Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Pseudomonas bacteria detect and respond to the speed (shear rate) of flowing fluidsCredit: Illustration by Matilda Luk, Princeton University Office ...

Making pre-exposure prophylaxis available in India would be a cost-effective way to reduce the spread of HIV and increase survival ...

Small mutations lead to significant impacts on hepatitis C virus replication in miceCredit: Credit: Jenna Gaska, Princeton University Small differences ...

A new analysis co-led by The Johns Hopkins University identified 25 United States counties that are most likely to experience ...

This collaborative project attempts to curb STIs on the rise worldwideCredit: Toni Darville, UNC-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC - Chlamydia ...

Credit: P?aszczyca A, et al. (2019) The nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) of the dengue virus interacts with another viral protein ...

Study is first to link mosquito feeding and reproduction to the egg yolk protein vitellogeninCredit: Elena Lusiardi Feeding mosquitoes sugar ...

NIAID announces four new cooperative research centersCredit: NIAID The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the ...

A new study from Indiana University shows bacteria evolved new genes from viral attackers, a discovery that could help advance ...

Malaria treatment resistance could be avoided by studying how resistance evolves during drug development, according to a new paper published ...

New collaboration, supported by US National Institutes of Health, to produce two new clinical stage TB drug candidates NEW YORK, ...

Nipah outbreaks in Bangladesh: age and breathing difficulties of infected patients increase the risk of disease spread Nipah virus, a ...

Two compounds, from among 300,000 candidates screened, kill parasite-supporting bacteria after a single dose in mouse models of filarial diseases ...

Survey suggests better training needed for general internal medicine residents The nation's HIV epidemic remains stubbornly persistent, with almost 40,000 ...

Credit: R. M. Dedrick et al./Nature Medicine 2019 The patient, a 15-year-old girl, had come to London's Great Ormond Street ...

Penn team of microbiologists and pulmonologists scan genome databases and find a new abundant viral family associated with diseaseCredit: Penn ...

Highest honor recognizing outstanding contributions to science Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, PhD, Director of the Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, and ...

Australian doctors are prescribing antivirals for people with the flu who may not benefit, putting patients at risk of unnecessary ...

MAYWOOD, IL - In a breakthrough that could lead to a simple and inexpensive test for Ebola virus disease, researchers ...

Credit: Wong Lab, Penn State Medical professionals may soon be able to detect bacteria in patient samples in minutes rather ...