The Department of Health and Human Services and NASA have inked an interagency agreement to conduct “scientific research that would benefit humanity on Earth and on individuals traveling to the Moon and [Read more]
Two Live Attenuated Vaccines against Recent Low–and Highly Pathogenic H7N9 Influenza Viruses Are Safe and Immunogenic in Ferrets This paper was originally published in Vaccines and is being distributed by Global Biodefense [Read more]
From African Sleeping Sickness to Zika, a new journal article presents the evidence for seasonality in 69 infectious diseases. Micaela Martine, Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health Professor of Environmental Health [Read more]
Scientists have discovered that tethering four antibodies together may be an effective strategy for neutralizing all types of influenza virus known to infect humans. The research, published recently in Science, suggests this strategy [Read more]
The RTS,S vaccine (Mosquirix), approved by the European Medical Agency, has shown partial effectiveness – 31% in 6 to 12 weeks-old infants, and 56% in children aged 5 to 17 months. ISGlobal [Read more]
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) Biomarkers Consortium and the Critical Path Institute (C-Path) Predictive Safety Testing Consortium (PSTC) have received the first ever qualification of a clinical safety [Read more]
Melioidosis, also called Whitmore’s disease, is an infectious disease that can infect humans or animals. The disease is caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Melioidosis: The Most Neglected Tropical Disease Why is Burkholderia [Read more]
An international research team has developed a mathematical model for monitoring and controlling the spread of melioidosis in Southeast Asia. Melioidosis is a serious infectious disease manifesting itself as multiple abscesses of [Read more]
A new study published today in the journal Nature Biotechnology reveals that CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing can cause greater genetic damage in cells than was previously thought. These results create safety implications for [Read more]
A team of researchers who specialize in visualizing molecular structures has developed a 3D model based on the 1918 H1 pandemic influenza virus. They say their research, which appears online in Scientific [Read more]
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