EPFL scientists map high-risk areas for hepatitis E
Credit: © LCE/LASIG EPFL 2019 EPFL scientists have created the first world map of regions with the highest prevalence of ...
Tag: Virology
Scripps Research-led consortium awarded $129 million from NIH for new HIV vaccine approach
The seven-year grant will support refinement and manufacturing of novel vaccine candidates so that they can move into early-stage human ...
Shingles vaccine safely prevents outbreaks among stem cell transplant patients
The study could offer hope to others with severely compromised immune systems DURHAM, N.C. - A newer form of shingles ...
Old protein, new tricks: UMD connects a protein to antibody immunity for the first time
New applications of a human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) protein could represent a breakthrough in persistent infection, immunology, with many therapeutic prospects ...
Blue Water Vaccines, developing universal flu vaccine, closes $7 million led by CincyTech
Vaccine based on pioneering mathematical models, research from University of OxfordCredit: Blue Water Vaccines Vaccine based on pioneering mathematical models, ...
A common gut virus that maps our travels
Credit: San Diego State University Travelling abroad for the summer can change a person's perspective--and it can also change the ...
Portland State researchers receive $3.15M grant to develop drug to cure malaria
Credit: Portland State University A team of Portland State University researchers who have discovered a possible one-pill cure for malaria ...
Last chlamydia-free koala population may safeguard future of species
Credit: The University of Adelaide DENVER/July 2, 2019 - The last, large, isolated, healthy chlamydia-free population of koalas in Australia ...
HIV eliminated from the genomes of living animals
Temple, UNMC collaborate on study detailed in Nature CommunicationsCredit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University In a major ...
Antibiotics weaken flu defenses in the lung
Credit: Andreas Wack, Francis Crick Institute Antibiotics can leave the lung vulnerable to flu viruses, leading to significantly worse infections ...
Yellow fever virus responsible for current epidemic in Brazil originated in Amazon in 1980
Researchers have retraced the pathogen's route as it spread from the state of Pará by analyzing tissue samples from dead ...
There’s need to intensify diabetes screening amongst older patients living with HIV
This article by Dr. Olufunso O. Sogbanmu et al. is published in The Open Public Health Journal, Volume 12, 2019 ...
Gene activity database could spare thousands of mice
Researchers have developed a comprehensive database of gene activity in mice across ten disease models, which could significantly reduce animal ...
‘Can you hear me, now?’ A new strategy ‘raises the volume’ of gut-body communication
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Throughout the gastrointestinal tract there are specialized hormone-producing cells called enteroendocrine cells and, although they ...
NIH funds creation of new lab model for TB/HIV research
First-of-its-kind model could prove cheaper and more effective San Antonio, Texas (June 26, 2019) - When people suffer from both ...
No cell is an island
LJI team finds that 'doublet' immune cells are much more common--and more important in disease--than previously thoughtCredit: Dr. Yunmin Jung, ...
ATCC introduces standards for enhancing microbiology research at ASM Microbe 2019
Company develops fully authenticated and characterized materials to support reproducible research Manassas, VA - June 24, 2019 - ATCC, a ...
Pathogen engineered to self-destruct underlies cancer vaccine platform
Washington, DC - June 24, 2019 - A team of investigators has developed a cancer vaccine technology using live, attenuated ...
Combatting the world's deadliest infections using groundbreaking human-mimetic tools
New approaches offer insights into mechanisms and treatments of viral diseases not revealed through animal testingCredit: Produced by Craig Redmond ...
Big data and innovations for healthy bees
Recently started, Horizon 2020 project B-GOOD seeks to create a EU-wide management and health data platform to assist sustainable beekeepingCredit: ...