Disease in the Developing World

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment 2019 research awards Stanford human rights experts, engineers, economists, geologists, marine biologists and others soon will collaborate on finding new ways to combat air pollution, mine…

Affordable technologies for tuberculosis testing could help millions of patients in poverty or remote settings. Researchers will develop diagnostic tests that require low implementation and running costs and minimal training and…

A FAPESP-funded study with results published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases has identified markers capable of predicting mortality in patients with symptoms of yellow fever, potentially helping to prevent the development of severe…

One thing is clear when it comes to Zika: pregnant women must do everything they can to avoid getting infected. If the virus gains entry to the mother's cells, it can also infect the baby and cause severe birth defects, typically with a…

Credit: Communications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) A team from the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) has made a scientific breakthrough regarding the virulence strategy…

Researchers, including a Stanford epidemiologist, prove a simple device can reduce rates of child diarrheaCredit: GMB Akash It kills a child under 5 every minute on average. Diarrheal disease, the second leading cause of death for children…

According to the study, the strategy has the added advantage of targeting the transmissible phase of the parasite- the gametocyte Barcelona, August 8, 2019-.Encapsulating two drugs with different properties into nanovesicles surrounded by…

a promising TB vaccine can be protected from heat damage with a technique developed at the University of Bath.Credit: University of Bath Scientists working on a new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine have achieved a major step forward by…

A micronized mineral compound has potential to counteract the carcinogenic effects of mesothelioma and asbestosisCredit: Kerbla Edzerdla Asbestos-related cancers include lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma (MM) for which there…

A system created in Brazil using cheap, biodegradable materials permits controlled release of larvicide and can be used in small amounts of waterCredit: Ana Silvia Prata Corn starch, an abundant, cheap and biodegradable raw material,…