Infectious Disease Animations

Study Finds Vaccination Strategies Could Help Slow Spread Of Infectious Disease In Rural Areas
The best way to prevent the spread of disease in rural areas may be by targeting select popular hangouts, according to a new study by the Kansas State University EpiCenter research team. The team published "Efficient Mitigation Strategies for Epidemics in Rural Regions" in the July edition of the journal PLoS ONE...

A Breakthrough In Tuberculosis Research: Researcher Discovers Existing Drugs Can Potentially Target The Disease's Ability To Spread
Often causing no symptoms in carriers of the disease, worldwide tuberculosis (TB) infects eight to ten million people every year, kills two million, and it is highly contagious as it is spread through coughing and sneezing...

What Is Infection? What Causes Infections?
A human with an infection has another organism inside them which gets its sustenance (nourishment) from that person, it colonizes that person and reproduces inside them. The human with that organism (germ) inside is called the host, while the germ or pathogen is referred to as a parasitic organism. Another name for an organism that causes infection is an infectious agent...

The Mysterious Workings Of The Cholera Bacteria Revealed By Rensselaer Professor
Researchers have found that an enzyme in the bacteria that causes cholera uses a previously unknown mechanism in providing the bacteria with energy. Because the enzyme is not found in most other organisms, including humans, the finding offers insights into how drugs might be created to kill the bacteria without harming humans...

Nutra Pharma Receives Patent For Novel Antiviral Treatment Using Modified Cobra Venom
Nutra Pharma Corporation (OTCBB: NPHC), a biotechnology company that is developing treatments for Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Pain, announced that it has received approval from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its patent describing a method of treating and preventing infectious diseases, i...

Advanced Life Sciences Applies For FDA Fast-Track Designation For Restanza In CABP
Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADLS), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs in the therapeutic areas of infection, oncology and respiratory diseases, announced that the Company has applied to the U.S...

Scientists Devise Strategy In Bid To Beat Viruses
Scientists have developed a new way to target viruses which could increase the effectiveness of antiviral drugs. Instead of attacking the virus itself, the method developed at the University of Edinburgh alters the conditions which viruses need to survive and multiply...

Genetic Architecture And The Evolution Of RNA Viruses
In biology and genetics, the concept of epistasis is what gives rise to the whole being more (or less) than the sum of its parts. The quantitative effect of a given mutation upon the traits of an organism has the potential to depend strongly upon the gene versions present in other parts of the genome, or even other mutations co-occurring in that gene...

Antigenics Presents Positive, Top Line Data From Phase I Herpes Clinical Trial
Antigenics (NASDAQ: AGEN) announced positive results with AG-707, an investigational therapeutic vaccine being developed to treat herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), the virus that causes genital herpes, in infected patients. Developed by Antigenics, the vaccine triggers a cellular immune response, stimulating both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells...

Increased Risk Of Illness To Swimmers At Sub-Tropical Beaches
A yearlong beach study led by a team of University of Miami researchers suggests that swimmers at sub-tropical beaches face an increased risk of illness. The multi-disciplinary team examined the risk of illness that beachgoers face when exposed to recreational marine water at sub-tropical beaches with no known source of pollution or contamination. B.E.A.C.H.E.S...

Dynavax Completes Enrollment And First Immunizations In Universal Flu Vaccine Study
Dynavax Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: DVAX) reported completing enrollment and the first immunizations of 39 subjects enrolled in its Phase 1 study of the company's Universal Flu vaccine. Safety and immunogenicity data from this study are anticipated in the fourth quarter of this year...

Infectious Prions Can Arise Spontaneously In Normal Brain Tissue
In a startling new study that involved research on both sides of the Atlantic, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute in Florida and the University College London (UCL) Institute of Neurology in England have shown for the first time that abnormal prions, bits of infectious protein devoid of DNA or RNA that can cause fatal neurodegenerative disease, can suddenly erupt fr...

A BBVA Foundation Research Project Identifies The Bacteria Arriving Daily From The Sahara Desert
Every day, millions of microorganisms reach Spain from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel region - by flying. Louis Pasteur demonstrated back in 1861 that germs can move through the air, but it was only recently discovered that bacteria, funguses and viruses can travel thousands of kilometers stuck onto dust particles. Satellite images show clouds that come close to the size of the Iberian Peninsula...

Abbott To Feature Novel Tests And New Upgrades To Testing Platforms At American Association For Clinical Chemistry Lab Expo
A first-of-its-kind test that detects HIV infection earlier than ever before in the United States; a molecular assay for identification of two common sexually transmitted diseases; and an enhanced integrated analyzer offering significant workflow improvements; are among the many new advances Abbott (NYSE: ABT) will highlight at this year's American Association for Clinical Chem...

Study Identifies Effective, Inexpensive Test For Tuberculosis In Children
An international team of researchers comparing recently-developed methods for diagnosing tuberculosis in children in resource-poor countries has concluded that the best test for high-risk children is the microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility (MODS) technique using two gastric aspirate specimens from each child tested...