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New discovery could lead to more effective malaria vaccine

A team at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has discovered how a promising malarial vaccine target - the protein RH5 - helps parasites to invade human red blood cells.

11 Feb 2017

Annual burden of norovirus infection in the UK is 800,000 greater than previously estimated

Researchers from the University of Liverpool have found that the annual number of estimated number of norovirus cases annually in the UK is approximately 800,000 greater than previously estimated.

10 Feb 2017

Malaria mosquitoes exhibit similar sensitivity to heat and horseradish

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have taken an important step on the road to understanding the underlying mechanism of how and why animals can feel pain in connection with cold or heat. However, according to the study, temperature is just one triggering factor – horseradish, mustard, cinnamon and wasabi have a similar effect.

10 Feb 2017

News stories about public health can fall victim to third-person effect, study finds

"There has been a little flu, but there will be more...we have not seen the worst of it, flu usually peaks in February," said an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer in January.

10 Feb 2017

Scientists discover reason behind mosquitoes’ attraction towards people with malaria

Malaria mosquitoes prefer to feed -- and feed more -- on blood from people infected with malaria. Researchers from Stockholm University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and KTH Royal Institute of Technology have discovered why.

9 Feb 2017

Mosquito research receives major grant to accelerate development of new vector control tools

LSTM's Department of Vector Biology has received a major grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a research programme to develop novel test protocols to accelerate development and bring to market, the next generation of vector control products.

9 Feb 2017

Japanese scientists discover new potential treatment for septic shock

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition due to excessive immune responses to infection that damages the patient's own tissues and organs.

9 Feb 2017

Silver ion-coated biocompatible scaffolds could combat MRSA while regenerating new bone

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are caused by a type of staph bacteria that has become resistant to the antibiotics used to treat ordinary staph infections.

9 Feb 2017

New ‘release and kill’ strategy may shorten treatment periods for patients with tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been called "the perfect pathogen." These bacteria hijack human macrophages, persist inside the cells to evade immune destruction, and then prevent the macrophage from undergoing programmed cell death.

8 Feb 2017

UC San Diego engineers develop desktop diagnosis tool that detects harmful bacteria in few hours

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a desktop diagnosis tool that detects the presence of harmful bacteria in a blood sample in a matter of hours instead of days.

8 Feb 2017

Bacterial infection detector by Philips awarded prize for better use of antibiotics

Philips and Diagnostics Development win European Union ‘Horizon Prize – Better Use of Antibiotics’ for the rapid detection of bacterial infection on Philips’ Minicare I-20 platform.

8 Feb 2017

UCLA researchers identify drug combinations that may be successful in reducing growth of bacteria

A landmark report by the World Health Organization in 2014 observed that antibiotic resistance -- long thought to be a health threat of the future -- had finally become a serious threat to public health around the world.

8 Feb 2017

Researchers develop new 3D system to study human tuberculosis

Researchers at the University of Southampton have developed a new 3D system to study human infection in the laboratory.

7 Feb 2017

Decision-making process of tiniest viruses could lead to better treatments for diseases

Humans face hundreds of decisions every day. But we're not alone. Even the tiniest viruses also make decisions, and scientists are researching how they do so, to help lead to better treatments for some diseases.

7 Feb 2017

Forecasting using satellite images can help choose cost-effective responses to control malaria

Umeå University researcher Maquins Sewe has established links between patterns of malaria in Kenya and environmental factors (temperature, rainfall and land cover) measurable by satellite imagery.

7 Feb 2017

Researchers discover survival strategy that bacteria can use to outsmart human immune response

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered a survival strategy that harmful bacteria can use to outsmart the human immune response, resulting in more severe and persistent infections and more effective spreading from person to person.

7 Feb 2017

Study explores how geospatial characteristics affect HIV prevention and care outcomes

Young men who have sex with men, particularly racial/ethnic minorities and youth living in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities, are disproportionately affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in the United States.

7 Feb 2017

New antibody drug shows promising results to prevent or treat HIV

A new biologic agent--the most potent of its kind so far--is showing early promise as part of a potential new strategy for treating HIV. The drug, known as 10-1074, may also offer a new way to prevent viral infection in people who are at high risk to acquire HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

7 Feb 2017

Detailed analysis of bacterial proteins offers path for new drugs to curb tuberculosis

With the first detailed analysis of a cellular component from a close relative of the pathogen that causes tuberculosis, Rockefeller scientists are suggesting strategies for new drugs to curb this growing health problem.

6 Feb 2017

Penn scientists find cytokine as key to fighting and treating viral infection in the lungs

Viral infections that occur in a patient's lungs are a significant cause of hospitalization and death among children and the elderly.

3 Feb 2017

Disease/Infection News

New discovery could lead to more effective malaria vaccine

Annual burden of norovirus infection in the UK is 800,000 greater than previously estimated

Malaria mosquitoes exhibit similar sensitivity to heat and horseradish

News stories about public health can fall victim to third-person effect, study finds

Scientists discover reason behind mosquitoes’ attraction towards people with malaria

Mosquito research receives major grant to accelerate development of new vector control tools

Japanese scientists discover new potential treatment for septic shock

Silver ion-coated biocompatible scaffolds could combat MRSA while regenerating new bone

New ‘release and kill’ strategy may shorten treatment periods for patients with tuberculosis

UC San Diego engineers develop desktop diagnosis tool that detects harmful bacteria in few hours

Bacterial infection detector by Philips awarded prize for better use of antibiotics

UCLA researchers identify drug combinations that may be successful in reducing growth of bacteria

Researchers develop new 3D system to study human tuberculosis

Decision-making process of tiniest viruses could lead to better treatments for diseases

Forecasting using satellite images can help choose cost-effective responses to control malaria

Researchers discover survival strategy that bacteria can use to outsmart human immune response

Study explores how geospatial characteristics affect HIV prevention and care outcomes

New antibody drug shows promising results to prevent or treat HIV

Detailed analysis of bacterial proteins offers path for new drugs to curb tuberculosis

Penn scientists find cytokine as key to fighting and treating viral infection in the lungs

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