Novel method identifies patients at risk for HIV who may benefit from PrEP strategies
NIH-funded studies demonstrate the value of automated prediction algorithms that could be used to prevent new HIV infections Researchers have ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
Fighting drug resistance with fast, artificial enhancement of natural products
Credit: Image by Caitlin Devor, The University of Tokyo, CC-BY Researchers in Japan have identified multiple promising new drug candidates ...
Bacteria associated with hospital infections are found in raw meat
A study, performed with meat samples from Peruvian markets, underscores the fact that many microbes that infect humans can also ...
Infection-fighting protein also senses protein misfolding in non-infected cells
Credit: Shawn Goyal Researchers at the University of Toronto have uncovered an immune mechanism by which host cells combat bacterial ...
Two new algorithms can identify patients at risk of HIV
Models could help patients get preventive PrEP medications Boston, MA - Two new studies developed algorithms that can identify patients ...
Caspase-1 initiates apoptosis, but not pyroptosis, in the absence of gasdermin D
Credit: Kanazawa University Background Most unnecessary or dangerous cells such as virus-infected cells commit suicide by activating an in-built suicide ...
A mechanism that makes infants more likely than adults to die from sepsis is discovered
Scientists at the Center for Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CRID) show why pediatric patients with sepsis suffer from more inflammation ...
Are you sure it's burning mouth syndrome?
New research urges more rigorous standards when diagnosing Not all burning mouths are the result of a medical condition known ...
Portland State researchers receive $3.15M grant to develop drug to cure malaria
Credit: Portland State University A team of Portland State University researchers who have discovered a possible one-pill cure for malaria ...
Media registration open for ERS Congress 2019: Bringing the latest news in respiratory
Journalists and reporters are invited to register for media access to the ERS International Congress 2019, the flagship meeting of ...
HIV eliminated from the genomes of living animals
Temple, UNMC collaborate on study detailed in Nature CommunicationsCredit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University In a major ...
Gut microbes protect against flu virus infection in mice
Credit: Bradley and Finsterbusch et al./Cell Reports Commensal gut microbes stimulate antiviral signals in non-immune lung cells to protect against ...
Airless worms: A new hope against drug-resistant parasites
By targeting an unusual offshoot of worm metabolism, researchers seek to fight a major global health problemCredit: WikiMedia Commons Over ...
Yellow fever virus responsible for current epidemic in Brazil originated in Amazon in 1980
Researchers have retraced the pathogen's route as it spread from the state of Pará by analyzing tissue samples from dead ...
Biomedical sciences researcher gets $3.26 million grant to develop universal flu vaccine
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Influenza remains a major public health risk, and Dr. Baozhong Wang, associate professor in Georgia State ...
Scissors get stuck — another way bacteria use CRISPR/Cas9
Cas9 represses gene activity, important for virulence In biotech these days, CRISPR/Cas9 is a hot topic, because of its utility ...
Standard TB tests may not detect infection in certain exposed individuals
Study published in Nature Medicine CLEVELAND - An international collaboration of infectious disease experts has identified a large group of ...
The state of multiple antibiotic resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Cape Coast, Ghana
This article by Dr. Olufunso O. Kwame K. Asare et al. is published in The Open Microbiology Journal, Volume 13, ...
Epidemiological review on emerging & re-emerging parasitic infectious diseases in Malaysia
This article by Dr. Saad Musbah Alasil and Dr. Khairul Anuar Abdullah is published in The Open Microbiology Journal, Volume ...
Gene activity database could spare thousands of mice
Researchers have developed a comprehensive database of gene activity in mice across ten disease models, which could significantly reduce animal ...