December 2016

30th December, 2016Scientists have shown that the leishmania parasite is able to evade the immune system and cause infection by producing a molecule that binds to a receptor...

28th December, 2016 The gut microbiota has been shown to influence numerous pathways in the human body. Researchers have now found that the gut microbiota play a beneficial role...

23rd December, 2016Scientists from Canada’s National Microbiology laboratory have reported the successful results of the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine trail conducted in Guinea.

21st December, 2016A team of researcher from the University of Texas Medical Branch have developed a Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) vaccine candidate...

19th December, 2016The development of a successful HIV vaccine may require the induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies. Understanding how HIV...

16th December, 2016It has been known for some time that there is a link between Zika virus infection in pregnant women and birth defects of their infants. The extent of this was, however, not fully appreciated.

14th December, 2016Researchers have found that potent, broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV can be used to make virus-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells that are capable of...

12th December, 2016The fate of naïve T cells which develop in the thymus has not been fully understood in humans, especially the mechanism behind...

9th December, 2016One of the challenges in HIV vaccine research is developing an immunogen which elicits a strong immune response; strong enough to protect against HIV acquisition.

7th December, 2016Researchers have found that the damage to DNA caused by the malaria parasite in cells increases the risk of those cells turning into cancerous cells. Burkitt’s lymphoma...