News from NIAID-Supported Institutions

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Here’s your periodic update on News from NIAID-Supported Institutions. The following links will take you to the institution’s press release:

Unique Individual Demonstrates Desired Immune Response to HIV Virus  
March 12, 2014—Duke Medicine

 

Notre Dame Chemists Discover New Class of Antibiotics 
March 6, 2014—University of Notre Dame

 

Personalized Gene Therapy Locks Out HIV, Paving the Way to Control Virus Without Antiretroviral Drugs 
March 5, 2014—University of Pennsylvania

 

In First Moments of Infection, a Division and a Decision 
March 4, 2014—University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

 

Novel Drug Treatment Protects Primates from Deadly Marburg Virus 
March 3, 2014—U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious DiseasesBioCryst Announces Nature Publication Demonstrating Efficacy of BCX4430 in a Non-Human Primate Model of Filovirus Infection
March 3, 2014—BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Combination Therapies Combat HIV at Cell Junctions, Yale Researchers Find  
February 28, 2014—Yale University

Light Zaps Viruses: How Photosensitization Can Stop Viruses from Infecting Cells 
February 28, 2014—UCLA AIDS Institute

 

Scripps Research Institute Scientists Describe Deadly Immune ‘Storm’ Caused by Emergent Flu Infections  
February 27, 2014—The Scripps Research Institute 

 

Mayo Clinic Discovers African-Americans Respond Better to Rubella Vaccine 
February 26, 2014—Mayo Clinic

UNC Researchers Discover New Target for Dengue Virus Vaccine  
February 26, 2014—University of North Carolina

Vitamin A May Help Boost Immune System to Fight Tuberculosis 
February 25, 2014—UCLA

Taming Microbes to Combat Antibiotic Resistance NIH Grant to LA BioMed Researchers Funds New Approach to Treat MRSA 
February 25, 2014—Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Northwestern Medicine Awarded More Than $8.4 Million for Chronic Rhinosinusitis Research 
February 25, 2014—Northwestern Memorial Hospital

 

The Parasite that Escaped Out of Africa: Origin of Deadly Human Malaria Parasite Linked to Primates in Africa, not Asia, as Once Thought, According to Penn-Led Study  
February 21, 2014—University of Pennsylvania  Perelman School of Medicine

 

Team Uncovers Drug Resistance Mechanism that Could Impact Development of Two Antibiotic Drugs  
February 20, 2014—The Scripps Research Institute

Essential Protein Discovered for Malaria Parasite's Transmission to Mosquitos
February 20, 2014—Penn State

Rutgers Scientists Identify Structure of Virus that Could Lead to Hepatitis C Vaccine  
February 19, 2014—Rutgers University

 

The Nose Knows in Asthma 
February 19, 2014—National Jewish Health

 

Of Mice and Men: Fine-Tuning Salmonella-Based Vaccines 
February 17, 2014—Arizona State University

Environment Influences Ability of Bacterium to Block Malaria Transmission 
February 17, 2014—Penn State

Researchers Find Source of New Lineage of Immune Cells
February 14, 2014—University of Chicago

UA Study on Flu Evolution May Change Textbooks, History Books 
February 14, 2014—University of Arizona

Popular Disinfectants Do Not Kill HPV
February 12, 2014—Penn State

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