All Infection Prevention & Control articles – Page 6
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New treatment targets link between viral infection and Alzheimer’s disease
A unique mechanism triggering Alzheimer’s disease draws attention: viral infection—while ALT001 is confirmed to alleviate neuroinflammation and suppress viral replication.
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Proof of concept for HIV vaccination that deploys germline-targeting
For a preventative HIV-vaccine to work it should induce broadly neutralising antibodies against all the diverse strains of the virus. The first in-human assessment of germline-targeting strategy with a trimer displays positive results.
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Yellow fever vaccination: how strong immune responses are triggered
Researchers have shown how specific immune cells are activated by the vaccine – an important starting point for the development of new vaccines.
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New hope against superbugs: Promising antibiotic candidate discovered
An international team of researchers has discovered saarvienin A, a new type of glycopeptide antibiotic. Their findings introduce a compound with strong activity against highly resistant bacterial strains.
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Scientists evaluate in-vitro activity of ceftazidime-avibactam against carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria
Scientists explored the in-vitro activity of ceftazidime-avibactam (CAZ-AVI) in clinical isolates of carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria collected at the outpatient, emergency, and inpatient departments of the Indus Hospital, Karachi.
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‘Loop’hole: HIV-1 hijacks human immune cells using circular RNAs
In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have identified a never-before-seen mechanism that enables the human immunodeficiency type 1 virus (HIV-1) to evade the body’s natural defenses and use it to support its survival and replication.
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First all-oral treatment for a rare but deadly strain of sleeping sickness now available
A handful of patients in Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, as well as foreign travellers, have now been treated with a medicine that is revolutionizing care for patients with rhodesiense sleeping sickness.
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New study offers insights into designing safe, effective nasal vaccines
Researchers found that nasal vaccine boosters can trigger strong immune defenses in the respiratory tract, even without the help of immune-boosting ingredients known as adjuvants. The findings, researchers suggest, may offer critical insights into developing safer, more effective nasal vaccines in the future.
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Chimpanzees use medicinal leaves to clean and treat their wounds
Scientists studying chimpanzees in Budongo Forest, Uganda, have observed that these primates don’t just treat their own injuries, but care for others, too — information which could shed light on how our ancestors first began treating wounds and using medicines.
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Targeted nanoparticles show promise for more effective antifungal treatments
Researchers have developed a new nanotechnology-based approach that could improve treatment of fungal infections, particularly those caused by the increasingly drug-resistant Candida species.
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COVID-19 caused by the Omicron variant in lung transplant recipients: a single center case series
A new study investigates the risk factors for developing severe disease in lung transplant patients as a result of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
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Tissue geometry drives bacterial infection: new mechanism uncovered
Researrchers have uncovered a novel mechanism by which tissue geometry regulates bacterial infection dynamics. The study employs a multidisciplinary approach to reveal how host tissue structure, mechanical forces, and cellular signaling shape infection patterns.
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Novel point of attack to combat dangerous tropical diseases
Researchers have compiled a high-precision inventory of the membrane proteins of cell organelles of the African sleeping sickness pathogen, offering hope for new treatment approaches for dangerous tropical diseases.
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Discovery opens up for new ways to treat chlamydia
Researchers have discovered a type of molecule that can kill chlamydia bacteria but spare bacteria that are important for health.
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Scientists engineer antibody against flu with sticky staying power
Scientists have engineered a monoclonal antibody that can protect mice from a lethal dose of influenza A, a new study shows. The new molecule combines the specificity of a mature flu fighter with the broad binding capacity of a more general immune system defender. Source: NIAID Colorized transmission ...
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Transforming hospital sanitation: autonomous robots for wiping and UV-C disinfection
Scientists have developed an ’Intelligent Autonomous Wiping and UV-C Disinfection Robot’ capable of automating hospital disinfection processes. The system can perform disinfection with consistent precision, significantly reducing the risk of infection within the hospital.
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Scientists discover antibiotic resistance in newly identified bacterium
Staphylococcus borealis has been found to be resistant to several different types of antibiotics, posing a potentially significant problem for the elderly.
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Research collaboration takes ‘one health’ approach to study Chagas disease
Researchers have received more than $4 million from federal and non-governmental organizations to support research on Chagas disease prevalence, diagnostics and treatment to benefit both dogs and humans.
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Disease experts call for reinstatement of CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America has called for the reinstatement of CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), warning that decades of progress in preventing healthcare-associated infections are under threat.
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Opinion
It’s game over for dangerous Gain of Function research
The Trump adminstration has signed an Executive Order halting federal gain of function research on microbes - but does it throw the baby out with the bathwater? Virologist Simon Wain-Hobson, Emeritus Professor with the Pasteur Institute, Paris, gives his take.