News from NIAID-Supported Institutions

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

Bavarian Nordic Receives European Marketing Authorization for IMVANEX Smallpox Vaccine 
August 7, 2013—Bavarian Nordic

Less Is More: Single Antibiotic as Effective, But Safer Than Combo Therapy to Treat Childhood Bloodstream Infection 
August 5, 2013—Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Trial Finds More Support for Universal HIV Screening in Emergency Departments 
August 5, 2013—University of Cincinnati

Mechanism Offers Promising New Approach for Harnessing the Immune System to Fight Cancer 
August 4, 2013—St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

The Rise of Deadly Insect Sting Allergies: Is There a Cure? 
August 1, 2013—American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

TechnoVax Awarded NIH Grant to Develop a Universal Flu Vaccine based on its Virus-Like-Particle (VLP) Technology 
August 1, 2013—TechnoVax, Inc.

Chief of Rheumatology George Tsokos, MD, Receives NIH MERIT Award 
July 31, 2013—Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Take Your Child’s Word for it on Asthma, Study Finds 
July 31, 2013—University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Einstein-Montefiore Researchers Secure $16 Million NIH Grant to Study HIV/AIDS in Women 
July 30, 2013—Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Study Unravels Genetics Behind Debilitating Inflammatory Disease Takayasu Arteritis  
July 29, 2013—University of Michigan

Researchers Identify Novel Mechanism that Helps Stomach Bug Cause Illness 
July 29, 2013—UT Southwestern Medical Center

Adenoviruses May Pose Risk for Monkey-to-Human Leap 
July 25, 2013—UC San Francisco

Carnegie Mellon Biophysicist Alex Evilevitch Obtains First Experimental Evidence of Internal Pressure Inside Herpes Virus 
July 24, 2013—Carnegie Mellon University

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