Study: Understanding white blood cells' defense mechanisms could lead to better treatments
Experiencing a bacterial infection? You're generally prescribed antibiotics by your doctor. But how exactly do those antibiotics and your white ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
How whipworms wreak havoc on the gut
Signaling through interleukin-10 (IL-10) receptors on gut immune cells plays a critical role in protecting the gut lining and microbiota ...
Male birth control for the malaria parasite
Credit: Kevin J. Hart, Penn State Disrupting two genes involved in the preservation of RNA molecules inhibits the ability of ...
DDW® 2019 offers reporters access to leading research in digestive health
Digestive Disease Week® media registration now open Bethesda, MD (Jan. 31, 2019) -- Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) will host its ...
SCYNEXIS announces positive interim results from Phase 3 open-label FURI study
Shows oral Ibrexafungerp's ability to treat refractory fungal infections and to provide an alternative to long-term IV therapies JERSEY CITY, ...
An unexpected mode of action for an antibody
Visualizing how some patients successfully fought off deadly coronaviruses could pave the way to combat these respiratory infectionsCredit: Jon Klein ...
Effectively collecting tiny droplets for biomedical analysis and beyond
Credit: City University of Hong Kong & PNAS In a single sneeze or a cough, as many as 40,000 tiny ...
NIH-supported scientists develop tool to measure success of HIV cure strategies
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a new assay to accurately and easily ...
Fexinidazole, the first all-oral treatment for sleeping sickness, approved in DRC
PARIS and GENEVA - January 30, 2019 - Marketing authorization of fexinidazole for the treatment of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense human ...
Rutgers researchers contribute to visual guide to identify invasive self-cloning tick
Asian longhorned ticks threaten livestock, but scientists need help telling them apart from two near-identical speciesCredit: Andrea Egizi and co-authors. ...
NIH scientists explore tick salivary glands as tool to study virus transmission, infection
Credit: NIAID WHAT: The salivary glands of some tick species could become important research tools for studying how viruses are ...
New research framework may help better understand, predict infectious disease risks
Credit: USF Health Tampa, FL (Jan. 29, 2019) - The 2014-16 Ebola virus epidemic that ravaged Western Africa, killing thousands, ...
MMV and DNDi make compounds available for research into new drugs for pandemic diseases
Pandemic Response Box harnesses open and collaborative approaches to medical innovation Geneva - 29 January 2019 - Medicines for Malaria ...
The Lancet: Major progress against hepatitis C by 2030 is possible, but will need vast improvements in screening, prevention and treatment
First global estimates to determine the impact of improved prevention, diagnosis and treatment, and examine how achievable the WHO elimination ...
Injection of opioids linked to significant increase in bacterial heart infections
Credit: ICES LONDON, ON - People who inject drugs are at a high risk for a number of health issues. ...
NIAID-sponsored clinical trial of Ebola vaccines begins at Cincinnati Children's
Study in healthy adults tests body's immune responseCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI--A Phase 1 clinical trial of investigational vaccines intended to ...
Experimental Zika test under development with Texas Biomed and national collaborators
Technology would help clinicians tailor therapies depending on progression of diseaseCredit: Texas Biomed San Antonio, Texas (January 28, 2019) - ...
Zika vaccines should induce responses by CD4+ T cells
Immune cells called CD4+ T cells could be important mediators of protection against the Zika virus, according to a study ...
Anti-flu antibodies can inhibit two different viral proteins, NIH study reveals
Credit: Kosik et al., 2019 Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have discovered that antibodies that may form the ...
Investigational monoclonal antibody to treat Ebola is safe in adults
Early-stage trial results show promiseCredit: NIAID The investigational Ebola treatment mAb114 is safe, well-tolerated, and easy to administer, according to ...