Infectious Disease & Vaccines
Many of the same therapies used to activate the immune system against cancer may also combat infectious diseases.
Antimicrobial resistance poses a significant threat to healthcare. Ultra-microscopic viruses called bacteriophages might hold a solution.
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Viral diseases like hepatitis don’t have many successful treatments available, so scientists are engineering antibodies to try and change that.
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Scientists weaponize the symbiotic bacteria in mosquitoes against the deadly diseases they transmit.
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The best scientific presentations are not just about the science. The delivery matters too.
| 6 min read
Pioneering approaches transform vaccine technologies and shape the future of disease prevention.
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Researchers precisely engineered an antibody to better treat respiratory depression due to overdose from increasingly prevalent synthetic opioids.
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Inhibitors of an enzyme essential for schistosomiasis parasitic infection effectively combat the condition in mice.
| 5 min read
Last year, the USDA conditionally approved an oral vaccine for mice to reduce the transmission of Lyme disease to humans.
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Using a machine learning approach, researchers discovered how to make mouse macrophages resistant to tuberculosis infection.
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A novel system for procuring leaf samples leads researchers to a new amino acid and a promising antifungal drug candidate.
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Since antibiotics tend to have negative side effects on the gut, researchers sought an alternative in an unexpected place: yogurt.
