Infectious Diseases – News and Features

Immune-system receptor maintains stemness of normal adult stem cells and helps leukemia cells growth.

An international team led by Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, BGI, and other institutes has completed the genomic sequence of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) and the resequencing of 20 watermelon accessions.

The idea of a patient's DNA being routinely tested by a next-generation sequencer to help a doctor make a diagnosis may seem a bit futuristic right now.

Results from pre-clinical studies for CGEN-15001 immune checkpoint modulator presented at the European Congress of Immunology.

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have made a major advance in understanding how flu viruses replicate within infected cells.

To Rosemary Gillespie, the Hawaiian Islands are a unique and ongoing series of evolutionary and ecological experiments. As each volcano rises above the waves, it is colonized by life from neighboring volcanoes and develops its own flora and fauna.

UCSF finding of movement by disease-causing B cells gives hope for new treatments and diagnostics.

EMA recommends Novartis' Bexero (MenB) vaccine to protect children against meningitis B.

Combination of Thermo Scientific B•R•A•H•M•S PCT assay and Lumipulse platforms to test patients suspected of having sepsis.

NIAID, part of the NIH, has awarded a five-year contract up to $19.4 million, depending on contract options exercised, to establish the Malaria Host-Pathogen Interaction Center (MaHPIC).