Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Credit: Artur Yakimovich Researchers have developed a new AI-driven platform that can analyse how pathogens infect our cells with the ...

Investing in antibiotics critical to saving lives during pandemic influenza outbreaks

CDDEP researchers find that the availability of an effective antibiotic that can treat Staphylococcus aureus infections effectively during a pandemic ...

Selfies to self-diagnosis: Algorithm 'amps up' smartphones to diagnose disease

Credit: Florida Atlantic University Accessible, connected, and computationally powerful, smartphones aren't just for "selfies" anymore. They have emerged as powerful ...

German researchers discover how sleep can fight infection

Credit: Dimitrov et al., 2019 Researchers in Germany have discovered why sleep can sometimes be the best medicine. Sleep improves ...

The Lancet: Direct-acting antivirals reduce risk of premature mortality and liver cancer for people with chronic hepatitis C

The first prospective, longitudinal study investigating treatment of chronic hepatitis C with direct-acting antivirals finds that the treatment is associated ...

Scientists use machine learning to ID source of Salmonella

Quick identification of animal source key to stopping foodborne illness outbreaksCredit: UGA A team of scientists led by researchers at ...

New tuberculosis drug may shorten treatment time for patients

Washington, DC - February 11, 2019 - A new experimental antibiotic for tuberculosis has been shown to be more effective ...

Sophisticated blood analysis provides new clues about Ebola, treatment avenues

Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease A detailed analysis of blood samples from Ebola patients in Sierra Leone ...

Do we have an epidemic? Enhancing disease surveillance using a health information exchange

The key? Changing public health reporting from passive to proactiveCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - How do public health officials know ...

Tuberculosis: Inhibiting host cell death with immunotherapy

Credit: University Hospital Cologne Tuberculosis treatment still entails the intake several antibiotics over a period of many months and is ...

A bioengineered factory for T-cells

Injectable sponge-like gel enhances the quantity and quality of T-cellsCredit: Harvard University Bone marrow transplants, also known as hematopoietic stem ...

Hard-to-detect antibiotic resistance an underestimated clinical problem

When antibiotics are used to treat bacteria susceptible to them, the treatment usually works. Nevertheless, the antibiotic chosen is sometimes ...

Genome scientists develop novel approaches to studying widespread form of malaria

February 8, 2019

Analyses of Plasmodium vivax parasite RNAs help understand transmission and antimalarial treatment response BALTIMORE, MD., Feb. 8 - Scientists at ...

Dengue virus infection may cause severe outcomes following Zika virus infection during pregnancy