Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have designed a new method to deliver a vaccine candidate for tuberculosis (TB). It involves using spherical vesicles secreted by bacteria ...

Ramin Hakami, Associate Professor, School of Systems Biology and Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR), is conducting research to test the efficiency and sensitivity of an immunodetection ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 117, No. 6 (February 11, 2020), pp. 3174-3184 (11 pages) Release of extracellular vesicles (EVs) is a common ...

Francesca Micoli, Simona Rondini, Renzo Alfini, Luisa Lanzilao, Francesca Necchi, Aurel Negrea, Omar Rossi, Cornelia Brandt, Simon Clare, Pietro Mastroeni, Rino Rappuoli, Allan Saul, Calman A.

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have solved a 60-year-old mystery in bacterial cell envelope biology, defining the primary function of an important protein complex ...

A new nasal whooping cough vaccine showed an ability to prevent both infection and transmission of the disease in mice. Current vaccines offer treatment but fail to halt transmission of the bacteria ...

Researchers have developed a new probiotic bacteria designed to break down solid cancer cell walls and make other therapies more effective. Bacteria generally have a bad reputation, as people first ...

As whooping cough cases rise in the U.S., a new nasal vaccine developed by Tulane University may hold the key to reducing the spread of the highly contagious respiratory disease. Current pertussis ...