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EcoHealth Alliance examines the origins of Ebola virus outbreaks

EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit organization that focuses on conservation and global public health issues, published a comprehensive review today examining the current state of knowledge of the deadly Ebola and Marburg virus.

21 Apr 2014

Sandia develops credit-card-sized anthrax detection cartridge to small business makes

A credit-card-sized anthrax detection cartridge developed at Sandia National Laboratories and recently licensed to a small business makes testing safer, easier, faster and cheaper.

21 Apr 2014

New device uses space-tested concept of capillary flow to diagnose infectious diseases

A new medical-testing device is being prepped to enter the battle against infectious disease. This instrument could improve diagnosis of certain diseases in remote areas, thanks in part to knowledge gained from a series of investigations aboard the International Space Station on the behavior of liquids. The device uses the space-tested concept of capillary flow to diagnose infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.

20 Apr 2014

Cyclenium Pharma signs drug discovery and development agreement with Southern Research Institute

Cyclenium Pharma Inc., an emerging pharmaceutical company specializing in the research and development of novel drug candidates based on proprietary macrocyclic chemistry, today announced the signing of a discovery and co-development agreement with Southern Research Institute, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) scientific research organization founded in 1941.

18 Apr 2014

LSTM researchers to conduct extensive research on HIV and schistosomiasis coinfection in African children

Researchers from LSTM have called for more research to be carried out into HIV and schistosomiasis coinfection in children in sub-Saharan Africa.

18 Apr 2014

Drug used to treat TB may also act against various infections, says study

A drug under clinical trials to treat tuberculosis could be the basis for a class of broad-spectrum drugs that act against various bacteria, fungal infections and parasites, yet evade resistance, according to a study by University of Illinois chemists and collaborators.

18 Apr 2014

Cepheid's revenues increase 16% to 106.9 million in first quarter 2014

Cepheid today reported revenues for the first quarter of 2014 of $106.9 million, representing growth of 16% from $91.9 million for the first quarter of 2013. Net loss in the first quarter of 2014 was $(9.3) million, or $(0.13) per share, which compares to net income of $0.3 million, or $0.00 per share, in the first quarter of 2013.

18 Apr 2014

Princeton professor receives Agilent Thought Leader Award to research on cellular metabolism activity

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that Joshua Rabinowitz, M.D., Ph.D., professor at Princeton University's Department of Chemistry and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award to support his work on quantitative analysis of cellular metabolism.

18 Apr 2014

Researchers identify novel vancomycin-resistant MRSA superbug in Brazil

An international research team led by Cesar A. Arias, M.D., Ph.D., at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has identified a new superbug that caused a bloodstream infection in a Brazilian patient. The report appeared in the April 17 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.

17 Apr 2014

SWHR co-sponsors National Institutes of Health Forum on microbiome and autoimmunity

The Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR®), the leading voice on the study of the biological differences between women and men, is co-sponsoring the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Forum on the Microbiome and Autoimmunity on Thursday, April 24, at the NIH in Bethesda, Md.

17 Apr 2014

Researchers examine effects of introducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in Africa

Researchers from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group conducted a review of the effects of introducing rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for diagnosing malaria in primary healthcare settings in Africa where laboratory services are unavailable.

17 Apr 2014

Research on HIV and schistosomiasis coinfection in sub-Saharan Africa children

Paper shows that more work is needed to fully understand the consequences of coinfection. Researchers from LSTM have called for more research to be carried out into HIV and schistosomiasis coinfection in children in sub-Saharan Africa.

17 Apr 2014

Study provides better understanding of intestinal pathologies associated with inherited, infectious diseases

The "brush border" - a densely packed array of finger-like projections called microvilli - covers the surfaces of the cells that line our intestines.

17 Apr 2014

Researchers uncover mechanism that may help explain severe forms of schistosomiasis

Researchers at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts and Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) have uncovered a mechanism that may help explain the severe forms of schistosomiasis, or snail fever, which is caused by schistosome worms and is one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases in the world. The study in mice, published online in The Journal of Immunology, may also offer targets for intervention and amelioration of the disease.

17 Apr 2014

Scientists create new model of memory that provides complete picture of how memory works

Scientists at the Salk Institute have created a new model of memory that explains how neurons retain select memories a few hours after an event.

17 Apr 2014

Study finds that video surveillance can provide insights into hand washing behavior

One of the best defenses against infectious disease is one of the most simple - hand washing. Still, despite years of global public awareness campaigns, hand washing rates remain low. Caregivers of young children in low-income, developing world settings are found to wash their hands only 17 percent of the time after using the toilet

17 Apr 2014

Study: HIV-positive women respond well to vaccine against human papillomavirus

HIV-positive women respond well to a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV), even when their immune system is struggling, according to newly published results of an international clinical trial.

17 Apr 2014

Baxter reports topline results from BAX 111 Phase 3 trial for treatment of von Willebrand disease

Baxter International Inc. today announced topline results from a Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics (PK) of BAX 111. BAX 111 is a recombinant von Willebrand factor (rVWF) under investigation for the treatment of bleeding episodes in patients with von Willebrand disease, the most common type of inherited bleeding disorder.

From Baxter International Inc. 16 Apr 2014

MD Anderson honors America's future cancer leaders

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center this week honored 16 junior faculty members who are expected to become some of America's future cancer leaders. The faculty members are the first R. Lee Clark Fellow award winners. The new award was established to recognize outstanding work by junior faculty members and to help support their future efforts.

16 Apr 2014

UTMB experts honored with Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to study of deadly diseases

The global experts who study the deadliest infectious diseases recognized the contributions of Frederick A. Murphy and Thomas G. Ksiazek, professors at the University of Texas Medical Branch, with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 6th annual International Symposium on Filoviruses. The filoviruses include Ebola and Marburg viruses that cause death in 50 to 90 percent of people infected. The current outbreak of Ebola virus raging in West Africa has caused more than 100 deaths so far.

16 Apr 2014

Infectious Diseases News and Research

EcoHealth Alliance examines the origins of Ebola virus outbreaks

Sandia develops credit-card-sized anthrax detection cartridge to small business makes

New device uses space-tested concept of capillary flow to diagnose infectious diseases

Cyclenium Pharma signs drug discovery and development agreement with Southern Research Institute

LSTM researchers to conduct extensive research on HIV and schistosomiasis coinfection in African children

Drug used to treat TB may also act against various infections, says study

Cepheid's revenues increase 16% to 106.9 million in first quarter 2014

Princeton professor receives Agilent Thought Leader Award to research on cellular metabolism activity

Researchers identify novel vancomycin-resistant MRSA superbug in Brazil

SWHR co-sponsors National Institutes of Health Forum on microbiome and autoimmunity

Researchers examine effects of introducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in Africa

Research on HIV and schistosomiasis coinfection in sub-Saharan Africa children

Study provides better understanding of intestinal pathologies associated with inherited, infectious diseases

Researchers uncover mechanism that may help explain severe forms of schistosomiasis

Scientists create new model of memory that provides complete picture of how memory works

Study finds that video surveillance can provide insights into hand washing behavior

Study: HIV-positive women respond well to vaccine against human papillomavirus

Baxter reports topline results from BAX 111 Phase 3 trial for treatment of von Willebrand disease

MD Anderson honors America's future cancer leaders

UTMB experts honored with Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to study of deadly diseases

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