A complex sugar may someday become one of the most effective weapons to stop the spread of cholera, a disease that has claimed thousands of lives in Haiti since the devastating earthquake…
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Convalescent plasma therapy may reduce mortality rate in patients with H1N1 infection
Convalescent plasma therapy-using plasma from patients who have recovered from an infection to treat those with the same infection-has been used to treat multiple diseases. However, the efficacy of this treatment in…
Meganucleases used to prevent HSV-1 infection
Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), announced today that scientists from Cellectis therapeutics, the French National Center For Medical Research (CNRS) and Institut de la Vision (Paris) have used its proprietary meganucleases to successfully prevent…
Race and region play major role in health outcomes of people infected with HIV
Women, nonwhites, and people in the southern United States who were newly infected with HIV and followed for an average of four years experienced greater HIV/AIDS-related morbidity compared to men and people…
MBL-HCV1 Phase 2 trial begins to prevent hepatitis C virus infection in liver transplant patients
Following a successful Phase 1 study for safety, researchers at MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) today announced the beginning of a Phase 2 clinical trial testing the ability…
AMBR sensor measures growth and drug susceptibility of bacterial cells without use of microscope
With an invention that can be made from some of the same parts used in CD players, University of Michigan researchers have developed a way to measure the growth and drug susceptibility…
Australian’s urged to vaccinate babies and care givers against whopping cough
The number of cases of the deadly whooping cough in the Hume region in Victoria, including Wodonga, last year increased fivefold from those diagnosed in 2008. A total 67 cases were reported…
Vaccine to prevent MRSA infections after bone and joint surgery
URMC team presents latest data at National Orthopaedics Meeting University of Rochester Medical Center orthopaedic scientists are a step closer to developing a vaccine to prevent life-threatening methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections…
iBio grants commercial, royalty-bearing license to Fiocruz/Bio-Manguinhos for new yellow fever vaccine
iBio, Inc. (NYSE AMEX:IBIO) today announced the grant of a commercial, royalty-bearing license to Fiocruz/Bio-Manguinhos of Brazil to develop, manufacture and sell certain vaccines based upon iBio’s proprietary technology. Fiocruz/Bio-Manguinhos will invest…
New way to halt lung inflammation
Acute inflammation of the lung is a poorly recognized human disease that develops in surprising and unexpected ways. The acute lung injury (ALI) or adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a vital…
Clinical studies by expert HIV clinicians suggest that HIV-TRePS may have clinical and economic benefits
Two multinational clinical studies indicate that the RDI’s system for predicting how HIV and AIDS patients will respond to different drugs could be a useful tool with potential clinical and economic benefits….
RTS,S offers 46 percent protection against malaria for at least 15 months after vaccination
A Phase II trial published Friday in Lancet Infectious Diseases has shown that RTS,S, the “experimental malaria vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline provides African children with long-lasting protection” against malaria, Reuters reports. “Scientists conducting…
New Tool For Cell Research May Help Unravel Secrets Of Disease
Advancements in understanding rotational motion in living cells may help researchers shed light on the causes of deadly diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, according to Ning Fang, an associate scientist at the U.S….
Prions That Cause Mad Cow Disease Can Spread Through Air
Prions, the agents that cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow disease) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, can spread through the air and induce infection, according to new research led by the University…
New evidence about broadly-reactive neutralizing antibodies that block HIV infection
New findings are bringing scientists closer to an effective HIV vaccine. Researchers from Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (Seattle BioMed), Vanderbilt University and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard report findings…