Tag Archives: molecular mechanisms

Mystery solved: Scientists now know how smallpox kills

New research in the FASEB Journal explains how variola, monkeypox, and related viruses disable immune systems to yield devastating consequences A team of researchers working in a high containment laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, … Continue reading

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New insight in the fight against the Leishmania parasite

Professor Albert Descoteaux’s team at Centre INRS – Institut Armand-Frappier has gained a better understanding of how the Leishmania donovani parasite manages to outsmart the human immune system and proliferate with impunity, causing visceral leishmaniasis, a chronic infection that is potentially … Continue reading

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McMaster researchers discover a new antibacterial lead

A promising discovery by McMaster University researchers has revealed an ideal starting point to develop new interventions for resistant infections Antibiotic resistance has been a significant problem for hospitals and health-care facilities for more than a decade. But despite the … Continue reading

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