After a day hiking in the forest, the last thing a person wants to discover is a tick burrowing into their skin. Days after plucking off the bloodsucking insect, the hiker might develop a ra... Read more
Rutgers researcher leads team analyzing more exact methods to diagnose the most common tick-borne infection Researchers have developed techniques to detect Lyme disease bacteria weeks sooner... Read more
Findings have major implications for tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease A University of Maryland (UMD) researcher has uncovered a mechanism by which the bacteria that causes Lyme disease... Read more
A UCF researcher has combined cutting-edge nanoscience with a magnetic phenomenon discovered more than 170 years ago to create a method for speedy medical tests. The discovery, if commercial... Read more
Can your smart watch detect when you are becoming sick? A new study from Stanford, publishing January 12th, 2017 in PLOS Biology, indicates that this is possible. By following 60 people thro... Read more
After three years and 300 patients, George Mason University researchers have proof that their early-detection urine test for Lyme disease works. It’s the largest study of its kind looking at... Read more
When it comes to early diagnosis of Lyme disease, the insidious tick-borne illness that afflicts about 300,000 Americans annually, finding the proverbial needle in the haystack might be a fa... Read more
Reported in The Lancet, results on 300 tested revealed strong immune response to the vaccine The results of a phase 1/2 clinical trial in Europe of an investigational Lyme disease vaccine co... Read more
“Any emerging disease in the last 30 or 40 years has come about as a result of encroachment into wild lands and changes in demography,” THERE’S a term biologists and economists use these day... Read more
People often ask me, “Why should I care if a species goes extinct? It’s not essential to my daily life, is it?” Well, according to new research published December 2 in Natu... Read more
