research – Page 43 – Global Health Press

Latest Science

How viruses use ‘fake’ proteins to hide in our cells

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...

11 July, 2014

3 min read

Latest Science

Mosquitoes with lethal genes to help Brazil fight dengue

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...

8 July, 2014

6 min read

Latest Science

Infectious diseases still major public health issue, CDC says

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)...

8 July, 2014

4 min read

Latest Science

Researchers develop experimental treatment for deadly Nipah virus

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...

1 July, 2014

3 min read

Latest Science

Three babies ‘CURED’ of HIV after being given revolutionary vaccine in the first hours of their lives

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...

1 July, 2014

3 min read

Latest Science

Study points out areas at risk for H7N9 virus

The H7N9 bird flu virus, which has caused severe illness and deaths in China, may inhabit only a fraction of its potential range and could possibly spread to India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines...

1 July, 2014

2 min read

Latest Science

Guinea frets as Ebola virus spreads

A second spike in Ebola virus cases has panicked residents and health officials in Guinea, who fear a west African outbreak of the killer disease may now be out of control. “Ebola cases are worrying. We do not...

27 June, 2014

2 min read

Latest Science

Review on effects of treating cholera with antimicrobial drugs

Researchers from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group, co-ordinated through the editorial base in LSTM, conducted an independent review of the effects of treating cholera with antimicrobial drugs, published in The...

27 June, 2014

2 min read

Latest Science

Dengue vaccine could be ready by end 2015: media report

A drug giant has achieved breakthroughs in the development of a dengue vaccine, which could be ready by the end of next year, the Straits Times reported Monday. Guillaume Leroy, head of the dengue vaccine unit of drug...

20 June, 2014

2 min read

Latest Science

SARS enzyme finding could help advance MERS vaccine

In an important step toward the creation of a vaccine against deadly coronaviruses, researchers from Purdue University have figured out how to disable a key enzyme of the SARS virus that helps it trick the immune system...

13 June, 2014

2 min read

Tag - research