infectious disease
It’s Morphing Time! How The Dengue Virus Evades Detection
Dengue virus becoming resistant to vaccines and therapeutics due to mutations in specific protein, study shows.
DNA Vaccine For Tick-Borne Disease Ticks All The Boxes
A team of scientists in South Korea has developed a DNA vaccine that completely protected ferrets from severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.
Water-Chlorinating Device Keeps Diarrhea Away
Using a device that automatically chlorinates water at public taps, scientists in Bangladesh and the US have managed to reduce child diarrhea by almost a quarter in urban Bangladesh.
Why Viruses Strike Some People But Not Others
Metabolic stress could explain why some people get sick from flaviviral infections such as dengue fever while others don’t.
Singapore: A Sentinel For Southeast Asian Seafood Safety (VIDEO)
What we learnt from the unprecedented 2015 GBS outbreak and its implications for food safety in Southeast Asia.
Fungus Becomes Factory For African Sleeping Sickness Drug
By genetically modifying a fungus, researchers in Japan can produce large quantities of ascofuranone, a promising antibiotic for the treatment of African sleeping sickness.
Mother’s Dengue Exposure Worsens Impact Of Zika Virus On Fetus
Antibodies against the dengue virus can promote the transmission of the Zika virus from mother to fetus, resulting in more severe brain damage, say researchers in Singapore.
Malaria Parasites May Skew Sex Ratio To Survive
Plasmodium vivax parasites alter their sex ratios in response to treatment with chloroquine, study shows.
Immune Cell ‘Handshake’ Can Kill Dengue Virus
The interaction between two types of immune cells—mast cells and γδ T cells—is necessary for fighting dengue infection, say researchers from Singapore.
