Drug-delivering device streamlines tuberculosis treatment in pigs
Scientists have created a retrievable, wire-like device that safely resides in the stomach and releases large dosages of drugs over ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
Reducing the burden of tuberculosis treatment
Drug delivery system would allow patients to switch from daily to monthly dosesCredit: Malvika Verma, Karan Vishwanath CAMBRIDGE, MA -- ...
On-the-spot genome analysis
Credit: Hasindu Gamaarachchi The ability to read the genome - all the DNA of an organism - has vast potential ...
Secrets of early life revealed from less than half a teaspoon of blood
Pioneering technology could pave the way for improved newborn vaccines A global team of scientists have mapped the developmental pathway ...
Most deaths in children aged 5 to 14 in India, China, Brazil, Mexico are preventable
Deaths due to communicable diseases, transport injuries, drowning and childhood cancers are common for children in all four countries March ...
The world's adolescents — large unmet needs and growing inequalities
Today's adolescents make up the largest generation in history, but they encounter greater health challenges than 25 years ago Today's ...
Health inequality threatening more adolescents worldwide than ever before
US stands out for poor adolescent health compared with other high-income countries A detailed global study of the health and ...
Problem drinking linked to HIV, other sexually transmitted infections in Ugandan youth, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Youth living in the slums of Uganda who are infected with both HIV and sexually transmitted ...
Discovery upturns understanding of how some viruses multiply
Study finds that the viral genome can be split between different cells and still cause infection, challenging a fundamental paradigm ...
New technology could detect Dengue fever earlier
Researchers from the University of Bath are developing a new tool for detecting the presence of Dengue fever early on, ...
Subsidies for infection control to healthcare institutions help reduce infection levels
CDDEP and Princeton University researchers demonstrated that a dollar-for-dollar matching subsidy was effective at reducing the number of hospital-acquired infections, ...
These less common proteins may help fend off the flu
Washington, DC - March 12, 2019 - Influenza type B, though generally less widespread than type A, poses a formidable ...
AJTMH tipsheet for March 2019
Credit: Photo from Thomas Unnasch, University of South Florida Your advance look at three new studies in the American Journal ...
For infection-fighting cells, a guideline for expanding the troops
Researchers at Princeton look into the mathematical relationship that describes how T cells expand in response to infection T cells ...
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