Collaborate Disseminate
A new Lyme disease vaccine is about to enter its final phase of human trialling. If all goes well it could be available by 2025, making it the first vaccine for Lyme disease to reach the market in nearly a quarter of a century.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading New Lyme disease vaccine targets decades of anti-vax misinformation
By studying the eating habits of the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, scientists have pinpointed a new mechanism that could be used for early diagnosis, and potentially prevent its worst effects. The team has identified a new antibody people produce… Continue reading Antibody discovery points to rapid, accurate test for Lyme disease
From diabetes to rare blood disease, CRISPR gene-editing technology is changing the way we tackle many threats to public health, and there are few bigger than those posed by vector-borne diseases carried by tiny critters. We’ve seen much exciting progr… Continue reading First ever gene-edited ticks offer new weapons against Lyme disease
A new study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine is reporting the development of a novel mRNA-based vaccine designed to help resist tick bites. Preclinical tests in guinea pigs indicate the vaccine aids the immune system in recognizi… Continue reading New mRNA anti-tick vaccine may protect from more than just Lyme disease
Lyme disease is an infectious condition spread by ticks that affects as many as 300,000 people in the US every year, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Today’s treatment is largely effective in treating the infection, but a goo… Continue reading Existing antibiotic found to take out the root cause of Lyme disease
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s infamous poppy seed muffin tweet. Continue reading An Oral History of the CDC Putting Ticks on a Muffin
Ebola, Zika, SARS, and Lyme disease are just a few of the nearly 1,000 zoonoses that pose a risk to humans. Continue reading Here’s Where Animal Diseases Are Jumping into Humans