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:

Computer Modeling Reveals How Surprisingly Potent Hepatitis C Drug Works
February 19, 2013—Los Alamos National Laboratory

Carnegie Mellon Researchers Identify Biological Marker That Predicts Susceptibility to the Common Cold 
February 19, 2013—Carnegie Mellon University

Young Malaria Parasites Refuse to Take Their Medicine, Which May Explain Emerging Drug Resistance: New Study 
February 19, 2013—University of Melbourne

Cure in Sight for Kissing Bug’s Bite 
February 15, 2013—Vanderbilt University

Researchers Reveal New Enzyme that Acts as Innate Immunity Sensor
February 15, 2013—UT Southwestern Medical Center

Discovery in HIV May Solve Efficiency Problems for Gene Therapy
February 14, 2013—Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Defect in Immune Memory May Cause Repeat Bladder Infections 
February 14, 2013—Duke Medicine

Research Reveals Clues to Childhood Respiratory Virus 
February 14, 2013—Vanderbilt University Medical Center

LSTM Study Leads WHO to Update Its Malaria Prevention Policy 
February 13, 2013—Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

IDRI and OrangeLife Register Rapid Diagnostic for Leprosy for Use in Brazil 
January 24, 2013—Infectious Disease Research Institute

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