NatureCredit: EMBL Grenoble In order ...
Antimalarial treatments less effective in severely malnourished children
Credit: UNAMID, Albert-González-Farran Researchers have found that severe malnutrition is associated with lower exposure to the antimalarial drug lumefantrine in ...
PrEP use high but wanes after three months among young African women
Innovative adherence strategies needed to support long-term usage, NIH-funded study suggestsCredit: NIAID In a study of open-label Truvada as daily ...
Most women use vaginal ring for HIV prevention in open-label study
NIH-supported research explored tool to expand HIV prevention choices for womenCredit: Andrew Loxley, courtesy of the International Partnership for Microbicides ...
E. coli superbug strains can persist in healthy women’s guts
Even without symptoms or antibiotic use, these virulent and multi-drug resistant strains are carried in the gut for long timeCredit: ...
Folic acid reduces risk of neural tube defects linked to HIV drug dolutegravir
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Dolutegravir is a preferred medication for treating HIV infection, but it recently has been linked ...
Microfluidics device helps diagnose sepsis in minutes
When time matters in hospitals, automated system can detect an early biomarker for the potentially life-threatening conditionCredit: Felice Frankel A ...
USPSTF recommends screening for hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant women
Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in pregnant women ...
Mount Sinai researchers develop novel vaccine that induces antibodies that contribute to protection
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a novel vaccine consisting of DNA and recombinant ...
NIH awards contract for acute flaccid myelitis natural history study
Credit: CDC/Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Yiting Zhang The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes ...
The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Rapidly spreading multidrug-resistant parasites render frontline malaria drug ineffective in southeast Asia
Preliminary data from multi-country randomised trial find that half of patients in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam not cured by first-line ...
Genes linked to death from sepsis ID'd in mice
Targeting such genes may help treat deadly condition Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that occurs when the body's immune response ...
Connection to HIV care helps hardly reached US populations suppress the virus
NIH-funded study evaluated strategies to identify and support men who have sex with men and transgender women with unsuppressed HIV ...
HPTN 071 modelling and cost analyses show benefits of community HIV testing and treatment
Credit: HPTN/Kim Cloete DURHAM, N.C. - Continuation of community-wide HIV testing and prompt initiation of treatment as delivered in the ...
Despite progress, only 3 African nations expected to meet global breastfeeding goal
Estimates show more than 800,000 child deaths could be averted annually with optimal breastfeeding Despite substantial progress, only three African ...