infection

Hopkins Researchers Describe First ‘Functional HIV Cure’ in an Infant
03/04/2013 - 09:56

A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical School describe the first case of a so-called “functional cure” in an HIV-infected infant. The finding, the investigators say, may help pave the way to eliminating HIV infection in children.

 

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Scientists identify bone-marrow environment that leads to production of infection-fighting T and B cells
02/24/2013 - 15:20

The Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern has deepened the understanding of the environment within bone marrow that nurtures stem cells, this time identifying the biological setting for specialized blood-forming cells that produce the infection-fighting white blood cells known as T cells and B cells.

 

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Bringing a new perspective to infectious disease‏
02/07/2013 - 10:50

Studying infectious diseases has long been primarily the domain of biologists. However, as part of the Ragon Institute, MIT engineers and physical scientists are joining immunologists and physicians in the battle against HIV, which currently infects 34 million people worldwide.

 

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Scientists Identify New Strategy to Fight Deadly Infection in Cystic Fibrosis
01/23/2013 - 13:31

New research suggests that lowering excessive levels of a protein in immune system cells could be a strategy to clear an infection that is deadly to patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Researchers determined that normalizing levels of the protein, called p62, in cells from mice carrying the most common mutation that causes CF will jump-start a natural cellular process that clears away the offending bacteria.

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Researchers Show How Cells' DNA Repair Machinery Can Destroy Viruses
01/23/2013 - 09:35

A team of researchers based at Johns Hopkins has decoded a system that makes certain types of immune cells impervious to HIV infection.

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Disinfection Caps Cut CLABSI Cases in Half
01/04/2013 - 10:19

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) dropped by 52 percent when an alcohol-impregnated disinfection cap was used instead of standard scrubbing protocol, according to a new study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).

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