Stony Brook University has been selected as one of eight institutions charged by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with accelerating solutions to combat health security threats. Through the federal [Read more]
Characterized by the World Health Organization as a “neglected tropical disease,” leprosy (also known as Hansen’s disease) is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Nearly a quarter of a million people are diagnosed with [Read more]
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in three humans carries Staphylococcus aureus, or “staph,” in our noses, and 2 percent of us carry the dreaded methicillin-resistant [Read more]
Unprecedented levels of immunosuppression in countries like Australia and the US must be considered in planning for the risk of smallpox re-emerging in the world, an expert in infectious diseases from the [Read more]
Researchers have developed a new non-human primate (NHP) animal model to study Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a viral disease spread by ticks in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and parts of Europe. [Read more]
The team that first unveiled the rapid, inexpensive, highly sensitive CRISPR-based diagnostic tool called SHERLOCK has greatly enhanced the tool’s power, and has developed a miniature paper test that allows results to [Read more]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking a vendor who can obtain anonymous pre- and post-immunization sera from specified age-groups of Europeans. The study must be conducted in a [Read more]
The Biological Technologies Office (BTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is hosting a Webinar, on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at 12:30 PM ET, in support of the anticipated Biostasis [Read more]
Overt symptoms of many diseases often do not manifest until days after a person’s initial exposure to the causative pathogen, typically a virus or bacteria. By then, the disease may have progressed [Read more]
Scientists performed genetic sequencing of patient samples from the monkeypox virus (MXPV) outbreak in Nigeria, revealing that the outbreak likely originated from a source within the country. “Based on our findings, it [Read more]
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