mBio

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Freeze-dried polio vaccine could spell end of disease

USC researchers have developed a polio vaccine that doesn't require refrigeration, meaning it could someday be used all over the world to deliver the final blow to this longtime foe.

Overweight & Obesity

Gut microbiota of infants predicts obesity in children

Evaluating the gut microbiota of infants may help identify children who are at risk for becoming overweight or obese, according to results from a recent study published in mBio. The research revealed that gut microbiota composition ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers engineer dual vaccine against anthrax and plague

A team of researchers has now engineered a virus nanoparticle vaccine against Bacillus anthracis and Yersinia pestis, tier 1 agents that pose serious threats to national security of the United States.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Zika vaccine shows promise for treating deadly brain cancer

September 18, 2018—An international team of researchers has successfully deployed a Zika virus vaccine to target and kill human glioblastoma brain cancer stem cells, which had been transplanted into mice. In a study published ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

'Bad' antibodies let blood infections rage

Certain antibodies in a patient's blood stream may enable life-threatening bacterial infections to spread instead of fighting them off, a University of Queensland study has found.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Some gut bacteria may protect against intestinal infection

Scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have for the first time found evidence that the presence of a key species in the human gut microbiome is associated with protection from infection with typhoid fever. ...

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