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Clues to Making Vaccine for Infant Respiratory Illness
April 25, 2013 An atomic-level snapshot of a respiratory syncytial virus protein bound to a human antibody represents a leap toward developing a vaccine for a common -- and sometimes very serious -- childhood ... > full story -
Novel Therapeutic Approaches May Cure Chronic HBV Infection
April 25, 2013 Exciting new data from early in vitro and in vivo studies targeting covalently closed circular DNA, which may form the basis of a cure for chronic hepatitis B virus ... > full story -
Biogeographic Barrier That Protects Australia from Avian Flu Does Not Stop Nipah Virus
April 24, 2013 An invisible barrier separates land animals in Australia from those in south-east Asia may also restrict the spillover of animal-borne diseases like avian flu, but researchers have found that fruit ... > full story -
Targeted Screening for Hepatitis C Is Cost-Effective
April 24, 2013 Researchers have found that targeted screening for populations with a higher estimated prevalence for hepatitis C may be ... > full story -
Drug Therapy Offers High Cure Rate for 2 Hepatitis C Subtypes
April 24, 2013 A new drug is offering dramatic cure rates for hepatitis C patients with two subtypes of the infection -- genotype 2 and 3, say a team of scientists. The drug, called sofosbuvir, offers more ... > full story -
Virus Kills Melanoma in Animal Model, Spares Normal Cells
April 23, 2013 Researchers have demonstrated that vesicular stomatitis virus is highly competent at finding, infecting, and killing human melanoma cells, both in vitro and in animal models, while having little ... > full story -
Counting on Black Crows to Help Us Adapt to Stressful Situations
April 23, 2013 It’s hard not to catch sight of at least one black crow in the pursuit of our daily lives. For most of us, however, that is where the interaction ends. For one professor that single sighting is ... > full story -
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapies May Be Cardioprotective in HIV-Infected Children, Teens
April 22, 2013 Long-term use of highly active antiretroviral therapies (HAART) does not appear to be associated with impaired heart function in children and adolescents in a study that sought to determine the ... > full story -
Hepatitis C-Like Viruses Identified in Bats and Rodents
April 22, 2013 Investigators report the discovery of hepaciviruses and pegiviruses -- close relatives of HCV -- in rodents and bats. The viruses are similar to those that infect humans and may therefore provide ... > full story -
Combating H7N9: Using Lessons Learned from Recent Studies on H5N1
April 22, 2013 Researchers have developed a series of messages for policy makers that are highly relevant to the current ... > full story
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