Single human antibody shows promise against Ebola savita thakur thakur26 Feb 2016 6:50 PM ISTWashington: A single monoclonal antibody isolated from a human survivor of Ebola virus disease (EVD) completely protects monkeys from the lethal...
Scientists propose treatment for severe lung diseases supriya kashyap kashyap20 April 2016 1:50 PM ISTCincinnati : Researchers are developing a new drug to treat life-threatening lung damage and breathing problems in people with severe infections like...
Cancer Drug May Treat Sepsis: Research supriya kashyap kashyap29 April 2016 3:43 PM ISTNew York : Tiny doses of a cancer drug may stop the raging, uncontrollable immune response to infection that leads to sepsis, say researchers.A small...
Ebola Spread in Tail End of Epidemic Through Sex, Breast Milk supriya kashyap kashyap20 May 2016 3:36 PM ISTSome of the final cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone were transmitted via unconventional routes, such as semen and breast milk, shows an analysis of the...
WHO meeting resolves to boost efforts against dreaded diseases supriya kashyap kashyap2 July 2016 3:34 PM ISTNew Delhi : Participants at a meeting on 'Advancing Global Health Security' in Indonesia, organised under the aegis of WHO, said they will strengthen...
New customisable vaccine to arrest disease outbreaks supriya kashyap kashyap5 July 2016 9:21 AM ISTNew York : Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new type of easily customisable vaccine that can be manufactured...
Mark Zuckerberg, wife pledge 3 bn dollars to fund medical research supriya kashyap kashyap23 Sept 2016 2:50 PM ISTSan Francisco : In a bid to help coming generations live disease free, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have pledged $3...
AIDS patient Zero: Myth or Reality supriya kashyap kashyap27 Oct 2016 2:29 PM ISTA combination of historical and genetic research reveals the error and hype that led to the coining of the term 'Patient Zero' and the blaming of one...
Ebola vaccine found safe and effective in human trials says the WHO supriya kashyap kashyap24 Dec 2016 12:17 PM ISTAn experimental Ebola vaccine has been found to be 100 per cent affective against the deadly virus in a major human trial in Guinea, giving doctors a...
Lung-specific Ebola infection found in recovering patient supriya kashyap kashyap9 Jan 2017 1:42 PM ISTScientists have found potential evidence of Ebola virus replication in the lungs of a person recovering from infection, according to new research...
Ebola Vaccines Provide Immune Responses after 1 Year : JAMA supriya kashyap kashyap12 March 2017 10:10 AM ISTImmune responses to Ebola vaccines at one year after vaccination are examined in a new study appearing in the March 14 issue of JAMA.The Ebola virus...
Hepatitis drug can help cut Ebola death rate supriya kashyap kashyap22 March 2017 11:39 AM ISTWashington : A class of drugs used to treat hepatitis and some forms of multiple sclerosis has shown promise in treating Ebola.Since there is no...
