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:

Drug Resistance: ‘Baby Steps’ Can Pay Off Big
January 9, 2013—Rice University

Measuring Genomic Response to Infection Leads to Earlier, Accurate Diagnoses
January 9, 2013—Duke

Modified Antibodies Trigger Immune Response, Point to Novel Vaccine Design Strategies 
January 7, 2013—Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

New Compound Overcomes Drug-Resistant Staph Infection in Mice 
January 7, 2013—University of Illinois

Pitt Enzyme Discovery May Lead to Better Tests for Tuberculosis 
January 7, 2013—University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health

The Other Side of the Story 
January 2, 2013—Harvard Medical School

Children’s Hospital/Pitt-Led Team Finds Molecule That Polices TB Lung Infection, Could Lead to Effective Vaccine 
January 2, 2013—University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Invion Announces Initiation of Phase II Asthma Study 
January 2, 2013—Invion Limited

Penn Team Developing New Class of Malaria Drugs Using Essential Calcium Enzyme 
December 26, 2012—Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Penn Team Mimicking a Natural Defense Against Malaria to Develop New Treatments 
December 26, 2012—Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

New Technique Catalogs Lymphoma-Linked Genetic Variations
December 26, 2012—Johns Hopkins Medicine

Sarepta Therapeutics Enters Into Clinical Trial Agreement With the National Institutes of Health for Further Development of Influenza Drug 
December 21, 2012—Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.

First Ever “Atlas” of T Cells in Human Body 
December 20, 2012—Columbia University Medical Center

CWRU, AstraZeneca Partner for New Tuberculosis Drug Trial in South Africa 
December 20, 2012—Case Western Reserve University

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