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Parasite's biological clock could help improve treatments for deadly sleeping sickness

The parasite that causes deadly sleeping sickness has its own biological clock that makes it more vulnerable to medications during the afternoon, according to international research that may help improve treatments for one of Africa's most lethal diseases.

24 Mar 2017

Researchers develop new lab-on-a-chip platform that aims to improve pathogen detection

Nuclear amplification testing is commonly used for pathogen detection; however, the process is currently manually intensive and complex, and requires dedicated equipment. This prevents its use in some settings, and pathogen detection in individual samples.

24 Mar 2017

New CDISC data standard assists in development of potential Ebola treatments

The Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium and the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory announce the availability of a new standard to assist in the collection, aggregation and analysis of Ebola virus disease research data.

24 Mar 2017

Researchers develop new way to assemble genome of an organism from scratch

A team spanning Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, Texas Children's Hospital and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has developed a new way to sequence genomes, which can assemble the genome of an organism, entirely from scratch, dramatically cheaper and faster.

24 Mar 2017

Fight against TB threatened by drug resistance

Today is World TB Day. Although there is much to celebrate, with 49 million lives being saved through the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) between 2000 and 2015, the rise in TB-causing bacteria that are resistant to key treatments now threatens to derail decades of progress in controlling TB.

24 Mar 2017

Majority of dengue virus infections appear to happen very close to home

The majority of dengue virus infections appear to happen very close to home and are transmitted from the same family of mosquitoes, suggests new research led by the University of Florida and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

24 Mar 2017

CDM scientist wins IADR award for research in periodontal diseases

On March 22, 2017, the International Association for Dental Research awarded its 2017 Distinguished Scientist Award in Basic Research in Periodontal Disease to Panos N. Papapanou, DDS, PhD, professor and chair of the Section of Oral, Diagnostic and Rehabilitation Sciences of the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine.

24 Mar 2017

PSU research shows how viruses can undergo major mutations without losing ability to infect

Portland State University researchers have found that only about half the genes in a specific virus affecting single cell organisms is needed to infect a host. This means the virus can undergo major mutations without losing its ability to survive and infect.

23 Mar 2017

Penn researcher receives $16.3 million NIAID grant to develop long-sought-after HIV vaccine

Building on earlier work in designing chimeric human-simian immunodeficiency viruses (SHIVs) that serve as a model of HIV infection of humans, George M. Shaw, MD, PhD, a professor of Hematology/Oncology and Microbiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has received $16.3 million over five years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop a long-sought-after HIV vaccine.

22 Mar 2017

Pioneering iPad case that protects medical practitioners, patients from HCAI risk may soon be available in Texas

A pioneering iPad case that enables clinical staff and surgeons to use iPads in sterile environments will soon be available in Texas.

22 Mar 2017

Review of research on wild primates underscores importance of super-spreaders in disease transmission

An extensive review of research on wild primate social networks and parasites underscores the importance of super-spreaders, or central individuals that play an outsized role in transmission of a pathogen.

21 Mar 2017

New guide for health professionals features much-needed information for disaster management

A world-first grass-roots guide for doctors, nurses, paramedics and other health professionals will give them a much-needed common language to deal with the growing number of natural and man-made disasters worldwide.

21 Mar 2017

Use of FTIR spectroscopy could herald fast and easy way to spot early signs of disease

While more research is needed to confirm the findings published today in the FASEB Journal, the use of FITR could herald a fast and easy way to spot early signs of infection, cancer, and difficult to diagnose neurological conditions.

21 Mar 2017

Treatment with interferon may ease symptoms of Ebola patients

A pilot study of a class of drugs used to treat hepatitis and some forms of multiple sclerosis has been shown for the first time to ease symptoms of Ebola patients, while also increasing their survival.

21 Mar 2017

New method twice as fast in detecting disease-causing salmonella in pork meat

A new method developed at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, halves the time it takes slaughterhouses to test for disease-causing salmonella in pork meat.

21 Mar 2017

Sandia researchers develop smartphone-based device to rapidly detect mosquito-borne viruses

Add rapid, mobile testing for Zika and other viruses to the list of things that smartphone technology is making possible. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a smartphone-controlled, battery-operated diagnostic device that weighs under a pound, costs as little as $100 and can detect Zika, dengue and chikungunya within 30 minutes.

21 Mar 2017

New TB/HIV co-infections flare-up by 40% over last five years across Europe

New data released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the WHO Regional Office for Europe ahead of World TB Day show that new tuberculosis cases and deaths in the 53 countries of the WHO European Region declined each year by 4.3% and 8.5% respectively between 2011 and 2015.

20 Mar 2017

Disease/Infection News

Parasite's biological clock could help improve treatments for deadly sleeping sickness

Researchers develop new lab-on-a-chip platform that aims to improve pathogen detection

New CDISC data standard assists in development of potential Ebola treatments

Researchers develop new way to assemble genome of an organism from scratch

Fight against TB threatened by drug resistance

Majority of dengue virus infections appear to happen very close to home

CDM scientist wins IADR award for research in periodontal diseases

PSU research shows how viruses can undergo major mutations without losing ability to infect

Penn researcher receives $16.3 million NIAID grant to develop long-sought-after HIV vaccine

Pioneering iPad case that protects medical practitioners, patients from HCAI risk may soon be available in Texas

Review of research on wild primates underscores importance of super-spreaders in disease transmission

New guide for health professionals features much-needed information for disaster management

Use of FTIR spectroscopy could herald fast and easy way to spot early signs of disease

Treatment with interferon may ease symptoms of Ebola patients

New method twice as fast in detecting disease-causing salmonella in pork meat

Sandia researchers develop smartphone-based device to rapidly detect mosquito-borne viruses

New TB/HIV co-infections flare-up by 40% over last five years across Europe

Asynt’s non-ducted filtration and fume cabinets to aid development of portable diagnostic devices

Study finds 18% increase in HIV treatment success rates

Resurgent outbreak of avian influenza underscores need for control efforts at animal source

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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