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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.

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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.

An elongated structure in a cell culture

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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.

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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...

Whooping cough

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Research Identifies Key Antibodies for Development of Broadly Protective Norovirus Vaccine

Discovery brings us one step closer to vaccine and treatment for prevalent virus.

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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.

Stefano Tiziani, Ph.D., and Kyaw Aung, M.D., Ph.D.

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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.

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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.