Some antidepressants could potentially be used to treat a wide range of diseases caused by bacteria living within cells, according to work by researchers in the Virginia Commonwealth Univers... Read more
A new Imperial-led review has outlined how health workers could use existing phones to predict and curb the spread of infectious diseases. The review, published in Nature, outlines how healt... Read more
Scientists at Imperial College London have become the first in the world to test how pathogens interact with artificial human organs. Artificial human organs, or organ-on-chip technologies,... Read more
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers collaborated with an international team of scientists to achieve a significant milestone in the effort to understand pathogens responsible for some... Read more
Technologically possible, data-driven, and worthy of our investment In the recent issue of EMBO reports, Barbara Han of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and John Drake of the Universi... Read more
A more efficient DNA technology to detect and treat infectious diseases and cancer has been developed by researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of A*STAR. Th... Read more
A*STAR researchers are extracting useful information from billions of social media posts to support businesses, governments and healthcare professionals In the second it takes to ‘like’ this... Read more
The explosive growth of the human population—from 2.5 billion to 6 billion since the second half of the 20th century—may have already started changing how infectious diseases emerge In mid-A... Read more
Scientists Pursue New Therapies as Deadly H7N9 Flu Spreads in China An experimental drug has shown promise in treating influenza, preventing lung injury and death from the virus in preclinic... Read more
Chicken meat and other foods will be able to be screened for bacteria even faster and more effectively than ever, thanks to breakthrough nanobiotechnology research. A team of scientists from... Read more
This device has the potential to save a lot of lives Infectious diseases these days seem to have gotten a lot of attention, with media hype and threats of pandemics often being portrayed in... Read more
The antibiotic rifampicin can prevent infection The spread of leprosy can be checked by giving medication to the friends and family of sufferers, recent Dutch research discovered. The... Read more
