Infectious Diseases – News and Features

PMO-based platform chemistries used by AVI to design and manufacture novel RNA-based drug candidates against both undisclosed bacterial and viral targets.

An international team of researchers has developed a new DNA technology which makes it possible to perform reliable analyses on DNA quantities that are a thousand times smaller than was previously the case. The method can be used, for example, to study small quantities of stem cells, starting tumour tissue, parts of plant and animal tissue, and archaeological samples

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola, which causes septoria tritici blotch, a disease that greatly reduces yield and quality in wheat. Surprisingly, Goodwin said, the fungus had fewer genes related to production of enzymes that many other fungi use to penetrate and digest surfaces of plants while infecting them.

NIH researchers have uncovered a key step in the biochemical sequence the bacterium which causes Legionnaire’s disease uses to reproduce inside the cells it infects.

The data will be reported at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) 9th Annual Meeting, June 15-18 in Toronto, Ontario.

This article details how standardized products may contribute to the reliable and accurate diagnosis by RT-PCR of norovirus outbreaks, when conducted by laboratories located in different regions.

This article details the development of a PCR assay which is sensitive enough to detect the 18S rRNA gene in an amount equivalent to a single parasite or less in a one million human cell environment.

Partnership to conduct applied research in the use of PDCs activated by proprietary laser technology to destroy microbial pathogens associated with food contamination.

According to a new study, encouraging people to write down the date and time when they plan to get their flu shot increased the number of people who were vaccinated.

Mr. Blech is a major investor in the Company having invested over $7 million in the Company over the past year.