Cellular calpain proteases can cleave the enteroviral polyprotein
Research highlights the potential of calpain inhibitor as an antiviral against enterovirusesCredit: The University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Despite their prevalence, ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
Anal cancer rates and mortality have risen dramatically among Americans
Credit: UTHealth Rates of new anal cancer diagnoses and deaths related to human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted ...
Tailored T-cell therapies neutralize viruses that threaten kids with PID
Because viral infections can be controlled by T-cells, the body's infection-fighting white blood cells, the Children's National Hospital first-in-humans Phase ...
Dozens of potential new antibiotics discovered with free online app
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new web tool speeds the discovery of drugs to kill ...
Omega-3 shows protection against heart disease-related death, without prostate cancer risk
Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Should you take omega-3 pills? Or try to have two to servings of omega-3 rich fish a ...
CSU lands $1.2 million in NIH funding to advance work on a new tuberculosis vaccine
Credit: William A. Cotton/CSU Photography A team of researchers in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology at Colorado State ...
Mild Zika infection in fetuses may cause brain abnormalities in young despite no symptoms
Credit: University of Saskatchewan Using a relevant animal model (pigs), University of Saskatchewan researchers have shown that mild Zika virus ...
Breakthrough in malaria research
Credit: Institut für Zellbiologie, Universität Bern Despite great efforts in medicine and science, more than 400,000 people worldwide are still ...
Beware probiotics in ICU patients
Credit: Michael Goderre/Boston Children's Hospital It's become common for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), both children and adults, ...
Boosting host immune defenses to treat tuberculosis
Credit: NIAID via Flickr Current treatment regimens for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis, are long, complex, and ...
Antimicrobial resistance poses significant risk to people, the economy
New CCA expert panel reportCredit: Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) In Canada, 26% of infections are resistant to the medicines ...
How the Zika virus can spread
Scientists from Goethe University and Senckenberg Society for Nature Research are developing maps on the Zika virus infection riskCredit: Dorian ...
Illinois researchers to develop smartphone diagnostics lit for infectious diseases
Credit: Nick Holonyak Mico and Nanotechnology Lab Infectious diseases such as Zika and Dengue remain a top contributor to death ...
Study vaccine protects monkeys against four types of hemorrhagic fever viruses
Credit: University of Texas Medical Branch WHAT: Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed an investigational vaccine ...
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