The considerable diversity of HIV worldwide represents a critical challenge for designing an effective HIV vaccine. Now, a scientific team led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has shown that...
Experts sometimes describe Southeast Asia as a “hotspot” for emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) because several major outbreaks have started in this region. Now, with unprecedented levels of connection between animals...
Parvoviruses cause no harm in humans, but they can attack and kill cancer cells. Since 1992, scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have been studying these viruses with...
For the first time in 50 years of dengue research, the first safe, effective and affordable anti-dengue vaccine in the world could be out commercially in the country by end of next year. This was announced by Guillaume...
The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT recently developed a new way to deliver vaccines for polio, influenza and measles directly to lymph nodes, which produces a stronger immune response. “The lymph...
Some viruses can hide in our bodies for decades. They make ‘fake’ human proteins that trick our immune cells into thinking ‘everything is awesome’, there’s nothing to see here. Now researchers at the Imaging Centre of...
When he announced he was going to Brazil for the World Cup, Andy Quinn was warned by friends and a travel agent to lather on mosquito repellent to avoid potentially fatal dengue fever. Some of the mosquitoes he saw...
Infectious diseases continue to pose “substantial challenges” to US public health, despite efforts and advances in control, according to a report by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Researchers are a step closer to developing a treatment for the deadly Nipah virus, a disease transmitted by fruit bats that has a high mortality rate. The disease is most common in Asia and South Asia. Nipah virus...
Three babies have been declared HIV-free after being treated with a revolutionary new drug only hours after they were born. The fourth child only has ‘a very low level’ of the virus after receiving the same...