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Professor receives $17M NIH grant to support IMPAACT Network

Grace Aldrovandi, MD, CM, principal investigator at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, has been awarded $17 million by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.

20 Feb 2014

Tel Aviv University researchers win two prestigious melanoma research awards from MRA

Tel Aviv University researchers won two out of three prestigious melanoma research awards granted this year by The Melanoma Research Alliance and The Saban Family Foundation. The Team Science Awards are the centerpiece of the MRA research fund, which seeks to promote transformational melanoma research for swift clinical implementation.

18 Feb 2014

New therapeutic target may help repair muscle damage

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have pinpointed why normal aging is accompanied by a diminished ability to regain strength and mobility after muscle injury: Over time, stem cells within muscle tissues dedicated to repairing damage become less able to generate new muscle fibers and struggle to self-renew.

18 Feb 2014

Study uncovers how gut bacteria metabolize complex dietary carbohydrates in fruits, vegetables

We are all aware of the health benefits of dietary fiber. But what is dietary fiber and how do we metabolize it?

13 Feb 2014

UMMS launches Voyager Therapeutics to develop life-changing treatments for fatal diseases

UMass Medical School (UMMS) recognizes the launch today of Voyager Therapeutics, a gene therapy company founded by four world leaders in the fields of AAV gene therapy, RNA biology and neuroscience, to develop life-changing treatments for fatal and debilitating diseases of the central nervous system (CNS).

13 Feb 2014

Commonly used disinfectants do not kill human papillomavirus, say researchers

Commonly used disinfectants do not kill human papillomavirus (HPV) that makes possible non-sexual transmission of the virus, thus creating a need for hospital policy changes, according to researchers from Penn State College of Medicine and Brigham Young University.

13 Feb 2014

Microbiologists find way to use statins to fight Hantavirus

wo Perelman School of Medicine microbiologists may have found a way to use statins, the well-known blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drugs, to fight the hantavirus, a mysterious and lethal microorganism that appeared suddenly in the US southwest over 20 years ago.

12 Feb 2014

Tamoxifen drug appears to kill fungus associated with deadly brain infection

The drug tamoxifen appears to kill a fungus associated with a deadly brain infection that afflicts HIV/AIDS patients, according to a University of Rochester study published online today by mBio, the journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

11 Feb 2014

Drug used for treating breast cancer also kills fungal disease

Tamoxifen, a drug currently used to treat breast cancer, also kills a fungus that causes a deadly brain infection in immunocompromised patients. The findings, which could lead to new treatments for a disease that kills more HIV/AIDS patients than tuberculosis, appear in mBio-, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM.)

11 Feb 2014

Long-distance signaling molecules tell brain to produce anti-viral interferon

The brain contains a defense system that prevents at least two unrelated viruses-and possibly many more-from invading the brain at large. The research is published online ahead of print in the Journal of Virology.

11 Feb 2014

Finding could lead to first effective vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus

Vanderbilt University scientists have contributed to a major finding, reported today in the journal Nature, which could lead to the first effective vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a significant cause of infant mortality.

9 Feb 2014

Researcher receives grant to find compounds that interrupt binding of cancer cells to blood vessels

In scary movies, the killer often comes back to life mysteriously, attacking again when the main character least expects it. Blood cancers are like this too, finding a safe spot to hide during treatment and then striking again when a patient is in remission.

7 Feb 2014

Study shows similarities in pathogenesis of neurological diseases and HIV virus

A new study by George Washington University (GW) researcher Michael Bukrinsky, M.D., Ph.D., shows similarities in the pathogenesis of prion disease — misfolded proteins that can lead to neurological diseases — and the HIV virus.

5 Feb 2014

Treating peanut allergy with oral immunotherapy changes DNA of immune cells

Treating a peanut allergy with oral immunotherapy changes the DNA of the patient's immune cells, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. The DNA change could serve as the basis for a simple blood test to monitor the long-term effectiveness of the allergy therapy.

31 Jan 2014

Scientists receive new awards from CIRM to advance revolutionary stem cell science in medicine

Scientists from UCLA's Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have received new awards from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state stem cell research agency, that will forward revolutionary stem cell science in medicine.

30 Jan 2014

Elsevier launches open access journal, Pathogenesis

Elsevier, world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announces the launch of open access journal, Pathogenesis.

29 Jan 2014

Scientists start clinical trial of EDP-788 oral antibiotic to treat MRSA infections

Scientists have begun the first human clinical trial of EDP-788, an investigational oral antibiotic intended to treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections.

27 Jan 2014

ITAC assists in international distribution of NanoLogix products by Nasaem Al-Jazira

NanoLogix Inc. (NNLX), an innovator in the rapid detection, identification and determination of antibiotic resistance and sensitivity of live bacteria, announces that the State of Ohio Department of Economic Development's International Trade Assistance Center (ITAC) based at Youngstown State University (YSU) is providing support to Hubbard Ohio-based NanoLogix Inc. for international distribution of NanoLogix products by Nasaem Al-Jazira, a Saudi Arabian Trading and Distribution Company.

27 Jan 2014

Salmonella infections can reduce incidence of asthma, say researchers

Researchers from Germany have identified the mechanism by which Salmonella infections can reduce the incidence of asthma in mice. The research, which appears ahead of print in the journal Infection and Immunity, opens up new avenues of research that could lead to treatments.

24 Jan 2014

ACM Global acquires Phoenix PCS to expand operation in the Asia Pacific region

ACM Global Central Laboratory, a diagnostic central laboratory specializing in delivering high quality testing services which optimize clinical trial outcomes, today announced it has acquired Phoenix Pharma Central Services Pte. Ltd, a premier central laboratory services provider for Asia Pacific clinical trials, with laboratory facilities in Singapore and Shanghai, China. The acquisition enables ACM Global to deliver increased operational and financial efficiencies to clients conducting clinical studies in the Asia Pacific region. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

23 Jan 2014

Microbiology News and Research

Professor receives $17M NIH grant to support IMPAACT Network

Tel Aviv University researchers win two prestigious melanoma research awards from MRA

New therapeutic target may help repair muscle damage

Study uncovers how gut bacteria metabolize complex dietary carbohydrates in fruits, vegetables

UMMS launches Voyager Therapeutics to develop life-changing treatments for fatal diseases

Commonly used disinfectants do not kill human papillomavirus, say researchers

Microbiologists find way to use statins to fight Hantavirus

Tamoxifen drug appears to kill fungus associated with deadly brain infection

Drug used for treating breast cancer also kills fungal disease

Long-distance signaling molecules tell brain to produce anti-viral interferon

Finding could lead to first effective vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus

Researcher receives grant to find compounds that interrupt binding of cancer cells to blood vessels

Study shows similarities in pathogenesis of neurological diseases and HIV virus

Treating peanut allergy with oral immunotherapy changes DNA of immune cells

Scientists receive new awards from CIRM to advance revolutionary stem cell science in medicine

Elsevier launches open access journal, Pathogenesis

Scientists start clinical trial of EDP-788 oral antibiotic to treat MRSA infections

ITAC assists in international distribution of NanoLogix products by Nasaem Al-Jazira

Salmonella infections can reduce incidence of asthma, say researchers

ACM Global acquires Phoenix PCS to expand operation in the Asia Pacific region

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