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CROI — Day 3: Selected highlights of NIH-supported research

U.S. National Institutes of Health

The 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections is being held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston from February 27 through March 2. Day three of this major HIV/AIDS research conference included the following selected present…

Categories Blog Entry, Health

NIH, Gates Foundation and Colorado State team up to find new approach to a TB vaccine

U.S. National Institutes of Health

WHAT:
A team of U.S. and European researchers have found that a new vaccine strategy tested in mice provides stronger, more long-lasting protection from tuberculosis (TB) infection than the vaccine currently used in humans, known as BCG. Their fin…

Categories Blog Entry, Health, Life & Non-humans, Technology

A flu vaccine that lasts

U.S. National Institutes of Health

WHAT: The costly, time-consuming process of making, distributing and administering millions of seasonal flu vaccines would become obsolete if researchers could design a vaccine that confers decades-long protection from any flu virus strain. Making s…

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NIH scientists identify mechanism responsible for spreading biofilm infections

U.S. National Institutes of Health

What: Scientists from the National Institutes of Health have discovered how catheter-related bacterial infection develops and disseminates to become a potentially life-threatening condition. The study, which included research on Staphylococcus epide…

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NIH study suggests that early detection is possible for prion diseases

U.S. National Institutes of Health

A fast test to diagnose fatal brain conditions such as mad cow disease in cattle and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans could be on the horizon, according to a new study from National Institutes of Health scientists. Researchers at NIH’s National I…

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Health, Life & Non-humans

NIH scientists explore 1510 influenza pandemic and lessons learned

U.S. National Institutes of Health

History’s first recognized influenza pandemic originated in Asia and rapidly spread to other continents 500 years ago, in the summer of 1510. A new commentary by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the…

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NIAID media tipsheet: Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

U.S. National Institutes of Health

WHAT:
The 2010 Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) brings together leading allergists and immunologists from around the world.
WHO:
Scientists supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Inf…

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NIH-funded scientists sequence genomes of lyme disease bacteria

U.S. National Institutes of Health

WHAT:
Scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have determined the complete genetic blueprints for 13 different strains of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. The achievement should lead to a better un…

Categories Blog Entry, Health, Life & Non-humans

Genital herpes vaccine ineffective in women

U.S. National Institutes of Health
Categories Blog Entry, Health

Treatment for S. aureus skin infection works in mouse model

U.S. National Institutes of Health

Scientists from the National Institutes of Health and University of Chicago have found a promising treatment method that in laboratory mice reduces the severity of skin and soft-tissue damage caused by USA300, the leading cause of community-asso…

Categories Blog Entry, Health, Life & Non-humans

Sloppy repair helps TB bug resist drugs

U.S. National Institutes of Health

Shoddy work by a DNA-repair enzyme allows tuberculosis-causing bacteria to develop antibiotic resistance, scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have discovered. Reported in the current issue of the journal Cell, the finding could lead to new ways to treat TB without risking the development of drug resistance.

Categories Blog Entry, Health, Life & Non-humans

Gov't announces contract for safer smallpox vaccine

U.S. National Institutes of Health

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the award of two contracts totaling up to $20 million in first-year funding to develop safer smallpox vaccines. The three-year contracts were awarded to Bavarian Nordic A/S of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Acambis Inc. of Cambridge, Mass. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) will administer the contracts.

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