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A Step Towards Needed Treatments for Hantaviruses in New Molecular Map
An innovative imaging technique enabled dramatically higher resolution structures than previous efforts.
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Cytomegalovirus Breakthrough Could Lead to New Treatments
A new antibody design blocks cytomegalovirus from hiding from the immune system and could lead to safer, more effective treatments for vulnerable patients.
AI Tips Off Scientists to New Drug Target to Fight Monkeypox Virus
The breakthrough could be used in a new vaccine or antibody therapy to fight mpox, the disease caused by the monkeypox virus.
LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease
Re-engineered Antibodies Kill Bacteria Directly
Key antibodies use a clever trick to slip deep into a bacteria’s outer membrane, where they can do real damage.
Delivering a Better Life
The connection between research and real life is never so direct—or crucial—as it is in the field of health care.
New Research Boosts Future Whooping Cough Vaccines
Whooping cough, or pertussis, was once a leading cause of death for children in the U.S. and worldwide before the introduction of vaccines in the...
Research Identifies Key Antibodies for Development of Broadly Protective Norovirus Vaccine
Discovery brings us one step closer to vaccine and treatment for prevalent virus.
New inroads on a quiet and deadly cancer
Pancreatic cancer hides deep within the body. A new translational science partnership is tracking cancer’s footprint through metabolism.
Newly Discovered Antimicrobial Could Prevent or Treat Cholera
Natural antimicrobials called microcins are produced by bacteria in the gut and show promise in fighting infection.
AI Opens Door to Safe, Effective New Antibiotics to Combat Resistant Bacteria
Protein large language models identify ways to make antibiotics better at targeting dangerous bacteria, without being toxic to humans.