Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

For the future of medicine, clinicians and scientists at Children's Hospital Los Angeles look to our genes The age of ...

Researcher identifies adjuvant that prevents vaccine-enhanced respiratory disease in RSV

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A unique adjuvant, a substance that enhances the body's immune response to toxins and foreign matter, ...

Lower risk of Type 1 diabetes seen in children vaccinated against ‘stomach flu’ virus

Type 1 diabetes rates one-third lower in children who received all doses of the rotavirus vaccine; study also shows many ...

2019 Michelson Prize winners push the next frontiers of human immunology

Credit: UCSF, courtesy of the Human Vaccines Project June 13, 2019 - The Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human ...

The Lancet: First randomised trial finds no substantial difference in risk of acquiring HIV for three different forms of contraception

Previous research has suggested that some contraceptive methods may increase women's susceptibility to HIV Previous research has suggested that some ...

Superfast gene sequencing helps diagnose critically ill patients

'Metagenomic' test for neurological infections has real clinical benefit, says new study In an analysis of the real-world impact of ...

Tracking down silent killers

35 million euros for excellent research consortium to develop new immunotherapeutic treatments for emerging viral diseases Emerging viral diseases is ...

New assay detects patients’ resistance to antimalarial drugs from a drop of blood

New technique simplifies detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms and can provide critically important information quickly, even in resource limiting facilities, ...

Specialist in immune research distinguished

June 12, 2019

Biochemist Robert Tampé has been elected to the European Molecular Biology Organization EMBOCredit: Uwe Dettmar "It's a special distinction for ...

Researchers identify human protein that aids development of malaria parasite

June 12, 2019

Credit: Bando et al., 2019 Researchers in Japan have discovered that the Plasmodium parasites responsible for malaria rely on a ...

UC researcher examines impact opioids and HIV have on each other

Credit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI--A University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine researcher is trying to determine how opioids ...

New vulnerability found in major human viruses

Structural feature may lead to antivirals for the common cold, polio, and other pathogensCredit: James Geraets Discovery of a new ...

USPSTF recommendation on screening for HIV infection

Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for HIV infection in adolescents and adults ages 15 ...

USPSTF recommends PrEP to prevent HIV infection in people at high risk