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:

Cell Damage Caused by Use of Certain Personal Lubricants Does Not Increase HIV Risk, According to Laboratory Study 
November 7, 2012—Microbicide Trials Network

When Parasites Catch Viruses 
November 7, 2012—Harvard Medical School

Isotechnika Pharma’s NICAM Portfolio Demonstrates Positive Anti-Viral Activity Against Several Important Viruses 
November 6, 2012—Isotechnika Pharma Inc.

USU Discovery Leads to Development of Vaccine to Help Prevent Deadly Virus 
November 5, 2012—Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Scientists Testing Early Warning System for West Nile Virus 
November 1, 2012—South Dakota State University

Researchers "Watch" Antibiotics Attack Tuberculosis Bacteria Inside Cells  
November 1, 2012—Weill Cornell Medical College

HJF Works With Global Team to Develop Equine Vaccine Against Deadly Hendra Virus  
November 1, 2012—The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.

New Target Discovered for Treatment of Peanut Allergy 
October 31, 2012—National Jewish Health

HPA Awarded £4 Million Contract by U.S. Government to Develop Next Generation Anthrax Vaccine 
30 October 2012—Health Protection Agency (HPA)

Mechanism Found for Destruction of Key Allergy-Inducing Complexes, Researchers Say 
October 28, 2012— Stanford University School of Medicine

Structure Discovered For Promising Tuberculosis Drug Target 
October 25, 2012—Johns Hopkins Medicine
 
Scientists Create First Mouse Model of Typhoid Fever 
October 25, 2012—Columbia University Medical Center 
 
Ohio State Researcher Studies How Lung Environment Affects Tuberculosis Outcomes 
October 25, 2012—The Ohio State University College of Medicine 
 
Scientists Step Up Hunt for Bacterial Genes Tied to Lyme Disease 
October 25, 2012—The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

TIM and TAM: 2 Paths Used by the Dengue Virus to Penetrate Cells 
October 19, 2012—Inserm

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