Fungal diseases 'growing increasingly resistant to treatment,' WHO says
Some fungal diseases in humans no longer respond to medicines, which increases the risk of severe illness and death as well ...
New insight into factors associated with a common disease among dogs and humans
The pathogens Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium are common causes of sometimes-fatal intestinal diseases in humans, ...
Scientists use AI to identify animal populations most likely to spread diseases to humans
Scientists from Washington State University are using and AI model to identify animal populations most likely to spread ...
‘That barrier has been breached’: Infectious diseases doctor warns travellers about flesh-eating parasite
Infectious diseases specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch is warning Canadian travellers about a flesh-eating parasite that is ...
Tick-borne disease vaccines: 'IscREAM' library reveals potential targets
New research led by Yale School of Medicine (YSM) advances the goals of creating a diagnostic test and vaccines for ...
Bird flu could be on the cusp of transmitting between humans—but there are ways to slow down viral evolution
We cannot predict the finer details of a particular outbreak or a particular storm, but we can often identify when these ...
New Drug Turns Human Blood Into Mosquito-Killing Weapon
Nitisinone, a drug for rare diseases, kills mosquitoes when present in human blood and may become a new tool to fight malaria ...
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Rare disease drug nitisinone makes human blood deadly to mosquitoes
Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream, and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ages -- including the older ones that are most likely to transmit malaria ...
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How a hidden hand of hepatic signaling could help fight metabolic disease
New research identifies the liver protein PTPRD as a key regulator of metabolic liver disease. Reduced levels of PTPRD disrupt glucose and lipid metabolism, promote liver fat accumulation, and impair ...