Infectious Diseases
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December 12, 2013
Proton transfer powers multidrug resistance: study
Vanderbilt University researchers and their Belgian colleagues have discovered the mechanism behind a multidrug transporter. Their findings, posted this week by Nature Chemical Biology, could lead to new treatments for multidrug resistant bacterial infections. -
September 12, 2013
‘Proofreader’ key to coronavirus growth
A coronavirus protein is required for replication of the viral genome and may be a good treatment target for SARS and other diseases caused by coronaviruses. -
August 22, 2013
Vaccine researchers ready as new flu strain evolves
A worrisome new avian influenza virus, called H7N9, emerged this spring in Eastern China. -
June 20, 2013
Studies outline new model for staph bone infections
Osteomyelitis, a debilitating bone infection most frequently caused by Staphylococcus aureus (“staph”) bacteria, is particularly challenging to treat. -
February 21, 2013
Antibacterial protein’s molecular workings revealed
Vanderbilt investigators report new insights to the workings of calprotectin, an immune system protein that “starves” bacterial pathogens of the metal nutrients they require. -
January 17, 2013
Zinc: a new antibiotic target?
It may be possible to fight hospital-acquired pathogens like Acinetobacter baumannii by targeting the bacterium’s need for the nutrient metal zinc. -
August 9, 2012
Team creates new view of body’s infection response
A new 3-D view of the body’s response to infection — and the ability to identify proteins involved in the response — could point to novel biomarkers and therapeutic agents for infectious diseases.