Results from a meta-analysis of 21 studies that looked at the association...
April 2014
New experimental vaccine looks promising for Dengue Fever
Apr 29, 2014
A new experimental vaccine for dengue fever has succeeded in its first late-stage clinical trial...
New TB drug combination to enter late-stage testing
A new phase lll trial called Stand (Shortening Treatments by Advancing Novel Drugs)...
Control of Malaria-Induced Inflammation in Children is Dependent on Exposure.
Primary exposure to P. falciparum can result in high levels...
Mucosal and endotracheal delivery of RSV peptide prevents nasopulmonary infection
Although commonly encountered, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection which is responsible for more than sixty million cases of respiratory disease worldwide each year, has no effective prophylactic or treatment regimen available. The virus uses paired, self-associating, heptad repeat domains of its fusion protein, RSV-F, …
Clec12a regulates inflammation in response to cell death
The innate immune system has the ability to sense and respond to dead cells. Allowing the immune system to control non-infectious inflammatory responses. To better understand the mechanics of this process researchers from the University of Munich identified an inhibitory C-type lectin receptor, Clec12a, …
Results from a novel flu vaccine
Influenza pandemics, such as the H1N1 (swine flu) outbreak in 2009...