Brazilian researchers at the University of São Paulo's Bioscience Institute (IB-USP) are starting to unravel the molecular mechanisms by which the parasite that causes cutaneous leishmaniasis circumvents the host organism's ...
Oct 6, 2017
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Professor Alexander Oleskin from the Lomonosov Moscow State University and colleagues have published a study in Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease devoted to the review of gaseous neurotransmitters of microbial origin ...
Jul 27, 2016
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A form of malaria common in India, Southeast Asia and South America attacks human red blood cells by clamping down on the cells with a pair of proteins, new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis ...
Jan 9, 2014
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Scientists at the University of Surrey have undertaken research into tuberculosis which could result in quicker treatment for sufferers and potentially reduce the problem of drug-resistance. The study was recently published ...
Aug 12, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—As the bird flu outbreak in China worsens, a Purdue University expert is working on vaccines that offer broader protection against multiple strains of the virus.
May 10, 2013
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Scientists have discovered how a protein within the malaria parasite is essential to its survival as it develops inside a mosquito. They believe their findings identify this protein as a potential new target for drug treatments ...
Apr 25, 2013
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A new study by scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute shows, in cell culture, a natural compound can virtually eliminate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in infected cells. The compound defines ...
Jul 19, 2012
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Van Andel Institute announces that researchers at Lund University in Sweden have published a study detailing how Parkinson's disease spreads through the brain. Experiments in rat models uncover a process previously used to ...
Jun 27, 2012
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In a long-awaited study that helped prompt a contentious debate over the wisdom of conducting research that has the potential to help as well as harm, scientists reported Wednesday that they had engineered a mutant strain ...
May 4, 2012
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It's estimated that nearly one-third of the world's population -- more than two billion people -- are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. According to the World Health Organization, 5 to 10 percent of infected people ...
Nov 16, 2011
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