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Released: 2-Apr-2025 7:45 PM EDT
Pinning Down the Process of West Nile Virus Transmission
Ohio State University

A federally funded project analyzing temperature, light pollution, and bird and mosquito abundance aims to pin down how these and other factors affect West Nile virus transmission. The ultimate goal is to advise health departments of the best time of year to kill mosquitoes that transmit the virus.

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Released: 2-Apr-2025 10:50 AM EDT
Study Reveals New Details on How Virus Builds Protective Shell
Indiana University

A research team at Indiana University Bloomington has uncovered new details about how a tiny virus builds its protective outer shell —a crucial part of its ability to infect cells.

Newswise: New Antibiotic for Multidrug Resistant Superbug, That Causes Gonorrhoea
Released: 2-Apr-2025 5:45 AM EDT
New Antibiotic for Multidrug Resistant Superbug, That Causes Gonorrhoea
University of Vienna

The increase of microbes resistant to antibiotics is a growing problem. These include, for example, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a bacterium which causes gonorrhea. Researchers from the universities in Konstanz and Vienna discover a new class of antibiotic that selectively targets Neisseria gonorrhoeae. These substances trigger a self-destruction program, which also operates in multi-resistant variants of the pathogen. This type of treatment could be used in an adapted form against other pathogens, so the scientists have made a real breakthrough in the fight against superbugs. The results have been published in the renowned journal Nature Microbiology.

Newswise: FAU Secures $1.3M NIH Grant for Breakthrough in HIV Self-Test Technology
Released: 1-Apr-2025 8:30 AM EDT
FAU Secures $1.3M NIH Grant for Breakthrough in HIV Self-Test Technology
Florida Atlantic University

FAU researchers have been awarded a five-year NIH grant to address the urgent need for a reliable, rapid and affordable self-test for early HIV detection. Expected to cost less than $5, the novel micro-chip technology will detect HIV during the acute infection phase or viral rebound, deliver rapid results in about 40 minutes and remain stable without refrigeration.

Released: 31-Mar-2025 10:45 AM EDT
UTSW Research: Mosquito Saliva and Malaria, Brain Tumors, and More
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Malaria, responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year worldwide, is caused by a parasite transmitted through the salivary glands of female Anopheles mosquitoes. Understanding the biology of these tissues is critical to developing new treatments for the disease, found mostly in tropical countries.

Released: 28-Mar-2025 10:10 AM EDT
Visby Medical Receives Landmark FDA De Novo Authorization for First-Ever OTC PCR Test for Sexual Health
Visby Medical

Visby Medical Receives Landmark FDA De Novo Authorization for First-Ever OTC PCR Test for Sexual Health

Newswise: Two Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers Named 2024 Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science
Released: 27-Mar-2025 10:55 AM EDT
Two Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers Named 2024 Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Two researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have been elected 2024 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest scientific society in the world and publisher of the Science family of journals.

Newswise: AI Learns to ‘Speak’ Genetic ‘Dialect’ for Future SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Prediction
Released: 27-Mar-2025 8:30 AM EDT
AI Learns to ‘Speak’ Genetic ‘Dialect’ for Future SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Prediction
Florida Atlantic University

A powerful AI model called Deep Novel Mutation Search (DNMS) predicts virus mutations more accurately and efficiently than traditional, time-consuming lab experiments. Focused on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, the model uses a specialized protein language model fine-tuned to understand the virus's specific “language.” DNMS can predict mutations that cause small, functional changes – crucial for viruses like SARS-CoV-2, which evolve through subtle adjustments to maintain function.

Released: 26-Mar-2025 9:00 PM EDT
Research Finds Potential “Molecular Mimics” Behind COVID-Induced Autoimmune Disease
University of Utah Health

COVID infection has been linked to higher risk of autoimmune disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes. Scientists used advanced data analysis and machine learning to identify viral proteins that are more likely to trigger autoimmunity.

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Released: 26-Mar-2025 8:15 PM EDT
UT Southwestern Q&A: What You Need to Know About the Measles
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Measles is a highly contagious viral infection that can cause serious health problems. The good news: Two doses of the vaccine developed in the 1960s are 97% effective in protecting you from getting infected, and that protection lasts a lifetime.

Released: 26-Mar-2025 12:00 PM EDT
Lasso-Shaped Antibiotic Co-Developed by UIC Evades Standard Drug Resistance
University of Illinois Chicago

A small molecule shaped like a lasso may be a powerful tool in the fight against infectious diseases, according to a new study in Nature co-authored by University of Illinois Chicago researchers.

Newswise: How Zika Virus Knocks Out Our Immune Defenses
Released: 25-Mar-2025 8:35 PM EDT
How Zika Virus Knocks Out Our Immune Defenses
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

"Our ultimate goal is to develop vaccines against these very difficult viruses. Understanding how these viruses manipulate the immune response can help guide the development of the best vaccine approach."

   
Newswise: H5N1 Bird Flu Mutates to Better Hijack Human Cells, New UNC Charlotte Study Shows
Released: 25-Mar-2025 5:30 PM EDT
H5N1 Bird Flu Mutates to Better Hijack Human Cells, New UNC Charlotte Study Shows
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The latest CIPHER research on H5N1 viral lineages could have major implications for vaccine development.

Newswise: No More Excuses: Break the Chain of Transmission to End Tuberculosis – World TB Day 2025
Released: 24-Mar-2025 9:10 AM EDT
No More Excuses: Break the Chain of Transmission to End Tuberculosis – World TB Day 2025
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

”TB anywhere is TB everywhere,” said tuberculosis expert Philip Hopewell, MD, in the latest ATS Breathe Easy podcast. The U.S. has one of the lowest incidence rates of TB in the world, yet in January, an outbreak caused 2 deaths, and 67 persons developed latent TB in Kansas, which set off alarm bells in public health.

Released: 21-Mar-2025 6:35 PM EDT
McMaster leads Canada’s first-ever guidelines for Post COVID-19 Condition
McMaster University

A team of experts from McMaster University has led the creation of Canada’s first-ever comprehensive guidelines for diagnosing, managing, preventing, and treating post COVID-19 condition (PCC), more commonly known as long COVID.

Released: 21-Mar-2025 5:50 PM EDT
Four Advances That Could Change Tuberculosis Treatment
American Chemical Society (ACS)

As of early 2025, tuberculosis cases are increasing in the U.S. This disease, often shortened to TB, causes significant lung damage and, if not treated, is almost always lethal. World TB Day on March 24 raises awareness about the disease and commemorates Robert Koch’s discovery of the source bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. More than a century later, scientists continue refining TB diagnosis methods and treatment strategies , some of which are in these four ACS journal articles.

   
Newswise: New Study Sheds Light on How Bacteria ‘Vaccinate’ Themselves with Genetic Material from Dormant Viruses
Released: 21-Mar-2025 5:45 PM EDT
New Study Sheds Light on How Bacteria ‘Vaccinate’ Themselves with Genetic Material from Dormant Viruses
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders — by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and using it to “vaccinate” themselves to elicit an immune response.



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