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TB Alliance initiates SimpliciTB to test if new four-drug regimen can treat most types of tuberculosis

TB Alliance has initiated a pivotal clinical trial, SimpliciTB, that will evaluate whether a new four-drug regimen can treat most types of tuberculosis including multidrug-resistant TB more quickly and effectively than currently-available treatments.

28 Aug 2018

WVU professor working to predict, prevent a major cholera outbreak in Yemen

Antar Jutla, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at West Virginia University, is part of a British-led humanitarian team that is working to predict and prevent a major outbreak of cholera in war-torn Yemen.

28 Aug 2018

Scientists develop urine diagnostic to detect parasitic worms that cause river blindness

Scientists at Scripps Research have developed a urine diagnostic to detect the parasitic worms that cause river blindness, also called onchocerciasis, a tropical disease that afflicts 18 to 120 million people worldwide.

28 Aug 2018

Loss of treated bed nets between campaigns may have greater impact on malaria transmission

A new study published in the Lancet journal EClinicalMedicine suggests that more mosquito nets are likely needed between mass campaigns to keep malaria cases in check.

28 Aug 2018

Use of HIV RNA expression inhibitors restores immune function in HIV patients on cART

Immune activation and inflammation persist in the majority of treated HIV-infected individuals and is associated with excess risk of mortality and morbidity.

28 Aug 2018

Some breast cancers can prevent their own spread

Scientists have discovered a mechanism by which people with advanced breast cancer do not experience metastasis and live normal lives.

27 Aug 2018

Peptilogics held pre-IND meeting with FDA to develop PLG0206 for treating prosthetic joint infections

Peptilogics, a development stage company utilizing its innovative peptide platform to treat multidrug-resistant bacterial infections, today announced it recently held a pre-Investigational New Drug (pre-IND) meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to discuss the regulatory pathway for the development of PLG0206 for the treatment of prosthetic joint infections.

25 Aug 2018

INRS professors develop innovative strategy to identify leishmanicidal molecules

Leishmania is a microorganism that enters the human body via a sandfly bite. Instead of fleeing the white blood cells deployed by the immune system to destroy it, the parasite allows itself to be swallowed up.

24 Aug 2018

Immune system prioritizes fighting lung infection rather than wound healing

The innate immune response to lung infection takes priority at the expense of wound healing, according to a study published August 23 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by a team of researcher at Brown University led by Amanda Jamieson.

24 Aug 2018

Drug-resistant malaria strains tend to evolve in lower risk regions

New drug-resistant strains of the parasite that causes malaria tend to evolve in regions with a lower risk of malaria. This is because in hard-hit areas with high transmission rates, like sub-Saharan Africa, they get outcompeted by the more common, drug-sensitive strains inside the human host.

24 Aug 2018

Study provides new insights into how the human immune system protects against Ebola infections

Two types of human antibodies that target different parts of the Ebola virus synergize their antiviral effects by inhibiting different steps of infection, according to a study published August 23 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Philipp Ilinykh and colleagues from the University of Texas Medical Branch, Vanderbilt University, and Ragon Institute.

24 Aug 2018

Scientists develop mathematical model to predict viral outbreaks in advance

Scientists have identified the cause of outbreaks of enterovirus, one of the most prevalent types of virus in the world.

24 Aug 2018

Drug used to treat amoebic dysentery may block journey of rabies virus in nerves

To successfully infect its host, the rabies virus must move from the nerve ending to the nerve cell body where it can replicate.

24 Aug 2018

Scientists create new method of particle tracking based on machine learning

Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have created a new method of particle tracking based on machine learning that is far more accurate and provides better automation than techniques currently in use.

24 Aug 2018

Rapid urbanization makes Central Africa more vulnerable to infectious disease outbreaks

The Central Africa region is experiencing rapid urbanization and economic growth, and infrastructure development. These changes, while generally positive and welcome, also make the region more vulnerable to explosive infectious disease outbreaks, according to an international group of scientists.

24 Aug 2018

Texas man bitten by shark being treated for flesh-eating bacteria infection

Blain Shelton, a 42-year-old Texas man was swimming around 200 yards off the shore of Boliver Island near Galveston on 9th of August when he encountered a shark.

24 Aug 2018

Far-UVC light could help prevent catheter-based and driveline infections

A specific wavelength of ultraviolet light, now delivered through light-diffusing optical fibers, is highly effective at killing drug-resistant bacteria in cell cultures, according to a new study led by David J. Brenner, PhD, a professor of radiation biophysics at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

24 Aug 2018

Disease/Infection News

TB Alliance initiates SimpliciTB to test if new four-drug regimen can treat most types of tuberculosis

WVU professor working to predict, prevent a major cholera outbreak in Yemen

Scientists develop urine diagnostic to detect parasitic worms that cause river blindness

Loss of treated bed nets between campaigns may have greater impact on malaria transmission

Use of HIV RNA expression inhibitors restores immune function in HIV patients on cART

Some breast cancers can prevent their own spread

Peptilogics held pre-IND meeting with FDA to develop PLG0206 for treating prosthetic joint infections

INRS professors develop innovative strategy to identify leishmanicidal molecules

Immune system prioritizes fighting lung infection rather than wound healing

Drug-resistant malaria strains tend to evolve in lower risk regions

Study provides new insights into how the human immune system protects against Ebola infections

Scientists develop mathematical model to predict viral outbreaks in advance

Drug used to treat amoebic dysentery may block journey of rabies virus in nerves

Scientists create new method of particle tracking based on machine learning

Rapid urbanization makes Central Africa more vulnerable to infectious disease outbreaks

Texas man bitten by shark being treated for flesh-eating bacteria infection

Far-UVC light could help prevent catheter-based and driveline infections

Alzheimer’s screening may one day be carried out using an eye exam

New technique may provide continuous country-level surveillance of drug-resistant tuberculosis

Kidney transplantation can be safely performed using organs from patients who had HCV

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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