Immunology

Peptide Mimic: A Universal Ebola Drug Target

Researchers have created a molecule known as a peptide mimic that displays a functionally critical region of the virus that is universally conserved in all known species of Ebola. This new tool can be used as a drug target in the discovery of anti-Ebola a ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 7 2014 - 5:01pm

Universal Screening For Superbugs Too Costly

Though numerous experts and policy makers have called for hospitals to screen patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and isolate anyone testing positive to prevent the spread "Superbugs" in healthcare settings ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2014 - 8:00am

Herpesvirus, Not Zoos, Implicated In Baby Elephant Deaths

Elephants are among the most intelligent non-humans, arguably on par with chimpanzees, and both African and Asian elephants are endangered.  In 1995, 16-month old Kumari, the first Asian elephant born at the National Zoo in Washington, DC, died of a myste ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2014 - 8:00am

Estrogen And Natural Resistance To Respiratory Infection

Females are naturally more resistant to respiratory infections than males and now researchers have linked that increased resistance to bacterial pneumonia in female mice to an enzyme called  enzyme nitric oxide synthase 3 (NOS3), which is activated by the ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2014 - 1:01pm

How Are Nurses Becoming Infected With Ebola?

Lab scientists working with Ebola use respirators, while surgical masks are deemed adequate for nurses at the front line. Credit: EPA/Anne-Marie Sanderson/DOH   By C Raina MacIntyre ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 15 2014 - 7:01pm

Conventional Medical Centers May Be Unable Stop Ebola

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Article - News Staff - Oct 17 2014 - 12:30am

Ebola: Bats Get A Bad Rap When It Comes To Spreading Diseases

Credit: Diana Ranslam, CC BY-NC By Alexandra Kamins, Colorado Hospital Association; Marcus Rowcliffe, Zoological Society of London, and Olivier Restif, University of Cambridge ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 17 2014 - 7:00am

Panic Over Ebola Echoes 19th Century Fear Of Cholera

Fears of cholera coming shared a lot in common with fear of Ebola. Graetz 1883 © Historical Society of Pennsylvania By Sally Sheard, University of Liverpool On October 19 an inspector sent north from London to Sunderland reported a long-awaited arrival: t ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 17 2014 - 4:11pm

The Croup: Winning The War Against Human Parainfluenza Virus

Human parainfluenza virus (hPIV) is highly infectious and the leading cause of upper and lower respiratory tract disease in young children, including Croup, which is responsible for thousands of hospitalizations in the developed world, and hundreds of tho ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 20 2014 - 1:30pm

Superspreaders: How Disease Propagates In Infected Animals- And Antibiotics Help

Some people infected with pathogens spread their germs to others while remaining symptom-free- a new study may answer why. When researchers in a new study gave oral antibiotics to mice infected with Salmonella typhimurium, a bacterial cause of food poison ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 6 2015 - 11:34am