Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Credit: Shigeru Tajima, CC BY 4.0 Over recent years, Zika virus (ZIKV) has spread eastward from Africa and Asia, leading ...

Proteasome inhibitors show promise for drug-resistant malaria

Credit: Stokes, et al. (2019) Proteasome inhibitors have significant promise as components of novel combination therapies to treat multidrug-resistant malaria, ...

Is sex primarily a strategy against transmissible cancer?

Credit: One of the greatest enigmas of evolutionary biology is that while sex is the dominant mode of reproduction among ...

Emory University receives $180 million grant from Gates Foundation

Award for Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance network (CHAMPS) is the university's largest-ever single grantCredit: Emory University Emory University ...

HHS fetal tissue research ban threatens progress toward cure for HIV

Statement from IDSA President Cynthia Sears, MD, FIDSA and HIVMA Chair W. David Hardy, MD The Department of Health and ...

NIH HIV experts prioritize research to achieve sustained ART-free HIV remission

Credit: NIAID WHAT: Achieving sustained remission of HIV without life-long antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a top HIV research priority, according ...

New research helping to reveal more about megaviruses

Swansea University has played a key role in transatlantic research to develop a greater understanding of megaviruses and their potential ...

Smart phone health testing devices will transform healthcare

Bodily fluids from saliva to sweat may soon be tested using smartphonesCredit: Gabriel Cunnett Bodily fluids from saliva to sweat ...

A new way to block malaria transmission by targeting young contagious parasite forms

In the new research titled "Naturally acquired immunity against immature Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes", published today in Science Translational Medicine, scientists ...

Study reveals potential new disease threats for wild snow leopards

Credit: Pixabay The first study to investigate disease threats to wild snow leopards has detected that exposure to infections may ...

Mosquito control program reduces dengue, costs in Sri Lanka

Intervention focused on removing mosquito breeding sites found to be both effective and cost-saving A public health, police, and military ...

To fight TB infection, early protection is crucial

New approach may aid development of more effective vaccineCredit: Javier Rangel-Moreno and Shabaana Khader In the first days after the ...

Immune cells play unexpected role in early tuberculosis infection

Discovery may provide a new target for TB drugs, vaccines, NIH-supported research suggestsCredit: NIAID A class of immune cells called ...

Researchers synthesize antimalaria molecules found in a fungus from Nunavut

Québec City, June 5, 2019-The solution to the problem of increasing drug resistance among malaria-causing parasites could come from the ...

Visible public health leadership needed to boost vaccine coverage

Public health expert Professor John Ashton is calling for local directors of public health to provide visible leadership to address ...

Vulnerability to Ebola and Lassa fever can now be properly assessed

Identifying vulnerabilities to outbreaks of Ebola and Lassa fever is possible following new research from the University of Surrey and ...

Many kids with pneumonia get unnecessary antibiotics, chest X-rays

Preschool children with community-acquired pneumonia often receive unnecessary tests and treatment at outpatient clinics and emergency departments, according to a ...

Association for Molecular Pathology expresses serious concerns with Congress’ attempt to resurrect human gene patenting debate and reverse settled Supreme Court ruling

Draft legislation would overturn 150 years of patent case law, prevent the development of life-saving diagnostics for devastating diseases, dramatically ...

Antibiotic produced by the microbiome kills bacteria by disturbing energy metabolism

Credit: University of Tübingen/ Sebastian N. Wirtz A research team from the Universities of Tübingen and Göttingen as well as ...

Gene-edited chicken cells resist bird flu virus in the lab