Simple method protects more NICU babies from Staph germs

Using antibiotic cream and antiseptic wipes can cut the chance that parents will pass dangerous Staph bacteria to their baby in the NICU.

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
Dec. 31, 2019 ~6 min

Without ‘mind bomb’ protein, adenovirus infection fails

Adenoviruses need one protein to unpack their DNA to infect human cells and without it, the infection fails. The finding could lead to new antivirals.

U. Zurich • futurity
Dec. 27, 2019 ~3 min


2 new vaccine strategies may outsmart staph bacteria

Vaccinating pregnant women or newborn babies against staph bacteria may be an effective way to fight dangerous infections, research with mice finds.

Kristina Sauerwein-Washington University • futurity
Dec. 26, 2019 ~5 min

Sand fly mating habits offer way to tackle tropical disease

Globally, over 350 million people are at risk of infection from Leishmaniasis. The mating habits of the female sand fly may offer a way to fight it.

Alice Scott-Warwick • futurity
Dec. 11, 2019 ~3 min

How do gut microbes affect norovirus? It depends

Gut microbes can tamp down or boost the severity of norovirus infection, depending on where along the intestine the virus takes hold.

Julia Evangelou Strait-WUSTL • futurity
Dec. 4, 2019 ~5 min

Common cold virus sneaks in to infect placenta

The placenta acts as a gatekeeper during pregnancy, but a study that shows how RSV can infect the fetus suggests it's not as impenetrable as once thought.

Keith Brannon-Tulane • futurity
Dec. 3, 2019 ~2 min

Best defense against MRSA at home: Wash your hands

Drug-resistant MRSA easily spreads at home but the best protection is pretty simple: Wash your hands.

Kristina Sauerwein-Washington University • futurity
Dec. 2, 2019 ~7 min

Proton pump inhibitors for babies up infection risk

New research on proton pump inhibitors for babies finds that "being exposed to these drug levels actually puts the child at risk for having an extra infection event."

Vanderbilt U. • futurity
Nov. 7, 2019 ~4 min


1 protein may shield women from herpes ‘neuroinvasion’

A protein called IL-36g could keep the herpes virus from spreading to the nervous system in women, researchers have discovered.

U. Arizona • futurity
Nov. 5, 2019 ~4 min

Drones keep an eye on tropical disease hotspots

To track schistosomiasis, researchers used to count snails—home to the worms that cause the disease. Drones might offer a better way.

Michelle Ma-Washington • futurity
Oct. 31, 2019 ~8 min

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