HHS and NIH announce the development of next-generation, universal vaccine platform

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of influenza A/H1N1 virus particles. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...

Genomic sequencing-based detection system cuts infections and saves lives

An infectious diseases detection platform developed by University of Pittsburgh scientists working with UPMC infection preventionists proved over...

Influenza A virus changes shape to evade immune responses

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape-to become either spheres or larger filaments-to favor their ability to...

Vanderbilt Lung Transplant achieves record-breaking 99 procedures in 2024

Surgeons and teams with Vanderbilt Lung Transplant performed 99 lung transplants in 2024, the most ever in one...

Material from nasal lavage provides a basis for assessing COPD

Early diagnosis of COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, increases the quality of life of the patient and the...

Common medicines contain hidden gluten and soy, study finds

Researchers reveal that widely used pain and fever medicines may harbor undeclared gluten or soy ingredients—raising concerns for...

NIH clinical trial examines investigational therapy for dengue

A clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is testing an experimental treatment designed to...

Psychosomatic Allergy: How Stress Influences the Immune System

The intricate relationship between psychological stress and allergic reactions represents one of the most fascinating frontiers in modern...

Study reveals key insights for preventing cytomegalovirus spread to fetuses

A new Weill Cornell Medicine and Oregon Health & Science University co-authored study provides critical insight for the...

Current antivirals not successful in treating severe H5N1 bird flu infections

As the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues, scientists are working to better understand the virus's threat to human...

Asthma and antibiotic use increase the likelihood of revision sinus surgery

The probability of revision sinus surgery including the removal of nasal polyps is higher if the patient has...

Synthetic microbiome therapy offers new hope against C. difficile infections

A synthetic microbiome therapy, tested in mice, protects against severe symptoms of a gut infection that is notoriously...

Study: Trust in personal doctors divided along political lines

Democrats are more likely to trust their personal doctors and follow their doctors' advice than Republicans, new research...

Scientists discover new strategy to fight back against norovirus

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with researchers from the University of North Carolina...

NIH researchers define topical steroid withdrawal diagnostic criteria

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have determined that dermatitis resulting from topical steroid withdrawal (TSW)...

Growth factor cocktail could reverse deadly effects of anthrax toxin

Anthrax, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is often treatable in its early stages. But...

Investigating the interrelation of microbiology and immunology

Thought LeadersLiam O'Mahony, Barry Skillington & John MacSharryProf. of Immunology, Cheif Commerical Officer & Research PartnerAtlantia and Clinical...

Gut immune cells linked to worsening rheumatoid arthritis

After spending years tracing the origin and migration pattern of an unusual type of immune cell in mice,...

Tecovirimat monotherapy found ineffective for treating clade II mpox in NIH-sponsored trial

NIH-sponsored trial data offer further evidence to help inform mpox treatment decisions. Colorized transmission electron micrograph of immature...

Scientists discover key molecular switch for blood stem cell regeneration

A single molecular switch is essential for blood stem cells to enter an activated, regenerative state in which...

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