Herb- and plant-based medicines have been used for as long as 60,000 years, with the first written record dating to 7,000 years ago. While these medicines have survived scientific evaluation with varying success, one in four medications currently used has a plant-based origin. One of the most successful medications treats a vector-borne disease. With all… Continue reading Plant-based cures for Vector-borne disease
Worried about finals, Sarah wasn’t sleeping and had become a bit run down. She had noticed a cold sore the week before, but that always occurred around finals. One day, she woke up and her face felt a little numb. The next day, her eye was dry and her smile didn’t quite look right. By… Continue reading Bell’s Palsy and Lyme Disease
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Clinicians often rely on laboratory testing to find evidence of infections that may explain a patient’s symptoms and help guide treatment. Direct evidence may be a specific segment of DNA or a protein that confirms the presence of the target pathogen. Indirect evidence could be antibodies and other immune biomarkers that suggest recent or past… Continue reading What is an antibody titer?
Harnessing the Power of Sample Enrichment Slow-growing, immune-evasive pathogens present a particular challenge for scientists developing diagnostics for confirmation of infection. These elusive microbes often fly under the radar, evading direct and indirect detection using standard testing methods. From a clinical perspective, documentation of low abundance infection presents a significant false negative problem and may… Continue reading Leaders in Direct Detection of Hard-to-Detect Pathogens
The likelihood that a pathogen will overwhelm the immune system and cause a person to become ill has to do with the dose of the exposure. Scientists have explored the dose of exposure in a variety of infectious diseases such as Lyme borreliosis and – most recently – COVID-19. Scientists are learning more about how… Continue reading The Infectious Dose of Pathogens and Transmission Risk
