Infection : Science World Report

Dec 22, 2015 01:53 PM EST

International Trade May Spur the Spread of Infectious Disease

How do infectious diseases spread? It may be fueled by international trade. Scientists have found that along with international trade and travel comes the risk of spreading infectious diseases.

Dec 15, 2015 11:00 PM EST

Viral, Bacterial Infections Can Be Determined Through Gene Expression Pattern

It's now possible to distinguish between viral and bacterial infections, according to a recent study.

Dec 07, 2015 07:13 PM EST

Do Hippos Eat Meat?

Could hippos be carnivorous?

Dec 07, 2015 01:19 PM EST

First U.S. Penis Transplants Approved For 60 Wounded Soldiers

Medical officials at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine are working to perform the first ever penis transplant in the United States, according to a recent report.

Dec 06, 2015 10:27 PM EST

125,000 Children Die From Foodborne Illnesses Every Year

Roughly 30 percent of the 600 million who fall ill are children, researchers say; that's 420,000 people who die every year--125,000 who happen to be children under the age of five.

Dec 05, 2015 07:30 PM EST

Rare Immunodeficiency In Children Restored With Gene Therapy

Children and young adults with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID-X1) are now safe to undergo gene therapy, according to a recent study.

Dec 04, 2015 02:30 PM EST

Survival In Depressed Head, Neck Cancer Patients Much Lower

Depressed head and neck cancer patients are less likely to survive, according to a recent study.

Nov 28, 2015 06:37 AM EST

Monarch Butterfly's Seasonal Migration May Lower Infection Levels

The seasonal monarch butterfly migration may actually lower infection levels among the insects.

Sep 22, 2015 10:37 AM EDT

Humans Emit a Cloud of Microbes That's Unique to Each Person

It may sound gross, but it's all something that we live with each and every day. Humans emit their own, personal microbial cloud as they interact with the world around them, releasing bacteria and other microbes as they breathe out, wave and move.

Sep 11, 2015 11:38 AM EDT

Deadly Ebola Virus May Mutate to Evade Drug Treatments

The deadly Ebola virus may be a lot more dangerous than we once thought. It seems as if genetic mutations called "escape variants" in Ebola block the ability of antibody-based treatments to ward of infection.

Sep 08, 2015 12:08 PM EDT

Cell Immunity Created In Parasite Responsible For 50 Million Infections

Researchers are adjusting the landscape of the human body to remove the mechanism that allows pathogens that result in disease in order to create cell immunity in parasites that infect 50 million from the parasite E. histolytica, which infects 50 million people and causes 40,000 to 110,000 deaths vi...

Jun 25, 2015 02:01 PM EDT

A New Diagnositic Test For Pneumonia May Involve Analyzing Breath Specimens

New research examines the potential for a pneumonia breath test. Researchers found that chemically analyzing breath specimens from patients in intensive care can help reveal bacterial infection in the lower respiratory tract of ventilated patients at risk of infection.