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Broadly neutralizing antibodies found in the blood of Ebola survivors: Study

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Recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks, including the 2013-2016 epidemic that ravaged West Africa and the 2018 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, highlight the need for licensed treatments...

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Study explores why the global estimates for tuberculosis mortality differ according to the institution that provides them

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The discrepancies between the estimates for global tuberculosis deaths by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is due to different methodologies...

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Ticks found in 83 counties where not previously recorded: Citizen-Scientist Study

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Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading nonprofit funder of innovative Lyme disease research in the U.S., today announced the results of the first citizen-scientist study to evaluate the prevalence of disease-carrying...

This confocal microscope image shows a small snail, removed from its shell, which is infected with schistosome parasites. The snail plays a key role in the life cycle of the parasite that causes schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease that sickens hundreds of millions of people. The Phillip Newmark lab at the Morgridge Institute is seeking new avenues to fight the disease. Image/Bo Wang, Stanford University

Schistosoma researchers ‘ah-ha’ moment

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The parasitic disease schistosomiasis is one of the developing world’s worst public health scourges, affecting hundreds of millions of people, yet only a single, limited treatment exists to combat...

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Oregon State researchers identify novel route to Gonorrhea vaccine, new antibiotic

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Researchers have identified a protein that powers the virulence of the bacteria that causes gonorrhea, opening the possibility of a new target for antibiotics and, even better, a vaccine. The findings,...

An artist's rendition of HIV (foreground). The knobs (purple) covering the virus are sugar-protein molecules, including gp120, that shield the rest of the virus (pink). Image/National Cancer Institute

Preventative HIV vaccine candidate: ‘Induced robust and comparable immune responses in human and monkeys’

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More than three decades after the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), scientists are still working to develop a preventative vaccine that could finally put an end to the epidemic...

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New study examines cellular, molecular differences between dengue, Zika

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More than two years after reports of skyrocketing Zika rates surfaced worldwide, questions still loom about this complicated virus. Florida State University researchers are one step closer to finding answers. In...

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Parasites: Welsh researchers create drug from goji berry plant that is active against schistosomiasis and fascioliasis

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Derived from nature, a potential new drug to treat two life-threatening tropical diseases has been discovered as a result of collaboration between two Welsh universities. The team of researchers, led...

Prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine

Sexually transmitted parasite, Trichomonas vaginalis, disproportionately affects the black community

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In a relatively recent Johns Hopkins study, researchers have added to evidence that Trichomonas vaginalis (TV), the world’s most common curable sexually transmitted infection (STI), disproportionately...

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Gardasil used to treat patient with squamous cell carcinoma

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Squamous cell carcinoma is the second-most-common form of skin cancer. Evidence suggests the human papilloma virus plays a role in the development of some types of this skin cancer. Two years ago, a 97-year-old...