Cancer therapies show promise in combating tuberculosis
What could cancer teach us about tuberculosis? That’s a question Meenal Datta has been chasing since she was a graduate student.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Insights from patient who cleared hepatitis C could lead to vaccine
By studying individuals who spontaneously clear hepatitis C infections, a team of researchers has identified viable vaccine targets for a disease that infects 70 million worldwide with case numbers increasing every year.
Water allergy: A debilitating but thankfully rare condition
In the realm of medical anomalies, few conditions captivate curiosity and concern quite like aquagenic urticaria, commonly known as “water allergy”.
Researchers propose host-directed therapy to stimulate immune system to eliminate tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s deadliest bacterial disease and most commonly affects the lungs. Recent years have seen an increase in drug-resistant TB cases leaving many patients with limited treatment options. The only vaccine—BCG—is relatively ine…
Research case series presents food as medicine as a potential treatment for lupus and other autoimmune diseases
A new research case series published in Frontiers in Nutrition presents food as medicine as a potential treatment for autoimmune diseases, describing three patients with chronic autoimmune disease who showed remarkable improvement after following a pre…
Mutations do not predict the severity of current variants of SARS-CoV-2, finds study
New research from UNC Charlotte’s Center for Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks (CIPHER) has found that the two most prevalent strains of the virus that cause COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 variants BA.2.86 and JN.1, are not sig…
Simple blood test could predict risk of long-term COVID-19 lung problems
UVA Health researchers have discovered a potential way to predict which patients with severe COVID-19 are likely to recover well and which are likely to suffer “long-haul” lung problems. That finding could help doctors better personalize treatments for…
Tryptophan in diet and gut bacteria protect against E. coli infection, study shows
Gut bacteria and a diet rich in the amino acid tryptophan can play a protective role against pathogenic E. coli, which can cause severe stomach upset, cramps, fever, intestinal bleeding and renal failure, according to a study published March 13 in Nature.
Multiple organ attack and immune dysregulation: Study reveals how the chikungunya virus leads to death
The chikungunya virus, transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes and responsible for more than 900 deaths in Brazil since it arrived around ten years ago, is capable of spreading through the blood, reaching multiple organs and crossi…
Scientists find weak points on Epstein-Barr virus
Studies of interactions between two lab-generated monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and an essential Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) protein have uncovered targets that could be exploited in designing treatments and vaccines for this extremely common virus. The re…