Fast-Acting Virus Targets Most Melanoma Tumors
In a newly published study, Yale University researchers show that a fast-acting virus targets most melanoma tumors after injection into the blood stream of mice….
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A New Class of Molecular Compounds Capable of Killing the Influenza Virus
In a newly published study, an international team of scientists detail a new class of molecular compounds capable of killing the influenza virus. Simon Fraser…
Scientists Turn HIV Against Itself, A Possible Step Towards a Cure
By turning HIV against itself, researchers at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research have demonstrated the ability to stop HIV replication in a laboratory environment….
Current State of Polio Eradication
In Pakistan, nine health workers were killed last year. They were administering the polio vaccine, which has been cast by the Taliban as a plot…
Drug Resistant Gonorrhea on the Rise in North America
The most common STIs in the USA, chlamydia and gonorrhea, are usually easy to eradicate thanks to doses of oral antibiotics, but now gonorrhea is…
Antiseptics Used By Health Care Workers Might Cause Infections
The FDA is warning that there is a possibility of healthcare-related infections caused by the antiseptics, which are supposed to prevent infections, used to disinfect…
Compound in Panda Blood Could Fight Superbugs
Researchers have discovered a potent antibody in panda blood, which could help fight increasingly prevalent drug-resistant strains of infections. Cathelicin-AM was discovered when researchers analyzed…
Drug Resistant Tuberculosis On The Rise
Back in 2005, doctors at a remote hospital in the village of Tugela Ferry, South Africa, were puzzled when patients with HIV, who were initially…
H5N1 Work Will Probably Continue
After a high-level meeting this week, work on the avian influenza H5N1 virus will probably continue by people who are not NIH funded. This is…
Kitchen Utensils Can Transfer Viruses
According to a new study, cutting unclean fruits and vegetables can spread viruses to the knife. Scienitists already knew that bacteria could contaminate utensils this…
Novel Coronavirus hCoV-EMC Infects Humans & Animals
The novel coronavirus which was discovered this summer in the Middle East might infect more than just human patients. The pathogen is closely related to…
Epidemiologists Trying to Track Down Novel Coronavirus
The new coronavirus, linked to different cases in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, was named HCoV-EMC, short for human coronavirus and the Erasmus Medical Center in…
Synthesizing a Flu Vaccine Without the Virus
A new vaccine strategy, which uses synthetic messenger RNA (mRNA) instead of proteins purified from viruses, could make flu shots cheaper, safer, and easier to…
Cases of New Coronavirus Announced By WHO
The World Health Organization announced four new cases of the novel coronavirus that caused a great deal of worry just before the October hajj season….
Crystal Meth Could Reduce Susceptibility to the Common Flu
Researchers suggest that a small dose of methamphetamine, i.e. crystal meth, could reduce the replication of the human influenza virus. The scientists published their findings…
Whole-Genome Analysis Identifies the Source of a Recent MRSA Outbreak
In Cambridge, UK, there was a superbug outbreak at a special-care neonatal unit that lasted several months last year. Thanks to insights gained from whole-genome…
Phase III Vaccine Trial in Africa Gives Poor Results about New Malaria Drug
A phase III clinical trial in Africa of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine has reported disappointing results. The vaccine failed to show substantial protection for infants…
Hepatitis E Vaccine Debuts Thanks to Chinese Biotech Partnership
The world’s first vaccine against the hepatitis E virus began being deployed from China last week, promising to stop the propagation of a disease that…
